8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer TO&E

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8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer TO&E

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Post by SU 85M hunter » 27 Feb 2021, 04:39

Does anyone have information about the equipment of this unit while it was in hungary?
Info I am looking for:
Number of artillery guns
Number of Hetzer/StuG/Tank
Number of l.MG, s.MG, SMG, STG44, g43, etc. (If possible)
Number of Flak guns
Number of AT guns

Intended infantry squad To&E
Heer reit-jager were intended 12 man squads, 9 mp40, 2 k98(For rifle grenades?), 1 g43 (Designated marksman?)


What I've found so far:

Armour:
8 SS Aufk. btn. :
24 Armoured car, of which 18 had 20mm autocannon.
8 SS PzJ btn. :
Shipped 29 Hetzer.
By the time of arrival in hungary, the StuG battalion had been incorporated in to the PzJ btn. unknown how many StuG remained.

AT guns:
Completely unknown

Artillery:
in 1942: 4 75mm, 4 105mm, 4 150mm, 4 210mm rocket
in August 1944: unknown

Inf:
in Fall 1943: 4 Cavalry regiments, composition unknown
in August 1944: unknown

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Re: 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer TO&E

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Post by DirkAH » 27 Feb 2021, 14:42

Hello!

SS-Pz.Jg.Abt. 8 reported 23x (9 operational, 2 short term repair, 9 long term repair) Jagdpanzer 38 on 13.11.1944, 21x (3/4/14) on 10.12.1944 and 20x (7/13/?) on 30.12.1944.
7,5cm Pak 40: 21x on 13.11.1944, 19x on 10.12.1944.
The Division also reported 6x 7,62cm Pak on 10.12.1944.
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Re: 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer TO&E

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Post by Kelvin » 10 Apr 2021, 07:47

DirkAH wrote:
27 Feb 2021, 14:42
Hello!

SS-Pz.Jg.Abt. 8 reported 23x (9 operational, 2 short term repair, 9 long term repair) Jagdpanzer 38 on 13.11.1944, 21x (3/4/14) on 10.12.1944 and 20x (7/13/?) on 30.12.1944.
7,5cm Pak 40: 21x on 13.11.1944, 19x on 10.12.1944.
The Division also reported 6x 7,62cm Pak on 10.12.1944.
Hi, Ciao, may I ask if you have information on number of horses as the period you mentioned above ? Thank

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Post by kfbr392 » 10 Apr 2021, 08:03

here is the May 1944 Kriegsgliederung: http://downloads.sturmpanzer.net/NARA_R ... _104.1.pdf
page 40

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Post by Kelvin » 10 Apr 2021, 09:26

kfbr392 wrote:
10 Apr 2021, 08:03
here is the May 1944 Kriegsgliederung: http://downloads.sturmpanzer.net/NARA_R ... _104.1.pdf
page 40
Hello, kfbr92, I cannot open the link.

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Post by kfbr392 » 10 Apr 2021, 10:41


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Post by Kelvin » 13 Apr 2021, 12:59

kfbr392 wrote:
10 Apr 2021, 10:41
ups, dead link. try:
http://downloads.sturmpanzer.com/NARA_R ... _104.1.pdf

and there is sooo much more:
http://www.sturmpanzer.com/Default.aspx ... em=3&sec=0
Hi, Kfbr392, thank for your link and very helpful. It seems like a authorized TOE, may you have any actual OOB or status report for that division in mid or late 1944 ? Thank

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Re: 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer TO&E

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Post by kfbr392 » 15 Apr 2021, 20:54

i do not have those.

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Re: 8th SS Cavalry Division Florian Geyer TO&E

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Post by Kelvin » 19 Apr 2021, 09:48

kfbr392 wrote:
15 Apr 2021, 20:54
i do not have those.
Hello kfbr392, that 's OK

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