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13./Panzer-Regiment
Grossdeutschland 9./Panzer-Regiment Grossdeutschland (1 July 43) |
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13 January 1943 | 13./ formed with 9 Tiger I's and 10 PzKpfw IIIs from 3./Pz.Rgt. 203 |
17 February 1943 | 13./ first elements arrive in Poltava for the offensive to retake Kharkov |
3 March 1943 | 6 of 9 Tigers operational |
13 May 1943 | 6 more Tigers delivered, total of 15 on hand |
30 June 1943 | 12 operational Tigers |
05 July 1943 | Operation Zitadelle (Battle of Kursk) commences |
11 July 1943 | 11 Tigers operational |
19 July 1943 | Transfer to Karachev-Bryansk area to counter Russian Orel counter-offensive |
4 August 1943 | Transfer back to the Kharkov region |
8 August 1943 | 6 Tigers are lost in action, 9 Tigers on hand |
14 August 1943 | Reunited with the rest of the Abt. |
III./Panzer-Regiment
Grossdeutschland (1 July 1943) schwere Panzer-Abteilung Grossdeutschland (13 December 1944) |
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1 July 1943 | III./ formed with: 9./Panzer-Regiment
Grossdeutschland 10./ from 3./schwere-Panzer-Abteilung 501 11./ from 3./schwere-Panzer-Abteilung 504 |
14 August 1943 | 4 Tigers are lost, written off (burnt out) |
14-15 August 1943 | Arrival of 10./ and 11./ near Kharkov, 36 Tigers on hand, including those of 9./ |
26 August 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action, 6 new Tigers arrive, 41 on hand |
9 September 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
27 September 1943 | Withdrawal across the Dnepr near Kremenchug |
29 September 1943 | 4 Tigers are lost in action |
9 October 1943 | 5 Tigers are lost in action |
18 October 1943 | 13 Tigers are lost, 10 Tigers (ex-Pz.Lehr) that were on the way to III.Abt.Pz.Rgt.Grossdeutschland are captured by the Russians while being moved by rail |
20 October 1943 | 7 Tigers are lost in action, 23 Tigers on hand, in action near Krivoi Rog |
23 October 1943 | 6 Tigers are lost up to the end of the month |
8 November - 15 November 1943 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
16 November 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action, 13 Tigers on hand |
21 December 1943 | 7 Tigers operational, in combat vicinity of Kirovograd |
6 March 1944 | 6 Tigers received, 19 on hand |
8 March 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
10 March 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
21 March 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
end of March 1944 | Transferred to Chisinau area |
20 April 1944 | 6 Tigers delivered, 20 on hand |
6 May 44 | 8 Tigers delivered, 4 transferred to Totenkopf, 24 on strength |
18 May 1944 | 6 Tigers delivered, 2 transferred to Totenkopf, 28 on strength |
1 June 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action (by aircraft), 6 Tigers delivered, 19 of 34 operational |
June 1944 | 6 Tigers manned by crews from schwere Panzer-Ersatz-und
Ausbildungsabteilung 500 are sent to Gumbinnen, East Prussia, 2 are destroyed by fighter-bombers while changing tracks |
10 June-26 July 1944 | Refitting near Bacau |
5 August 1944 | After arrival in Gumbinnen area immediately thrown
into combat after incorporating those Tigers already present |
6 August 1944 | 4 Tigers knocked out by IS-2 tanks ("C11", "C12", "C13" and "C14") |
9 August 1944 | 4 Tigers are lost in action |
10 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
17 August 1944 | 12 Tigers delivered, 41 on hand |
23 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
September 1944 | 7 Tigers are lost in action |
1 October 1944 | 11 of 33 Tigers operational |
9 October 1944 | 8 Tigers are lost in action, 7 destroyed by crew (5 are destroyed by German aircraft) |
Late October 1944 | 10 Tigers are lost in action or destroyed by crew |
1 November 1944 | 8 of 15 Tigers operational, refitting November-December 44 |
16 December 1944 | 4 Tigers delivered, but 2 transferred to s.Pz.Abt. 502, 17 on strength |
January 1945 | 6 Tigers are lost in action |
1 February 1945 | 4 of 11 Tigers operational, the abteilung is absorbed into the division's panzer kampfgruppe, most excess crews transfer to Paderborn to train on Tiger IIs |
19 March 1945 | Last Tigers destroyed while defending the Balga pocket in East Prussia |
April 1944 | Crews in Paderborn are used as infantry and never receive any tanks |
Panzer-Abteilung (Fkl) 301 | |
19 August 1944 | Ordered to re-equip with Tiger I's with four companies |
22 August 1944 | 10 Tiger I's received from s.SS-Pz.Abt. 103 |
25 August 1944-15 September 1944 | Equipped with 21 Tiger I's [Jentz 2] |
October 1944 | 31 Tigers on hand, training at Grafenwöhr Training Area |
2 November 1944 | Arrival at the Western Front and subordination to LXXXI. Armeekorps. |
10 December 1944 | 14 Tigers operational |
8 January 1945 | 27 Tigers and 52 B IV demolition vehicles ready |
1 February 1945 | 12 of 23 Tigers and 21 of 45 B IVs operational |
1 March 1945 | 5 of 15 Tigers and 32 of 52 B IVs operational |
16 April 1945 | Last 3 Tigers blown up |
Panzer-Kompanie (Fkl) 313 | |
25 January 1943 | Redesignated from 3./Pz.Abt. (Fkl) 302 |
29 December 1943 | Attached to s.Pz.Abt. 508 and turned over PzKpfw IIIs to Pz.Kp. 314 (Fkl) |
19 February 1944 | Incorporated into 3./s.Pz.Abt. 508 |
Panzer-Kompanie (Fkl) 314 | |
25 January 1943 | Redesignated from 2. le.Pz.Kp.f. |
10 March 1944 | Incorporated into 3./s.Pz.Abt. 504 |
schwere
Panzer-Kompanie (Fkl) 1 Panzer-Kompanie (Fkl) 316 (August 43) |
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April 1943 | Formed in Eisenach |
end of September 1943 | Transfer to Fallingbostel training ground and attachment to Panzerlehrregiment 130 |
1 February 1944 | 3 Tiger I's have been delivered when the Panzerlehrdivision requests to equip its Funklenk company with Tigers rather than StuGs |
19 February 1944 | Ordered to form with Tiger IIs |
14 March 1944 | Equipped with 5 Tiger IIs, but retains Tiger I's |
1 June 1944 | 3 Tiger I's and 3 Tiger IIs operational |
11 June 1944 | Tiger IIs handed over to crews from the Panzerlehrdivision, all Tigers lost |
2 July 1944 | Transfer to Reims, redesignated as 1./Pz.Abt.(Fkl) 302 and rebuilt with StuGs |
Panzer-Ersatz-Abteilung 500 | |
20 December 1942 | Formed at Putlos-Holstein (WK X) as replacement and training unit for schwere-Panzer-Abteilungen |
22 February 1943 | Transferred to Paderborn (WK VI) |
10 April 1943 | Reorganized and redesignated as: Kommando-Panzer-Lehrgänge Paderborn Panzer-Ersatz-Abteilung 500 |
1 August 1943 | Reorganized and redesignated under Kommandeur der Schulen der Panzertruppen as: Kommando-Panzer-Lehrgänge "Tiger" Panzer-Ersatz-und-Ausbildungs-Abteilung 500 |
8 February 1945 | Kommando-Panzer-Lehrgänge "Tiger;" Panzer-Ersatz-und-Ausbildungs-Abteilung 500; and Technische Lehrgruppe/Panzer-Ersatz-und-Ausbildungs-Abteilung "Tiger" unified at Paderborn |
