II./Artillerie-Regiment 818, 1941
II./Artillerie-Regiment 818, 1941
Hello,
Does anyone know what type of gun/howitzer this artillery battalion used at the start of operation "Barbarossa"?
I read somewhere that it was 10,5cm Kanonen, but I can't trace the exact model.
Thank you for your help.
Regards,
CNE503
Does anyone know what type of gun/howitzer this artillery battalion used at the start of operation "Barbarossa"?
I read somewhere that it was 10,5cm Kanonen, but I can't trace the exact model.
Thank you for your help.
Regards,
CNE503
"Sicut Aquila" / "Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre" / "par l'exemple, le coeur et la raison" / "Labor Omnia Vincit"
Re: II./Artillerie-Regiment 818, 1941
Tessin states that Art.Abt. II./818 was equipped with 10 cm-Kan although the first noted deployment in this text is with 2nd Army in '42:
"Art.Abt. II./828 (10 cm-Kan.): 1942 2. Armee (Hgr, B) im Donbogen und Bei Woronesch; 6. 5. 1953 aufgelöst und als leichte Art.Abt. (RSO II./818 mit leichten FH wieder aufgestellt; 1944/45 8. Armee Slowakei."
So I'm assuming the 10cm-Kan. were present in the unit at the time of Barbarossa.
Cheers
"Art.Abt. II./828 (10 cm-Kan.): 1942 2. Armee (Hgr, B) im Donbogen und Bei Woronesch; 6. 5. 1953 aufgelöst und als leichte Art.Abt. (RSO II./818 mit leichten FH wieder aufgestellt; 1944/45 8. Armee Slowakei."
So I'm assuming the 10cm-Kan. were present in the unit at the time of Barbarossa.
Cheers
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Re: II./Artillerie-Regiment 818, 1941
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Re: II./Artillerie-Regiment 818, 1941
II./Artillerie-Regiment 818 was supporting XI. Armeekorps (11. Armee) during the crossing of th Pruth river early July 1941.
10cm-Kan. were 10cm sK 18, correct?
CN503
10cm-Kan. were 10cm sK 18, correct?
CN503
"Sicut Aquila" / "Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre" / "par l'exemple, le coeur et la raison" / "Labor Omnia Vincit"
Re: II./Artillerie-Regiment 818, 1941
Hello,
Does anyone know what were the vehicles used by this battalion to tow its 10cm schwere Kanonen 18 in early July 1941?
SdKfz. 8?
Thank you for any help provided.
Regards,
CNE503
Does anyone know what were the vehicles used by this battalion to tow its 10cm schwere Kanonen 18 in early July 1941?
SdKfz. 8?
Thank you for any help provided.
Regards,
CNE503
"Sicut Aquila" / "Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre" / "par l'exemple, le coeur et la raison" / "Labor Omnia Vincit"
Re: II./Artillerie-Regiment 818, 1941
If I read correctly Askey's table of organization for a motorized heavy 10cm battalion such as II./Artillerie-Regiment 818, the 10cm K18 guns were indeed towed with SdKfz. 7 mittlerer Zugkraftwagen 8t: https://books.google.fr/books?id=6u8GBg ... ed&f=false
CNE503
CNE503
"Sicut Aquila" / "Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre" / "par l'exemple, le coeur et la raison" / "Labor Omnia Vincit"
Re: II./Artillerie-Regiment 818, 1941
Not an exact hit (this is a 10-cm battery in a Panzer division), but the towing vehicles are Sd.Kfz. 7's.
http://www.wwiidaybyday.com/kstn/kstn4571nov41.htm
Cheers
http://www.wwiidaybyday.com/kstn/kstn4571nov41.htm
Cheers
Re: II./Artillerie-Regiment 818, 1941
Thank you, even if it is a later KStN, and for an armored division, it is another piece in the puzzle.
My assessment is that, indeed, in July 1941, II./Artillerie-Regiment 818 10cm K18 guns were towed with half-tracked SdKfz. 7.
Regards,
CNE503
My assessment is that, indeed, in July 1941, II./Artillerie-Regiment 818 10cm K18 guns were towed with half-tracked SdKfz. 7.
Regards,
CNE503
"Sicut Aquila" / "Ils s'instruisent pour vaincre" / "par l'exemple, le coeur et la raison" / "Labor Omnia Vincit"
Re: II./Artillerie-Regiment 818, 1941
For what it's worth, Niehorster Volume 3/II shows a KStN 454 from Feb 1941 as a 10.5cm battery employed in Corps or Army-level battalions.
A later version of KStN 454 from Nov 1941 is shown as being used in motorized infantry divisions.
The November versions of 454 and 457 seem to differ slightly in their HQr and Signals units.
http://www.niehorster.org/011_germany/4 ... 11-41.html
http://www.niehorster.org/011_germany/4 ... 11-41.html
A later version of KStN 454 from Nov 1941 is shown as being used in motorized infantry divisions.
The November versions of 454 and 457 seem to differ slightly in their HQr and Signals units.
http://www.niehorster.org/011_germany/4 ... 11-41.html
http://www.niehorster.org/011_germany/4 ... 11-41.html