German AFVs in the Colmar Pocket

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German AFVs in the Colmar Pocket

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Post by Texas Jäger » 15 Apr 2020, 18:00

According to Wikipedia, German formations part of the 19th Army in the Colmar Pocket as of 20th January, 1945 were as follows:
2nd Mountain Division
106th Panzer Brigade
LXIV Corps;
198th Infantry Division
189th Infantry Division
708th Volksgrenadier Division
16th Volksgrenadier Division
LXIII Corps;
338th Infantry Division
159th Infantry Division
716th Infantry Division
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What kind of armored fighting vehicles did they posses? As a side note, Wikipedia seems to be mistaken with some of its order of battle, as other sources indicate that the 2nd Mountain Division was fighting the U.S. Army in the Moselle area as part of LXXX Corps, 7th Army during this time.
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Re: German AFVs in the Colmar Pocket

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Post by Richard Anderson » 15 Apr 2020, 19:21

2nd Mountain Division - probably in HG-G or 1. Armee reserve and not in the pocket. They moved from Denmark to the Saarpfalz sometime in February and were in the Black Forest just north of Merzig on 1 March.

As of 5 February on hand/ready/loss since previous report

19. Armee

106th Panzer Brigade 2/2/0 Panzer III/IV, 9/4/1 Panther, 4/1 Stug/StuH/JgPz
LXIV Corps;
198th Infantry Division - 0
189th Infantry Division - 2/2/1 StuG/StuH/JgPz
708th Volksgrenadier Division - 19/7/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz
16th Volksgrenadier Division - 0
LXIII Corps;
338th Infantry Division - 7/7/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz
159th Infantry Division - 0
716th Infantry Division - 8/3/5 StuG/StuH/JgPz

Also corps and army troops:

Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 280 - 15/12/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654. - 41/26/3 Jagdpanther
Jagdpanzer-Kompanie 1/525 - 5/2/1 Nashorn

There were also 1. Armee not in the pocket, such as 13. SS-AK. Are you interested in those too?
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Re: German AFVs in the Colmar Pocket

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Post by Texas Jäger » 15 Apr 2020, 19:57

Richard Anderson wrote:
15 Apr 2020, 19:21
2nd Mountain Division - probably in HG-G or 1. Armee reserve and not in the pocket. They moved from Denmark to the Saarpfalz sometime in February and were in the Black Forest just north of Merzig on 1 March.

As of 5 February on hand/ready/loss since previous report

19. Armee

106th Panzer Brigade 2/2/0 Panzer III/IV, 9/4/1 Panther, 4/1 Stug/StuH/JgPz
LXIV Corps;
198th Infantry Division - 0
189th Infantry Division - 2/2/1 StuG/StuH/JgPz
708th Volksgrenadier Division - 19/7/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz
16th Volksgrenadier Division - 0
LXIII Corps;
338th Infantry Division - 7/7/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz
159th Infantry Division - 0
716th Infantry Division - 8/3/5 StuG/StuH/JgPz

Also corps and army troops:

Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 280 - 15/12/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 654. - 41/26/3 Jagdpanther
Jagdpanzer-Kompanie 1/525 - 5/2/1 Nashorn

There were also 1. Armee not in the pocket, such as 13. SS-AK. Are you interested in those too?
Thanks Richard. Sure, I am interested in those too.

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Re: German AFVs in the Colmar Pocket

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Post by Richard Anderson » 15 Apr 2020, 23:42

Texas Jäger wrote:
15 Apr 2020, 19:57
Thanks Richard. Sure, I am interested in those too.
1. Armee:
708. Volks-Grenadier-Division u. 2. Gebirgs-Division - 19/7/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz

LXXXII. AK
Panzerjäger-Kompanie z.b.V. "G" - 30/25/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz
schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 519 - 28/6/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz
416. Grenadier-Division - 14/14/0 StuG/StuH.JgPz
11. Panzer-Division - 33/33/0 PzIII/IV, 58/54/0 Panther, 16/11/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz
719. Infanterie-Division - 0
347. Volks-Grenadier-Division - 0

XIII. SS-AK
559. Volks-Grenadier-Division - 10/10/0 StuG/StuG/JgPz
17. SS-Panzer-Grenadier-Division - 2/2/0 PzIII/IV, 73/64/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz
19. Volks-Grenadier-Division - 11/8/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz

LXXX. AK
257. Volks-Grenadier-Division - 13/9/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz
6. SS-Gebirgs-Division Nord - 14/13/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz
256. Volks-Grenadier-Division - 10/8/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz
36. Volks-Grenadier-Division - 11/8/0 StuG/StuH/JgPz

Note that most of the infantry formations would likely have the JgPz38(t), although there were exceptions.
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Re: German AFVs in the Colmar Pocket

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Post by Texas Jäger » 16 Apr 2020, 05:49

Thanks again Richard.

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