schwere
Panzer-Abteilung 501 schwere Panzer-Abteilung 424 (21 December 44) |
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16 February 1942 | Schwere Panzer-Kompanie 501 and 502 formed |
10 May 1942 | Schwere Panzer-Abteilung 501 formed in Erfurt (WK IX) with Stab./, 1./ (from s.Pz.Kp. 501), 2./ (from s.Pz.Kp. 502) for duty in Africa |
late August 1942 | The first Tigers arrive |
October 1942 | 20 Tigers and 16 PzKpfw IIIs on hand, 2 platoons of 2./ sent to southern France |
10-18 November 1942 | Abt., except for 2./ sent to Reggio, Italy |
23 November 1942 | First 3 Tiger I's of 1./ arrive in Tunisia |
1 December 1942 | Tigers see first combat |
3 December 1942 | 3 more Tigers unloaded in Bizerta |
9 December 1942 | 7 Tigers and 5 PzKpfw IIIs on strength in Tunisia |
25 December 1942 | 12 Tigers and 16 PzKpfw IIIs on hand |
early January 43 | 2./ arrives in Tunis with 8 Tigers |
20 January 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action, 1 captured (and destroyed by British) |
22 January 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off (caught fire/burnt out) |
30 January 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
31 January 1943 | 11 Tigers and 14 PzKpfw IIIs operational |
26 February 1943 | Redesignated III./Panzer-Regiment 7 of 10.Panzer-Division, each company receives 15 PzKpfw IVs |
28 February 1943 | 2 Tigers received, 18 on hand |
1 March 1943 | 7 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
6 March 1943 | 3./ formed |
10 March 1943 | 6 Tigers, 12 PzKpfw IIIs, and 7 PzKpfw IVs operational |
17 March 1943 | Attached to s.Pz.Abt. 504 |
12 May 1943 | Stab./, 1./, 2./ surrendered in Tunisia |
1 July 1943 | 3./ redesignated 10./Panzer-Regiment Gro&szli g;eutschland |
9 September 1943 | Reformed at Paderborn (WK VI) from remnants of old unit with three companies [Tessin: 17 September 1943] |
18 September 1943 | Transfer to Sagan (WK VIII) |
12 October 1943 | Transfer to Mailly-le-Camp, France |
19 October-12 November 1943 | Equipped with 45 Tiger I's |
5-12 December 1943 | Transfer to Vitebsk area of Russia |
20 December 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
23 December 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action, 1 captured |
31 December 1943 | 2 Tigers are captured, 16 of 39 Tigers operational |
13 January 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
13 February 1944 | 9 Tigers are lost in action |
1 May 1944 | All 29 Tigers operational |
June 1944 | 9 Tigers transferred to s.Pz.Abt. 509, elements return to Germany for re-equipment with Tiger IIs |
23 June - 30 June 1944 | 14 Tigers are lost in action or destroyed by their crews |
25 June-7 August 1944 | 45 Tiger IIs received |
4 July 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
5 July 1944 | Last 2 Tiger I's destroyed at MoloDecemberhno |
14 July 1944 | Ordered reformed at Ohrdruf with Tiger IIs |
5 August 1944 | Ordered to southeastern Poland, Army Group North Ukraine without 1./ |
12 August 1944 | A single T-34/85 ambushes the Abt. and totally destroys 3 Tiger IIs due to turret ammunition fires, 1./ entrains to join the Abt. |
September 1944 | Unknown number of Tiger I's received from s.Pz.Abt. 509 |
1 October 1944 | 36 of 53 Tigers operational |
21 November 1944 | Redesignated schwere Panzer-Abteilung 424 for assignment to XXIV. Panzerkorps [Tessin: 15 January 1945] |
11 February 1945 | Remnants, except for 3./, reorganized and redesignated schwere-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 512 (Jagdtiger) at Detmold-Schöningen, 3./ remains in Paderborn |
Easter 1945 | 3./ uses tanks from Panzer-Ersatz-und Ausbildungs Abt. 500 against British forces without notable success, surrenders shortly afterwards |
schwere
Panzer-Abteilung 502 schwere Panzer-Abteilung 511 (5 January 1945) |
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25 May 1942 | Formed in Bamberg (WK XIII) with one company |
19-20 August 1942 | 4 Tigers arrive for 1./, many maintenance problems |
23 August 1942 | Stabskompanie and 1./ sent to Eastern Front with 4 Tigers and several PzKpfw IIIs |
29 August 1942 | Arrival in Mga, near Leningrad, 3 Tigers break down almost immediately due to transmission failure |
16-18 September 1942 | 3 more Tigers arrive |
22 September 1942 | Baptism of fire. 1 Tiger bogged down and later destroyed [Jentz 2: initial combat 29 August 1942] |
30 September 1942 | 9 Tigers, 7 PzKpfw III Ausf L and 18 Ausf N operational |
26 October 1942 | 2 more Tigers arrive |
October-November 1942 | 2./ established at Paderborn from elements of Panzer-Regimenter 1 and 35 |
21-28 December 1942 | 9 Tigers arrive for 2./ |
29 December 1942 | 2./ ordered to Eastern Front-Army Group Don |
5-6 January 1943 | Arrival of 2./ with 9 Tiger I's and 10 PzKpfw III Ausf. N |
12-18 January 1943 | 1./ surrounded in Schlusselburg, 5 Tigers lost in breakout attempt |
20 January 1943 | 1 Tiger, 2 PzKpfw III Ausf Ns operational |
31 January 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
5 February 1943 | 3 Tigers arrive for 1./, total of 5 on hand |
20 February 1943 | 4 Tigers arrive for 1./ |
22 February 1943 | 2./ redesignated 3./s.PzKpfw.Abt 503 [Jentz 2: claims 10 February; Schneider contradictory with both 22 January and 22 February given] |
31 March 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
1 April 1943 | Rebuilt in Sennelager; 2./ reformed from 4./Panzer-Regiment 4 and 3./ formed from 8./Panzer-Regiment 3 |
19-26 May 1943 | 2./ and 3./ receive 31 Tigers |
6 June 1943 | 1./ receives 7 Tigers, 14 Tigers on hand |
30 June 1943 | 1./ has 11 Tigers, 1 PzKpfw III Ausf. N and 3 PzKpfw III (lang) operational |
early July 1943 | Battalion complete with 45 Tiger I's with Army Group North |
10 July 1943 | 36 Tiger I's, 1 PzKpfw III Ausf. N, 3 PzKpfw III (lang) operational |
23 July 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
5 August 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
20 September 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off as unserviceable |
10 November 1943 | 4 Tigers are lost in action |
30 November 1943 | 12 Tigers operational of 37 on hand |
2 December 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
10 January 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action, 2 written off as unserviceable |
20 January 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
21 January 1944 | 11 Tigers are lost in action or captured |
20-21 January 1944 | 22 Tigers delivered, 41 on hand |
12 February 1944 | 13 Tigers arrive |
29 February 1944 | 17 Tigers arrive, 71 on hand |
30 March 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
31 March 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
1 April 1944 | 29 of 67 Tigers operational |
7 April 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
19 April 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
