A few years ago, I came across this German Assault Engineer Battalion (Sturm-Pionier Bataillon) organizational diagram (gliederung) . It seemed interesting as this was a fairly large battalion with a nice variety of equipment....
This booklet will cover the “Schützen” Brigades K.St.N” of 1937 to early 1939. Although many of the K.St.N.’s issued during this period of the war have been found, many have not. These K.St.N’s were...
The Flammpanzerzug organization (Armored Flamethrower Platoon) was very basic, it simply had 7 Pz.Kpf.Wg.III flamethrower tanks. The Pz.Kpf.Wg.III (Fl) had a three-man crew. The commander who served as the flamethrower gunner (also the coaxial...
The Ferdinand, based on the Tiger (P) chassis, could be a formidable weapon if use appropriately. The Panzerjäger Tiger (P) organization was similar to that of the independent Tiger battalions and consisted of a...
The Sturmgeschütz Escort Batteries, or Sturmgeschütz Begleit Batterien, were first introduced in early 1944 as a way of providing organic infantry support to the Sturmgeschütz Battalions. Assault guns had an inherent vulnerability to infantry...
It is easy to think of the Jagdpanzer IV as a progression in the series of tank destroyers developed by Germany in the Second World War. However, the Jagdpanzer IV organization, beyond the company...
