These vehicles weren't even issued to the Panzer Lehr Division.Hi, does anyone know if the PANZER LEHR SPG (WS73),, was used in Germany during spring of '45
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These vehicles weren't even issued to the Panzer Lehr Division.
The Panzer Lehr's flak 38t weren't there in the Battle of the Bulge as they had been lost in Normandy.It had recieved 4 x Mobelagen flakpanzers as replacements for the Ardennes.Panzer Lehr 130 was one of the most elite units in the Wehrmacht. It was formed in 1943 from units of elite training and demonstration troops. It also got the best equipment and my reference books make no mention of them ever having Grille SPG (WS73) in their formation, even in Normandy in June 1944. In June 1944, they had 9 StuG, 101 Panzer IV, 89 Panthers, 8 Tigers and 12 FlakPanzer 38t. Its armour was virtually all destroyed in Normandy and it was re-equipped for the Batlle of the Bulge with 27 Panzer IV, 30 Panthers, 3 FlakPanzer 20 and 4 FlakPanzer 37. So the BBG001 Grille SPG at the Bulge is most unlikely on it's own, let alone with the Panzer Lehr, but the K&C model WS080 Gepard Flakpanzer 38(T) was there with the Panzer Lehr.
Terry
The Panzer Lehr's flak 38t weren't there in the Battle of the Bulge as they had been lost in Normandy.It had recieved 4 x Mobelagen flakpanzers as replacements for the Ardennes.
I have the Orbat Chart in front of me which clearly shows 4 x 37mm Mobelwagens.The only other flak guns in the Panzer Regt.were 3 x sdkfz 7/1 serving with the HQ Coy of the 2nd Bn.Would they be the Mobelagen flakpanzers with 37 mm guns? The book "The Essential Tank Identification Guide - Wehrmacht Panzer Divisions 1939 - 1945 also lists 3 FlakPanzer 20 which I would suspect were on a 38(t) chasis?
Terry
I have the Orbat Chart in front of me which clearly shows 4 x 37mm Mobelwagens.The only other flak guns in the Panzer Regt.were 3 x sdkfz 7/1 serving with the HQ Coy of the 2nd Bn.
Jeff