20 April 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost, 2 lost in action, 1 destroyed by crew |
22 April 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
1 May 1944 | 25 of 63 Tigers operational |
1 June 1944 | 5 Tigers are lost, written off as unserviceable (stripped for parts) |
24 June 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
27 June 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew (by other Tigers) |
2-6 July 1944 | Transferred to Dünaburg (DAugustvapils), 22 of 52 Tigers operational |
3 July 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
10 July 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
11 July 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
16 July 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
20 July 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
24 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
26 July 1944 | 5 Tigers are lost, 3 lost in action, 2 written off as unserviceable |
1 August 1944 | 12 of 37 Tigers operational |
6 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
7 August 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
9 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
11 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
12 August 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
13 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
22 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
25 August 1944 | Abt. claims destruction of 156 tanks and assault guns and 175 AT guns since 24 June |
14 September 1944 | 6 Tigers are lost in action |
4 October 1944 | Ordered to prepare for redeployment back to Germany for re-equipment with Tiger IIs |
9 October 1944 | 1./ and 2./ reach Memel before the Russians pocket Army Group North, but 3./ is trapped in the Kurland Pocket with 8 Tigers where it is attached to s.Pz.Abt. 510 |
12 November 1944 | 1 Tiger written off as unserviceable. 3./ transfers 6 remaining Tigers to s.Pz.Abt. 510 and moves to Libau for tranport to Germany |
16 December 1944 | 2 Tigers received from s.Pz.Abt. Grossdeutschland |
17 December 1944 | 3./ arrives in Sennelager |
5 January 1945 | Redesignated schwere Panzer-Abteilung 511 [Tessin: 31 January 1945] |
10 January 1945 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
21 January 1945 | Elements shipped to Pillau |
27 January 1945 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
9 February 1945 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
11 February 1945 | 3 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action, 2 destroyed by crew |
13 February 1945 | All 10 remaining Tigers given to 2./ and 1./ re-equipped with Hetzers |
31 March 1945 | 3./ receives with 8 Tiger IIs |
8 April 1945 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
16 April 1945 | 2 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action , 1 destroyed by crew |
19 April 1945 | 3./ disbanded after minor combat |
22 April 1945 | 2 Tigers are lost, 1 destroyed by crew, 1 lost in action |
27 April 1945 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
schwere
Panzer-Abteilung 503 schwere Panzer-Abteilung Feldherrnhalle (21 December 1944) |
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16 April 1942 | Formed in Neuruppin (WK III) with two companies with personnel from Panzer-Regimenter 5 and 6 for duty in Africa |
early August 1942 | Transferred to Döllersherim (WK XVII) |
December 1942 | 20 Tigers and 31 PzKpfw III Ausf. Ns received [Jentz 2 claims only 25 PzKpfw III] |
1 January 1943 | Arrived in Eastern Front, Stavropol ara |
9 January 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
10 January 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, written off (both Tigers were sent back to Germany, one Tiger was used as a memorial at Kummersdorf, Tiger "141") |
14 January 1943 | 2./s.Pz.Abt. 502 attached |
17 January 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
22 February 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action. 2./s.Pz.Abt. 502 redesignated 3./s.Pz.Abt. 503 [Jentz 2 claims 10 February] |
10 March 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, written off |
31 March 1943 | 10 Tigers arrive |
11 April 1943 | Transferred to the Kharkov area |
20-30 April 1943 | 14 Tigers delivered, 45 on strength |
10 May 1943 | All PzKpfw IIIs transferred to other units |
1 July 1943 | 42 of 45 Tiger I's operational |
5 July 1943 | Operation Zitadelle (Battle of Kursk) commences, Abt. split up between three panzer divisions against the battalion commander's advice |
7 July 1943 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
10 July 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
12 July 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
14 July 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
31 July 1943 | 9 of 38 Tigers operational |
13 August 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
17 August 1943 | Abt. claimed destruction of 385 tanks, 4 assault guns and 265 AT guns since 5 July |
22-23 August 1943 | 12 Tigers delivered, 49 on hand |
24 August 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
29 August 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, written off |
30 August 1943 | 7 Tigers are lost, written off |
31 August 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off (after being fired on by StuGs and lost in action) |
1 September 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
13 September 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
30 September 1943 | 4 Tigers are lost, written off |
30 October 1943 | 4 Tigers are lost in action |
11 November 1943 | 7 Tigers are lost in action |
20 December 1943 | 3 Tigers are lost, written off |
3 January 1944 | 45 new Tigers arrive, but 1 is a total loss due to engine fire, 69 on hand |
19-20 January 1944 | Transferred to the Vinnitsa area and subordinated to schwere Panzer-Regiment Bäke |
27 January 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off ("332" is lost in action by a Panther from "LAH") |
29 January 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
2 February 1944 | Assigned to III. Panzerkorps for the Cherkassy (Korsun) Pocket relief attempt |
12 February 1944 | 4 Tigers are lost in action |
15 February 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
18 February 1944 | Attempt successful, 56 Tigers on hand. 4 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew (among them "100", "121" and "123" ) |
25 February 1944 | 8 Tigers are written off. Schwere Panzer-Regiment Bäke dissolved, 9 Tigers received, 57 on hand |
1-2 March 1944 | Transferred to Proskurov area and 7 Tigers received from s.Pz.Abt. 506 |
8 March 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action ("113" is one of them) |
14 March 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action ("133") |
