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The 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion (German: "schwere Panzerabteilung 501"; abbreviated: "s PzAbt 501") was a German heavy Panzer Abteilung (an independent battalion-sized unit) equipped with heavy tanks. The battalion was the second unit to receive and use the Tiger I heavy tank, changing to Tiger IIs in mid-1944.
1st – 3rd Panzer company (14 tanks each) / 1. – 3. Panzerkompanie. company detachment (two tanks) ( Kompanietrupp ) 1st – 3rd panzer platoon, each of four tanks each ( 1. – 3. Panzerzug ) medical service( Sanitätsdienst) vehicle repair detachment ( Kfz. Instandsetzungstrupp ) combat train I ( Gefechtstross I ) combat train II ...
101st Heavy SS Panzer Battalion (German: Schwere SS-Panzerabteilung 101) was a German heavy tank battalion in the Waffen-SS during World War II.With the introduction of new Tiger II tanks in late 1944, the unit was renumbered as the 501st Heavy SS Panzer Battalion (German: Schwere SS-Panzerabteilung 501).
The 501st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion was at full strength except for the 4th (Light) Company. Each panzer company possessed 14 Tiger IIs, gave a total strength of 45. However the battalion was plagued with maintenance problems and mechanical breakdowns, it is probable that only around 30-35 Tigers actually participated in the initial advance of ...
Bataillon II; SS-Panzer Artillerie Regiment 9 Abteilung I, SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Ludwig Spindler; SS-Panzer-Aufklärung-Abteilung 9, Hauptsturmführer Viktor Eberhard Gräbner; SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 9, Hauptsturmfürer Klaus von Allworden; SS-Panzer-Pionier-Abteilung 9, SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans Möller; SS-FlaK-Abteilung 9 ...
The 506th was one of two Tiger battalions to take part in the initial "Operation: Watch on the Rhine," the other being the 501st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion. [27] The unit was transported to Eifel in preparation for the offensive, but orders were changed and the unit marched south before engaging in a skirmish at Andler on 17 December.
The 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion (German: schwere Panzerabteilung 503; abbreviated: "s.Pz.Abt. 503") was a German heavy Panzer Abteilung (independent battalion-sized unit) equipped with Tiger I and Panzer III tanks. In 1944, it was re-equipped with the new Tiger II. The battalion saw action on the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II.
II Army Corps (II. Armeekorps) was a ... 7th Panzer Division; ... 263rd Infantry Division; 525th Heavy Anti-Tank Battalion; 2nd Artillery Command 501st Artillery ...