malaka wrote: |
hi dima and OMG teammembers,
Bgs composition I found till now. GERMANS: Order of battle: (17sept.1944) II. SS Panerkorps(Bittrich) 9. SS Hohenstaufen (Standartenführer Walter Harzer) force End Aug 1944: 460 Soldiers 25 Tanks aproximatelly Force in the Area around Arnheim 17.Sept: 3500-4000 Men out of 15,898, with sth around 25 Tanks + some tanks from Frundsberg(but only for first few days) 19.SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment (refreshing 72%) 3 battalions (not full) 6-7 companies infantry (mp40/ mauser/ stg44/ gw43 …) 6 sMg42 18 leMg42 75mm Inf Gun 4 10.5cm or 12cm Mortar 10 5cm mortar Vehicles: 12 sdfz 234/3 4 sdfz 251/9 2 sdfz 251/10 4 sdfz 251/16 (7,5cm Gun) 20.SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment (refreshing 35%) 2 battalions (only 2,5 companies each) 3 smg42 6 lemg42 6 5cm Mortar Vehicles: 6 Sdfz 234/3 4 sdfz 251/9 9.SS-Panzer-Regiment some Grenadiersupport 12 Panther V (Ausf. A) 6 Pz IVH 4 Pz IVE 9.SS-Artillerie-Regiment 50 men inf 12 105mm 8 150mm 2 170mm 9.SS-Aufklarung-Abteilung (Hauptsturmbannführer Grabner) 1 company infantry (95 men) 6 sdfz 251/9 4 sdfz 233 2 sdfz 234/4 2 sdfz 251/10 2 sdfz 251/16 (7.5cm Gun) and 2 sdfz 251/21 Flak 20mm 12 sdfz 251/1 9.SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 6 jagdpanzer IV 2 Marder III 2 Pak40 auf 38H Selbstfahrlaffete 9.SS-FLAK-Abteilung 40men with Ka98k 2 88mm pak 43/41 4 20 mm Flak 9.SS-Pioneer-Abteilung 2 companies with pioneer-equipment and couple of pzfaust and Stg44 9.SS-Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung (just staff, thinned out by recruiting Alarm-units) 9th SS Divisional Support Units ( “ same “ ) 10.SS Frundsberg(Gruppenführer Harmel) remnants fallaise pocket: 4 x battered inf. Battalions, no tanks refreshing Arnheim-area: approx. 3000 men; Division is only a Kampfgruppe these days 21.SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment (fully equipped) 4 battalions 4 pak 38 5cm 4 infgun 7,5cm 6 smg42 18 lemg42 12 5cm mortar 4 12cm mortar 2 20mm flak vehicles: 12 sdfz 251/1 6 sdfz 251/9 22.SS-Panzergrenadier-Regiment (33% still refreshing) 2 battalions 2 pak 38 5cm 1 infgun 7,5cm 2 smg42 6 lemg42 4 5cm mortar 1 12cm mortar 2 20mm flak vehicles: 2 sdfz 251/1 2 Marder III 2 sdfz 251/9 10.SS-Panzer-Regiment (destroyed August 1944 - - - rest only KG) -KG supplied with: 4 KingTiger 18 Panther Ausf. A 12 Pz IVF2 4 PzIV E 2 pz III Flame 6 sdfz 234/1 2 FlskPz 38t SpaaG 10.SS-Aufklarung-Abteilung 1 company infantry (115 men) 4 sdfz 251/9 2 sdfz 233 4 sdfz 234/3 2 sdfz 251/10 8 sdfz 251/1 10.SS-Artillerie-Regiment (destroyed at Failaise) 10.SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung (destroyed at Failaise) 10.SS-Flak-Abteilung (released from duty) material given away to other regiments of 10th SS 10.SS-Pioneer-Abteilung (destroyed) the few soldiers left in this unit were given to 10.SS PzReg22 / later to Kg von Tettau 10.SS-Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung (just staff, thinned out by recruiting Alarm-units) 10th SS Divisional Support Units (just staff/drivers, thinned out by recruiting Alarm-units) Tanks: 9-10 Panzer Ivf2 /parts given to Hohenstaufen, since combination of the remnants of the 2 division commenced, due to lack of armoured vehicles, both divisions borrowed tanks from each other, until 506 Schwere Kompanie arrived)[b] |
malaka wrote: |
hi buck,
i try to get some pictures of the commanders - problem with OMG will be that most of the units were "Kampfgruppen" or mixed/adhoc battallions, so that the commanders pictures will be a search for a needle in a stockpile of nails - but i ll do my best... Aerials: german air-recon wasnt that sophisticated around 1944... But the british side took millions of pictures of the area in order to prepare their troops and airmen as good as possible. The imperial war musem in london published all the aerials last summer(there were free to watch then) but now i think they need a fee or a registration to access them online... I you manage to be granted access, all your ma problems should be solved... |
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