15 March 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, captured ("121") |
21 March 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew ("101") |
22 March 1944 | 4 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew ("131", "132", "213 " plus "3##") |
29 March 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
30 March 1944 | 24 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action, 23 captured (21 lost while under repair some of which can be seen as "destroyed by crew", 2 lost in a river crossing attempt) |
Mar-April 1944 | Trapped in Hube's Pocket, only 7 Tigers on strength when relieved |
4 April 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off ("314" used for parts) |
5 April 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew ("100") |
7 April 1944 | 5 Tigers are lost in action |
22 April 1944 | 22 Tigers are lost in action or destroyed by crew (in the Hube Pocket, most Tigers being destroyed by crew) |
May 1944 | Tigers turned over to s.Pz.Abt. 509 and transferred to Ohrdruf (WK IX) to be rebuilt |
11-17 June 1944 | Rebuilt with 33 Tiger I's, 12 Tiger IIs |
26 June-7 July 1944 | Transferred to France |
18 July 1944 | 3./ is bombed during Operation Goodwood, but only two Tigers are lost, one burnt out and the other was flipped over by a near miss. 13 Tigers lost during the day to all causes |
20-29 July 1944 | 3./ ordered to Mailly-le-Camp for re-equipment with Tiger IIs |
12 August 1944 | 3./ entrains for Paris |
mid-August 1944 | Most of 3./ destroyed by Allied fighter-bombers, all of the rest of the Abt. is destroyed during the retreat from Normandy, only 2 Tiger IIs of 3./ on strength |
September 1944 | Ordered to Paderborn for re-equipment with Tiger IIs |
19 September 1944 - 22 September 1944 | Equipped with 45 Tiger IIs, 47 on hand |
12-14 October 1944 | Ordered to Budapest, Hungary |
18 October 1944 | Transfer to Szolnok |
22 October 1944 | Abt. claims destruction of 1500(!) tanks thus far and 120 AT guns since 19 October |
15 March 1945 | Budapest area with 26 Tiger IIs of which 19 are operational |
April 1945 | Withdrawal into Austria, 12 Tigers lost during the retreat |
May 1945 | Retreat into Bohemia |
schwere Panzer-Abteilung 504 | |
13 January 1943 | Formed in WK XI (Fallingbostel) with two companies from personnel of III./Panzer-Regiment 4 [Schneider: 18 January 43] |
13 February 1943 | 2./ renamed as 1./s.Pz.Abt. 505, cancelled 4 days later |
27-28 February 1943 | Entrained for Italy |
6-8 March 1943 | Arrival in Italy |
8 March 1943 | Stab./ and 1./ equipped with 11 Tiger I's and 19 PzKpfw III Ausf. N sent to Tunisia |
12 March 1943 | First 3 Tigers arrive |
17 March 1943 | S.PzKpfw.Abt 501 with 11 Tigers is attached to the Abteilung |
20 March 1943 | 3./ formed [Schneider: 3 April 43] |
22-23 March 1943 | 5 Tigers arrive in Bizerta |
30 March 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
1 April 1943 | 2 more Tigers arrive in Tunis |
13 April 1943 | 2./ equipped with 9 Tiger I's and 6 PzKpfw III Ausf. N and ordered to Sicily (several PzKpfw IVs acquired on Sicily) |
16 April 1943 | 1 last Tiger arrived in Bizerta |
19 April 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, captured by British ("131" now at Bovington) |
20 April 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
21 April 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action, 1 captured ( "712" sent to the Aberdeen Proving Grounds in the U.S.) |
29 April 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
6 May 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
10 May 1943 | 2 Tigers delivered to 2./ |
12 May 1943 | Stab./, 1./ surrendered in Tunisia |
June 1943 | 6 more Tigers delivered to 2./, 17 on-hand |
22 June 1943 | 3./ redesignated 11./Panzer-Regiment Grossdeutschland [Schneider: 2 July 43] |
10 July 1943 | 2./ attached to Fallschirm-Panzer-Division Hermann Göring with 17 Tiger I's |
11 July 1943 | 5 Tigers are lost, 3 are lost in action, 2 destroyed by crew |
12 July 1943 | 6 Tigers are lost, 3 lost in action, 3 destroyed by crew |
14 July 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
16 August 1943 | 3 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
17 August 1943 | Only 1 Tiger I's evacuated across the Straits of Messina, but breaks down shortly afterwards and is abandoned |
18 November 1943 | Reformed from surviving personnel of old unit and Pz.Abt.18 (at Wezep bei Zwolle-Netherlands), 3./ is formed from PzKpfw.Kp. 314 (Fkl) and retains its B IV demolition vehicles |
28 February-21 April 1944 | 45 Tiger I's delivered |
30 April-4 May 1944 | Transferred to France, area west of Poitiers |
3 June 1944 | Ordered to Italy [originally under orders for Eastern Front] |
9-14 June 1944 | Arrival in Italy, one Bergepanther destroyed by Allied fighter-bombers |
22 June 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
25 June 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
30 June 1944 | 22 Tigers are lost in action or destroyed by crew (most being destroyed by crew) |
1 July 1944 | 9 of 18 Tigers operational, of the 27 losses only 2 are due to enemy action, the rest had to be abandoned |
22 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
26 July 1944 | 12 replacement Tiger I's received |
14 August 1944 | 1./, without tanks, is sent to Wien for familiarization with the Tiger II |
14 September 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew ("311" and "32# ") |
15 September 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
16 September 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
18 September 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
18 October 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
30 November 1944 | 3./, without tanks, is exchanged for 1./, still without tanks |
18 December 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
12 February 1945 | 15 Tiger I's received from s.Pz.Abt.508 |
15 March 1945 | All 32 Tiger I's operational |
10 April 1945 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
12 April 1945 | 2 Tigers are lost, 1 destroyed by crew ("200"), 1 captured ("211" by 2nd NZ Div) |
15 April - 21 April 1945 | 19 Tigers are lost in retreats around Argenta, Italy. Most were destroyed by crew |
21 April 1945 | 6 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
28 April 1945 | Last Tigers destroyed NOTE: Tessin erroneously has this unit on the Eastern Front in 1944 |
schwere Panzer-Abteilung 505 | |
29 January 1943 | Formed in WK III with two companies from personnel from 3. and 26. Panzer Divisions for service in Africa [Gudgin: from Res.Pz.Abt. 5 and Res.Pz.Abt. 10] |
March 1943 | Transferred to Belgium |
31 March 1943 | 16 Tigers and 23 PzKpfw III operational |
3 April 1943 | 3./ established with personnel from 2. Panzer Division |
1-6 May 1943 | Equipped with 20 Tiger I's and 25 PzKpfw III sent to Orel (Jentz claims PzKpfw III Ausf, N, Schneider merely 50mm L60, confirmed by photographic evidence) |
