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Panzerwaffe Offizierskorps

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Post by tigre » 10 Feb 2019, 19:05

Hello to all :D; collecting data about a couple of German officers: Panzer-Regiment 8 - 1937.

In the photo below you can see two officers, who were serving in the regiment at the time. Hauptmann Linke, whose only trace places him as Chief of the 3./PR 5 in 1935 and Leutnant Felix, about which I found the following in 1939:
The corps order—that the Brahe should be crossed during the first day of the attack—had been forgotten. I walked angrily away and tried to decide what measures I should take to improve this unhappy state of affairs. A young Lieutenant Felix came over to where I was standing. He had taken off his tunic, his shirt sleeves were rolled up, and his arms were black with powder. 'Herr General,' he said, 'I've just come from the Brahe. The enemy forces on the far bank are weak. The Poles set fire to the bridge at Hammermühle, but I put the fire out from my tank. The bridge is crossable. The advance has only stopped because there's no one to lead it. You must go there yourself, sir.'
Sources: http://www.ebay.at/itm/4-Fotos-Panzer-R ... SwUMxZ~NoX
Panzerleader. Heinz Guderian.

Cheers. Raúl M 8-).
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Trip to Saarow, Hauptmann Linke (right) and Leutnant Felix
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Post by VtwinVince » 11 Feb 2019, 18:32

Very cool photo.


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Post by tigre » 08 Nov 2019, 23:43

Hello to all :D; more: Panzer-Regiment 8 - 1937.

Oberstleutnant Irmisch as commander of the I. Abteilung was since 1931 in the inspection of the Kraftfahrtruppen (In 6). Already in October 1937 Oberstleutnant Irmisch gave the I./ PR 8 to Major F. Haarde and changed as commander of the newly established Panzer Regiment 25.......

Sources: http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gli ... /PR8-R.htm
http://www.ebay.at/itm/Foto-Panzer-Regi ... Sw4nhZ~NjB

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Oberstleutnant Irmisch and his Company Ldrs (Any idea about them?).............
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Post by luckystrike78 » 09 Nov 2019, 12:31

I am quite sure the photo shows Oberst Botho Elster, commander Pz.Rgt. 8. In the background from left an Obergefreiter, then a Feldwebel, an older Hauptmann, probably an Ergänzungsoffizier and the right man could be the adjutant.

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Post by tigre » 28 Mar 2020, 19:27

Hello to all :D; more: Inspection of Motorized Troops.

Sources: The History of the Panzerwaffe: Volume 1: 1939–42. Thomas Anderson

Does anyone recognize the others? Cheers. Raúl M 8-).
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The origin of the Panzerwaffe; in the front row Nehring, Lutz, Guderian.................
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Post by tigre » 28 Mar 2020, 20:17

Wow how fast :wink:. I've to check my search function. Thanks. Raúl M 8-).

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Post by tigre » 28 Jun 2020, 03:49

Hello to all :D; more: 18. Panzer Division - Barbarossa 1941.

Sources: https://www.ebay.at/itm/Foto-Generalmaj ... SwKWVZeNxr

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General Walther Nehring (CO 18. Pz); Oberst Jolasse (CO SR 52) and Maj. Sperling......
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Post by tigre » 30 Mar 2021, 20:29

Hello to all :D; more: Fritz Fechner.

Sources: https://www.auktionshaus-loesch.de/loes ... 5054_2.jpg

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Fritz Fechner aboard his Pz. Kw III Ausf. J (I think).........
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Post by tigre » 21 Feb 2022, 16:00

Hello to all :D; more: Panzer-Regiment 11 - early times.

Sources: http://www.jerzygolczyk.cba.pl/index.ph ... ielun-1939

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From left to right: Major Richard Koll (Kommandeur II Abteilung / Panzer-Regiment 11) and Major Friedrich Stephan (Kommandeur I. Abteilung / Panzer-Regiment 11).............................
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