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[GJB22]

Looking for a list of all the German forces present for the Battle of Kursk 1943. Anyone know a good site for reference?

 

[fmethorst]

Is there a specific unit you are looking for?

The German OOB looked something like this:

AG.Center
PzAOK.2
XXXV.AK
8 Panzer Div KG
36 Infanterie Div KG
262 Infanterie Div
299 Infanterie Div
Orel
Sich.Btl.350
Ost.Btl.620
AOK.9
XX.AK
45 Infanterie Div
72 Infanterie Div
137 Infanterie Div
251 Infanterie Div
XXIII.AK
78 Sturm Div
216 Infanterie Div
383 Infanterie Div
Inf.Regt.87 (36.Inf.Div)
Ost.Btl.308
Pio.Regt.623
StuG.Abt.189
StuG.Abt.185
Werfer.Regt.51
Arko.122
Jäger.Btl.8
Jäger.Btl.13
XLI.PzK
10 PzGren Div
18 Panzer Div
86 Infanterie Div
292 Infanterie Div
s.Pz.Jäg.Regt.656
Pio.Regt.104
XLVI.PzK
12 Panzer Div
7 Infanterie Div.
31 Infanterie Div
102 Infanterie Div
258 Infanterie Div
Manteuffel.Jäg.Brig
Arko.101
StuG.Abt.909
Pio.Regt.4
XLVII.PzK
2 Panzer Div.
4 Panzer Div
9 Panzer Div.
20 Panzer Div
6 Infanterie Div
s.Pz.Abt.505
Arko.130
s.Werfer.Regt.2
StuG.Abt.245
StuG.Abt.904
Pio.Regt.678
Heerestruppen AOK.9
Sich.Btl.889
Pio.Btl.654
Pio.Btl.751
Brücken Kol B.1./430
Brücken Kol B.535
AOK.2
VII.AK
68 Infanterie Div
75 Infanterie Div
88 Infanterie Div
323 Infanterie Div
Arko.124
Pz.Jäg.Abt.616
StuG.Abt.202
Pio.Regt.685
XIII.AK
82 Infanterie Division
327 Infanterie Div
340 Infanterie Div
Arko.413
Pz.Jäg.Abt.559
Pio.Btl.742
Brücken Kol B.39
Heerestruppen AOK.2
Pio.Btl.221
Bridge Kol B.33
Bridge Kol B.3/62
Bridge Kol B.442

AG.South
PzAOK.4
XLVIII.PzK
3 Panzer Div
11 Panzer Div
Grossdeutschland PzG Div
167 Infanterie Div
Pz.Regt.39
Arko.122
StuG.Abt.911
Fla.Btl.616
Pio.Regt.515
LII.AK
57 Infanterie Div
255 Infanterie Div
332 Infanterie Div
Arko.137
s.Werfer.Regt.1
Pio.Regt.677
Rad.Sich.Btl.226
II.SS.PzK
LSSAH.PzGren.Div
Das Reich SS PzGren.Div
Totenkopf SS PzGren.Div
Werfer.Abt.SS
SS.Fla.Bty
Arko.132 (Geb)
Werfer.Regt.55
Werfer.Regt.Lehr.1
Pio.Regt.680
Heerestruppen PzAOK.4
Bridge Kol B.2/413
Bridge Kol B.671
AOK.8 (Kempf)
III.PzK
Begleit.Kp.III.PzK
6 Panzer Div.
7 Panzer Div
19 Panzer Div
168 Infanterie Div
s.Pz.Abt.503
Arko.3
Werfer.Regt.54
StuG.Abt.228
Pio.Regt.674
Korps.Cos.Kp
XI.AK
106 Infanterie Div
320 Infanterie Div
Arko.153
Werfer.Regt.52
StuG.Bty.393
StuG.Abt.905
Pio.Regt.18
XLII.AK
282 Infanterie Div
39 Infanterie Div (-)
Arko.107
Pz.Jäg.Abt.560
Pz.Jäg.Abt.'C'
Geb.Pio.Regt.620
Feldstafgef.Abt.18
Sturm.Btl.AOK.8
Heerestruppen AOK.8
Pio.Regt.601

 

[GJB22]

Thanks, I'm mostly interested in which SS divisions were present. I'm planning a dio and I want it to be as accurate as possible.

 

[fmethorst]

Pretty much the II.SS.PzK operating in the southern pincer. It includes:

• 1.SS.PzGr.Div. "LSSAH"
• 2.SS.PzGr.Div. "Das Reich"
• 3.SS.PzGr.Div. "Totenkopf"

While still named Panzergrenadier divisions at this point they were essentially Panzer divisions including a company (14) of Tigers in each.

 

[lancer]

Pretty much the II.SS.PzK operating in the southern pincer. It includes:

• 1.SS.PzGr.Div. "LSSAH"
• 2.SS.PzGr.Div. "Das Reich"
• 3.SS.PzGr.Div. "Totenkopf"

While still named Panzergrenadier divisions at this point they were essentially Panzer divisions including a company (14) of Tigers in each.

This is the exact fact that debunks the old lie about hundreds of Tigers being destroyed. The Germans never had hundreds of Tigers on any field of battle and they were especially adept at getting the ones they did have back into action when they were damaged. I do not remember the exact numbers, but by the time of the clash at Provkarovka, the 3 SS divisions had less than 2 dozen Tigers in action between them. Hardly the hundreds described destroyed by the Russians and many historians since. -- lancer