30 May-10 June 1943 | 25 Tigers delivered, some PzKpfw IIIs disposed of |
1 July 1943 | "Zitadelle" with two companies: 31 Tiger I's, 7 PzKpfw III Ausf. N, 8 PzKpfw III (kurz) |
9 July 1943 | 3./ joined the Abteilung |
10 July 1943 | 26 Tigers, 5 PzKpfw III (kurz), 5 PzKpfw III (lang) operational |
7 July 1943 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
17 July 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
20 July 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off. 19 Tigers, 2 PzKpfw III (kurz), 2 PzKpfw III (lang) operational |
31 July 1943 | 3 Tigers, 5 PzKpfw III (kurz), 5 PzKpfw III (lang) operational |
5 August 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, burnt out |
6 August 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
10 August 1943 | 3 Tigers are lost, written off |
30 August 1943 | 7 Tigers are lost, written off |
15 September 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
16 September 1943 | Transferred to Roslavl-Smolensk area |
18 September 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, captured |
27 September 1943 | 5 Tigers arrive, 30 on strength |
18 October 1943 | 3 Tigers are lost, written off or destroyed by crew |
31 October 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, written off |
15 November 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, captured |
23-26 December 1943 | Transferred to Vitebsk, 23 Tigers on hand |
30 December 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
1 January 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
31 January 1944 | Claimed 446 tank kills since 5 July 43 |
1 February 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
3 February 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
16 February 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action ("300") |
12 March 1944 | Transferred to Orscha area |
13-25 March 1944 | 11 Tigers arrive, along with 7 SPW for the new reconaissance platoon |
26 May 1944 | 12 Tigers and 1 Bergepanther delivered, 41 on hand |
1 June 1944 | 1 Tiger delivered, 36 Tigers and 2 PzKpfw IIIs operational |
6-17 June 1944 | 9 Tigers picked up from PzKpfwInstGrp Süd |
24-26 June 1944 | transferred to Bobruisk area, subordinated to 5. Panzer Division |
28 June 1944 | 6 Tigers are lost, written off |
29 June 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
7 July 1944 | 12 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
11-12 July 1944 | Ordered to Ohrdruf (WK IX) for re-equipment with Tiger IIs, Abteilung claims 128 kills between 26 June and 8 July |
26 July 44-29 August 1944 | Equipped with 45 Tiger IIs |
9-10 September 1944 | Transferred to East Prussia under command of 2. Armee |
16 November 1944 | 24 of 37 Tigers operational |
5 February 1945 | 17 Tiger IIs on hand, 4 Tiger I's acquired from s.Pz.Abt. 511, claimed destruction of 116 tanks and 74 At guns since 19 January 1945 |
15 March 1944 | East Prussia with 13 Tiger IIs (12 operational) |
15 April 1945 | Abteilung surrenders to Russians |
schwere Panzer-Abteilung 506 | |
8 May 1943 | Formed in WK XVII (St. Pölten) by reorganization and redesignation of III./Panzer-Regiment 33, 9. Panzer-Division |
16-27 August 1943 | Delivery of 45 Tiger I's |
9-12 September 1943 | Entrained for the Eastern Front |
17-20 September 1943 | Arrival in Zaporozhe, assigned to XVII. Armeekorps |
20 September 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off (caught fire/destroyed by crew) |
24 September 1943 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
26 September 1943 | 4 Tigers are lost, 3 lost in action, 1 written off |
11 October 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
20 October 1943 | 7 of 36 Tigers operational |
23 October 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
15 November 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
21 November 1943 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
25 November 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off (lost in action by German AT gun) |
20 December 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
25 December 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action. 27 surviving Tigers railed to Kirovograd area |
26 January 1944 | 16 Tigers are lost in action |
29-30 January 1944 | 12 Tigers delivered, 22 on strength |
4 February 1944 | After road March to the area west of Cherkassy the attempt to relieve the Cherkassy Pocket begins |
9 February 1944 | 5 Tigers delivered |
17 February 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost in action. Relief attempt partially succeeds |
1 March 1944 | Abteilung transfers remaining Tigers of s.Pz.Abt 503 and is transferred to Lvov for rebuilding |
29 Mar-8 April 1944 | 45 Tigers delivered |
2-10 April 1944 | Combat under 100. Jüger Division |
20 April 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
21 April 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
2 May 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
31 May 1944 | Army Group North Ukraine with 41 Tiger I's (39 operational) |
17 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
27-28 July 1944 | 6 Tigers transferred to s.Pz.Abt 507 |
August 1944 | 34 Tigers are lost in action, most of the Tigers were destroyed by crews while retreating away from encirclment |
15 August 1944 | Ordered returned to Germany for re-equipment with Tiger IIs at Ohrdruf (WK IX) |
20 August-12 September 1944 | Equipped with 45 Tiger IIs |
22-24 September 1944 | Arrival in Arnhem, Netherlands area, subordinated to II. SS-Panzerkorps |
20 October 1944 | 18 of 35 Tiger IIs operational |
2 November 1944 | 2 Tiger IIs received from II. SS-Panzerkorps |
8 December 1944 | 4./ formed from schwere Panzer-Kompanie Hummel with Tiger I's |
8-13 December 1944 | 12 Tiger IIs delivered, 47 Tigers on hand, including 4./ |
21 December 1944 | Committed in support of "Wacht Am Rhein" with 46 Tigers in the direction of Bastogne |
Late-January 1945 | Withdrawn for refitting with only 30 Tigers on strength |
16 February 1945 | 4./ leaves the Abteilung with its 5 Tiger I's |
15 March 1945 | Army Group B with 15 Tiger IIs (2 operational) |
20 March 1945 | 7 Tiger IIs arrive from s.SS-Pz.Abt. 501 |
2 April 1945 | 6 more Tigers received from s.SS-Pz.Abt. 501 |
14 April 1945 | Abteilung disbanded by its commander in Iserlohn |
schwere Panzer-Abteilung 507 | |
7 May 1943 | Originally formed by reorganization and redesignation of I./Panzer-Regiment 3 (at Wien/Modling?) |
30 June 1943 | Redesignated I./Panzer-Regiment 3 again and re-equipped with Panther tanks |
23 September 1943 | S.Pz.Abt. 507 again formed in Vienna area with from I./Panzer-Regiment 4 [Tessin: 28 September 1943] |
23 December 1943-25 February 1944 | Completed equipment with with 45 Tiger I's in Wezep/Zwolle, the Netherlands |
