Railway Artillery Units - What Guns?
Railway Artillery Units - What Guns?
Hello all,
Can anyone tell me what guns the following 2 Eisenbahn Artillery units had please:
Lehr-und-Ers Abt fur Eisenbahn Artillerie (mot.) 100 (Oct 1941 to Sept 1942)
Eisenbahn Artillerie Abt (E) 640 (Sept 1942 to May 1945)
I have a wehrpass to a member of these two units.
Can anyone tell me what guns the following 2 Eisenbahn Artillery units had please:
Lehr-und-Ers Abt fur Eisenbahn Artillerie (mot.) 100 (Oct 1941 to Sept 1942)
Eisenbahn Artillerie Abt (E) 640 (Sept 1942 to May 1945)
I have a wehrpass to a member of these two units.
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Re: Railway Artillery Units - What Guns?
Hello Hucks216,
Lehr-und-Ers Abt fur Eisenbahn Artillerie (mot.) 100 (Oct 1941 to Sept 1942) were stationing in Rugenwalde(Darłowo)/Ostsee.
It was training unit of railgun units. From photos of this unit I've seen can tell that Bruno and K5 guns were used for training. Barracks of this units still exists, some time ago were photos on Ebay with units emblem attached to on of the building.
Eisenbahn Artillerie Abt (E) 640 (Sept 1942 to May 1945) - need to dig deeper,mayby other forum members can help You.
Brgds
@ndrew
Lehr-und-Ers Abt fur Eisenbahn Artillerie (mot.) 100 (Oct 1941 to Sept 1942) were stationing in Rugenwalde(Darłowo)/Ostsee.
It was training unit of railgun units. From photos of this unit I've seen can tell that Bruno and K5 guns were used for training. Barracks of this units still exists, some time ago were photos on Ebay with units emblem attached to on of the building.
Eisenbahn Artillerie Abt (E) 640 (Sept 1942 to May 1945) - need to dig deeper,mayby other forum members can help You.
Brgds
@ndrew
Re: Railway Artillery Units - What Guns?
Hello Hucks216
Here some info on the two units from Tessin .
Regards Jos
Here some info on the two units from Tessin .
Regards Jos
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Re: Railway Artillery Units - What Guns?
Thanks for the information guys. The details for Eisenbahn-Art-Abt 640 tally with the campaign entries in the Wehrpass as they mention Leningrad & Oranienbaum in late 1942 and then from late 1942 to 1944 it mentions the Mediterranean coast and also Rhone before the entries for 1945 mention the bridgehead battle at Remagen in March amongst others.
Re: Railway Artillery Units - What Guns?
Eisenbahn-Art-Abt 640 was actually a "Stab" i.e. a HQ. It did not have its own guns but would have E-batteries placed under it.
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Re: Railway Artillery Units - What Guns?
Thanks for that piece of information. Would such a HQ be responsible for just one battery or would it of taken all the batteries within a specific area under its command?
Re: Railway Artillery Units - What Guns?
Hi Hucks
Here the E.A.A. 640 in 1943 in Southern France , as you can see more than one .
Regards Jos
Here the E.A.A. 640 in 1943 in Southern France , as you can see more than one .
Regards Jos
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Re: Railway Artillery Units - What Guns?
That is fantastic, thanks very much Jos.
Re: Railway Artillery Units - What Guns?
very interesting on my department '34 Hérault' !!!!!!!!!!