February-early March 1944 | 6 more Tigers delivered |
15-21 March 1944 | Sent to southern Poland, Lemberg area |
24 March 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action, 1 destroyed by crew ( "324") |
29 March 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
30 March 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
2 April 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
7 April 1944 | 6 more Tigers delivered |
11 April 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost lost in action |
14 April 1944 | 6 more Tigers delivered |
15 April 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
30 Apr 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
8 May 1944 | 8 Tigers are lost in action, destroyed by crew |
31 May 1944 | Army Group North Ukraine with 47 Tiger I's (45 operational) |
7 June 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
30 June 1944 | 2 Tigers delivered |
30 June-2 July 1944 | Transfer to BaraNovemberichi |
7 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
8 July 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
20 July 1944 | 7 Tigers are lost in action |
28 July 1944 | 6 Tigers delivered, 44 on hand |
30 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
8 August 1944 | 6 Tiger I's delivered and 6 more received from s.Pz.Abt. 506, 55 on hand |
21-22 August 1944 | 13 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action, 12 destroyed by crew (10 stuck in a swamp had to be destroyed by crew to prevent capture by Russians) |
5 October 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
25-27 November 1944 | 10 Tigers delivered, 51 on strength |
6 December 1944 | One more Tiger delivered |
16 January 1945 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
18 January 1945 | 2 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action, 1 written off |
19-21 January 1945 | 19 Tiger I's lost, mostly by their own crews |
24-30 January 1945 | 22 more destroyed by their own crews due to lack of ferries across the Weichsel |
2 February 1945 | 3 Tigers are lost, written off |
8 February 1945 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
13 February 1945 | 3 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
12-15 February 1945 | Transferred to Sennelager, less 1./, for re-equipment with Tiger IIs [Jentz 3: 6 February 1945] |
19 March 1945-22 March 1945 | Re-equipped with 21 Tiger IIs, including 3 Tiger IIs each from s.Pz.Abt. 510 and s.Pz.Abt. 511 |
30 March 1945 | 2./and 3/. in action against U.S. forces in central Germany |
4 April 1945 | Remnants of 1./ arrive at Sennelager without tanks |
11-17 April 1945 | Transferred to Prague/Milovice and ordered redesignated as Panzer-Abteilung 507 to be equipped with Jagdpanzer 38(t) |
6 May 1945 | 10 Hetzers received and attempt to breakthrough to the American-occupied area of Czechoslovakia |
12 May 1945 | Surrender to US forces and later turned over to the Russians |
schwere Panzer-Abteilung 508 | |
11 May 1943 | Originally formed by reorganization and redesignation of I./Panzer-Regiment 29 (in France) |
8 July 1943 | Redesignated I./Panzer-Regiment 29 again and re-equipped with Panther tanks |
25 August 1943 | S.Pz.Abt. 508 reformed in France from remnants of Pz.Rgt. 8 and Pz.Abt.190 [Tessin: 15 September 1943] |
10 December 1943-24 January 1944 | Equipped with 45 Tiger I's |
29 December 1943 | Pz.Kp. 313 (Fkl) attached |
4-12 February 1944 | Sent to Italy for counterattack on the Anzio beachhead |
19 February 1944 | Pz.Kp. 313 (Fkl) integrated as 3./ |
29 February 1944 | 4 Tigers are lost in action |
1 March 1944 | 4 Tigers are lost, written off (1 turned into demolition carrier) |
11 March 1944 | Tigergruppe Schwebbach with 8 Tigers absorbed [Schneider: 3 March ] |
20-25 April 1944 | 11 Tigers arrive, 7 lost, 49 on hand |
30 April 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
1 May 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, written off |
23 May 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
24 May 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
25 May 1944 | 19 Tigers lost in the retreat from the Gothic Line (most were destroyed by crew), 24 on hand |
13-14 June 1944 | 13 more Tigers lost in the retreat, but 13 are received |
18 June 1944 | 14 Tigers arrive for 3./, 37 on hand |
27 June 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
4 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
24 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
25 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost destroyed by crew |
29 July 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
30 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, captured |
2 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
September 1944 | 11 Tigers are lost in action or destroyed by crew. Most of the losses are from the road marches during retreat. |
1 October 1944 | 15 of 17 Tigers operational |
30 November 1944 | men of the former Pz.Kp. 313 (Fkl) transferred to Panzer-Ersatz-Abteilung 300 in Eisenach |
1 December 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, written off |
4 February 1945 | 15 surviving Tiger I's transferred to s.Pz.Abt.504, ordered returned to Germany for re-equipment with Tiger IIs [Schneider: 12 February 1945] |
Mar-May 1945 | No action as tankers, but some as infantry and artillerymen |
schwere Panzer-Abteilung 509 | |
9 September 1943 | Ordered formed from elements of Pz.Rgt. 204, 26 Tigers already on hand [Tessin: formed May 1943 from Stab./, I./Pz.Rgt. 204, disbanded 20 March 1943 in southern Russia] |
Late September 1943 | Transfer to Mailly-le-Camp, France |
30 September 1943 | 19 Tiger I's delivered |
28 October 1943 | Entrained for the Kiev area |
7 November 1943 | Russian Kiev offensive disrupts rail traffic, 2./ and 3./ detrained and taken under command by 25. Panzer Division and 2. SS-Panzer Division Das Reich respectively |
10 November 1943 | Last train arrives, 4 Tigers are lost in action |
13 December 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
15 November 1943 | Abteilung finally reunited |
19 December 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
20 December 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
27 December 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action, 1 captured |
31 December 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, 1 destroyed by crew, 1 written off |
1 January 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
12 January 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
15 January 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
20 January 1944 | 16 of 28 Tigers operational |
15 February 1944 | 6 Tigers delivered, 34 on hand |
23 February 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
5 March 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
12 March 1944 | Retreat through Proskurov across the Bug |
14 March 1944 | 2 Tigers delivered |
17 March 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
25 March 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
28 March 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
2 April 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
19 April 1944 | 3 of 29 Tigers operational, transferred to Kolomia to train Hungarian tank crews on the Tiger |
May 44 | 24 new tanks delivered, 11 turned over for factory maintenance, 4 received from s.Pz.Abt. 503, 46 on hand |
2 June 1944 | 6 more Tigers delivered |
June 44 | 14 battle-worn Tigers delivered to the Hungarians, 9 Tigers received from s.Pz.Abt. 501 and 3 more turned into the factory, 44 on strength |
14-16 July 1944 | Transfer to the Lublin area of central Poland |
23 July 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
25 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew ("200") |
26 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew ("213") |
8 September 1944 | All remaining Tigers turned over to s.Pz.Abt. 501, ordered returned to Germany for re-equipment with Tiger IIs |
Early December 1944 | 11 Tiger IIs turned over to s.SS-Pz.Abt. 501 |
5 December 1944-1 January 1945 | Equipped with 45 Tiger IIs |
12 January 1945 | Ordered to Hungary |
17 January 1945 | Subordinated to 3. SS-Panzerregiment Totenkopf for the attempt to relieve Budapest |
9 February 1945 | Only 5 of 35 Tiger IIs operational |
5 April 1945 | 5 Tiger IIs received from s.SS-Pz.Abt. 501, 18 on hand, 2 companies without tanks |
13 April 1945 | Transfer to vicinity of St. Pölten |
9 May 1945 | Surrender to U.S. forces |
schwere Panzer-Abteilung 510 | |
6 June 1944 | Formed at Paderborn with three companies; 1./ from 1.Pz.Lehr-Kp./Kompanieführerschule Versailles 2./ from 1.Ausbildungs-Kompanie/Panzer-Ersatz-Abteilung 500 [Tessin: 10 June 1944] |
20 June 1944-7 July 1944 | Equipped with 45 Tiger I's |
19 July 1944 | Ordered to Eastern Front |
22 July 1944 | Arrival at Kaunas |
26 July 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action, 1 destroyed by crew ( "131") |
19 August 1944 | 10 Tigers are lost in action, 6 Tigers delivered, 39 Tigers on strength |
9 October 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
24 October 1944 | 5 Tigers are lost in action |
November 1944 | 10 Tigers are lost, written off |
12 November 1944 | 6 Tigers received from s.Pz.Abt. 501, 26 on strength |
1 December 1944 | 3./ disbanded temporarily |
22 December 1944 | 4 Tigers are lost in action |
1 January 1945 | 18 of 22 Tigers operational |
mid-January 1945 | 3./ transferred to Paderborn for refitting |
29 January 1945 | 1 Tiger is lost in action (some time after 25 January 1945) |
17 February 1945 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
1 March 1945 | 5 Tigers are lost in action |
19 March 1945 | 15 remaining Tiger I's consolidated into a kampgruppe led by Leutenant Wise, rest of the battalion prepares to evacuate Courland |
30 March 1945 | 3./ re-equipped with 6 Tiger IIs at the factory in Kassel |
2 April 1945 | In combat near Kassel |
11 April 1945 | Evacuation successful, ordered to armor school in Putlos |
17 April 1945 | 3./ disbanded, remaining tanks abandoned |
1 May 1945 | Arrival in Putlos |
8 May 1945 | Surrender to the British, Kampfgruppe Wise surrenders to the Russians |
schwere
Panzer-Kompanie Tigergruppe Meyer schwere Panzer-Kompanie Tigergruppe Schwebbach (December 1943) |
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26-28 July 1943 | This unit, named after its commander, was formed by schwere Panzer-Ersatz-und Ausbildungsabteilung 500 with 8 Tigers for service in Italy |
Early August 1943 | Arrival in northern Italy |
September 43 | Assists in disarming Italian units |
Early December 1943 | Transferred south of Rome, near the western coast |
22 January 1944 | Planned counter-attack into the Allied beachhead at Anzio inexplicably cancelled |
Late January-March 1944 | Operations vicinity of Anzio |
3 March 1944 | Incorporated into s.Pz.Abt. 508 |
schwere
Panzer-Kompanie-Einsatz Dunkirchen schwere Panzer-Kompanie Hummel (20 September 1944) |
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Early July 1944 | An alarm unit is formed on paper from assets of schwere Panzer-Ersatz-und Ausbildungsabteilung 500 in Sennelager |
18 September 1944 | Alerted for movement to the Arnhem area where the British 1st Para Division was dropped, 14 Tiger I's on strength |
19 September 1944 | Railed to Bocholt and road marched to Arnhem, but only 2 complete the trip without breaking down |
September-October 44 | Operations in southern Holland |
Early November 1944 | In action near Aachen |
18 December 1944 | Subordinated to s.Pz.Abt. 506 as its 4th Kompanie |
December 44-February 1945 | In action on the west bank of the Rhine |
16 February 1944 | Relieved of subordination to s.Pz.Abt. 506 |
5 April 1945 | 11 Tigers on hand, placed under command of Panzerbrigade 106 |
4./SS-Panzerregiment
1 (December 42) 13./SS-Panzerregiment 1 (early 43) |
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Late November 42 | Ordered formed as the Tiger company for 1. SS-Panzergrenadier Division Liebstandarte der SS Adolph Hitler |
21 January 1943 | 10 Tigers and 15 PzKpfw III Ausf. Js received; 4./ organized into 3 platoons of 3 tanks of each type, plus a leichte platoon of 5 PzKpfw IIIs and a Stabszug of one Tiger and one PzKpfw III |
31 January-2 February 1943 | Entrained for the Eastern Front |
7-9 February 1943 | Arrival in Kharkov, but one platoon of 3 Tigers and 5 PzKpfw IIIs diverted to Poltava where it remains until late Februaryruary |
12 February 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
15 February 1943 | Ordered to withdraw from Kharkov |
25 February 1943 | 4./ reunited, only 7 of 9 Tigers operational |
5 March 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off (caught fire/burnt out) |
11-15 March 1943 | Kharkov recaptured |
13 May 1943 | 5 Tigers arrive and PzKpfw IIIs are handed over to the regiment, total of 13 Tigers on hand |
30 June-1 July 1943 | 1 more Tiger arrives, 11 of 14 operational |
4 July 1943 | 12 Tigers operational, heavy company definitely known as 13./ by this date |
5 July 1943 | Operation Zitadelle commences (Battle of Kursk) |
6 July 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
12 July 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
16 July 1943 | 5 Tigers arrive, 9 Tigers operational |
17 July 1943 | Withdrawal from the Psel River bridgehead to the Belgorod area |
26 July 1943 | Liebstandarte is ordered to Italy, turns over all tanks to the other SS-Panzergrenadier divisions. Das Reich receives 9 Tigers and Totenkopf gets 8. |
15-25 August 1943 | 27 Tigers arrive with elements of 1./ and 2./ s.SS-Pz.Abt. 101 to provide crews, organized into 5 platoons of 5 Tigers each and a Stabszug of 2 Tigers |
27 October 1943 | Transport to the Eastern Front begins |
12 November 1943 | After some confusion and delays, arrival in Berdichev |
15 November 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
8 December 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
19 December 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
20 December 1943 | Heavy fighting west of Kiev the previous month, 3 of 23 Tigers operational |
24 December 1943 | 7 disabled Tigers have to be blown up as Liebstandarte retreats |
28 December 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
29 December 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
1 January 1944 | All 13 Tigers are under repair |
2 January 1944 | 4 Tigers are lost, captured |
17 January 1944 | 13./ claimed destruction of 343 tanks, 8 assault guns and 255 AT guns since November 43 |
19 January 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, written off |
1 February 1944 | Transfer to Krasnyi for attempt to relieve the Cherkassy (Korsun) Pocket, 6 Tigers on hand |
5 February 1944 | Relief attempt begins, 3 operational Tigers |
16 February 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, 1 destroyed by crew |
19 February 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
24 February 1944 | Last 2 remaining Tigers are returned for maintenance |
1 March 1944 | 13./ officially disbanded, but 6 new Tigers are operated by the Panzerregiment |
9 March 1944 | 4 operational Tigers |
12 April 1944 | Liebstandarte breaks through encircling Russian forces (Hube's Pocket) |
14-16 April | 44 remaining tanks handed over to the Wehrmacht and the surviving personnel are transferred to Belgium |
8./SS-Panzerregiment 2 | |
15 November 42 | Ordered formed as the Tiger company for 2. SS-Panzergrenadier Division Das Reich |
December 42 | 2 Tigers received |
January 42 | 8 Tigers and 12 PzKpfw IIIJs received, organized into four heavy platoons, each with 3 Tigers and 1 PzKpfw III and 2 light platoons of 4 PzKpfw IIIs each |
24-25 January 1943 | Entrained for the Eastern Front |
1-2 February 1943 | Arrival in Kharkov |
10 February 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost. Tiger of SS-Obersturmfuhrer Gerlach is immobilized by a mine and then captured. |
17 February 42 | Withdrawal to Poltava begins, 1 command Tiger delivered to balance the loss of the captured Tiger |
22 February 1943 | German counter-offensive begins vicinity of Kharkov (von Manstein's Backhand Blow) |
25 February 1943 | Only 3 Tigers operational |
1 March 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
13 May 1943 | 6 Tigers delivered, 14 on strength |
20 May 1943 | Remaining PzKpfw IIIs transferred |
4 July 1943 | 12 Tigers operational |
5 July 1943 | Operation Zitadelle commences (Battle of Kursk) |
11 July 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
16 July 1943 | Zitadelle terminated, 5 Tigers operational |
28 July 1943 | 9 Tigers received from Liebstandarte which heads for Italy, 22 on strength, transfer to the Mius River front |
4 August 1943 | Transfer back to the Kharkov area |
18 August 1943 | 17 Tigers on strength, 3 operational |
19 August 1943 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
18 September 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
20 October 1943 | Transferred to the Bobruisk area |
30 October 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
6 November 1943 | Transferred to the Kiev area |
7 November 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
16 November 1943 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
30 November 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
10 December 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
11 December 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
17 December 1943 | majority of Das Reich transfers to the West for reconstitution, but the 9 remaining Tigers remain as part of the Kampfgruppe Das Reich |
20 December 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, written off |
24 December 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
25 December 1943 | All remaining Tigers are abandoned due to breakdowns or lack of fuel |
10 February 1944 | 5 Tigers are delivered in Proskurov |
3 March 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action, 2 destroyed by crew |
24 March 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew ("01") |
26 March 1944 | Last surviving Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew ( "02") |
14 April 1944 | Withdrawn to the Netherlands and incorporated into s.SS-Pz.Abt.102? |
9./SS-Panzerregiment 3 | |
15 November 42 | Ordered formed as the Tiger company for 3. SS-Panzergrenadier Division Totenkopf |
January 43 | 9 Tiger I's delivered as well as 10 PzKpfw III Ausf. Js, organized into 4 platoons each with 2 Tigers and 2 PzKpfw IIIs, Stabszug of 1 Tiger and 2 PzKpfw III |
10 February 1943 | Ordered to the Eastern Front |
18 February 1943 | Arrival in Poltava |
21 February 1943 | 1 Tiger lost when crossing a river, recovered 27 February and sent to the depot in Dnepropetrovsk for repair |
8 March 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
10 March 1943 | O Tigers operational |
20 March 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost, written off |
21 March 1943 | 6 Tiger I's on strength, but only 1 operational |
10 May 1943 | 3 Tigers delivered |
12-14 May 1943 | Reorganization ordered and surviving PzKpfw IIIs transferred to the regiment |
20 May 1943 | 6 Tigers delivered, total of 15 on strength, 1 of which is a command version |
4 July 1943 | 11 Tigers operational |
5 July 1943 | Operation Zitadelle commences (Battle of Kursk) |
7 July 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
9 July 1943 | Only 1 Tiger operational, but only one has been destroyed |
16 July 1943 | Zitadelle terminated, 9 Tigers operational |
22 July 1943 | Totenkopf entrains for the Mius River sector which is in danger of collapsing |
29 July 1943 | 8 Tigers received from Liebstandarte which is being transferred to Italy |
31 July 1943 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
6 August 1943 | Totenkopf transferred back to the Kharkov area, 20 Tigers on strength |
12 August 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
3 September 1943 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
27 September 1943 | Totenkopf withdraws across the Dnepr near Kremenchug |
3 October 1943 | 5 Tigers arrive from the depot in Dnepropetrovsk, 23 on strength |
12 December 1943 | 7 Tigers are lost, written off |
7 January 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
16 January 1944 | 4 Tigers are lost in action |
12 March 1944 | Totenkopf retreats behind the Bug at Pervomaisk, 4 Tigers operational |
3 April 1944 | Totenkopf retreats behind the Dnestr into Romania |
14 April 1944 | Enroute to Tiraspol when the rail line is broken, all remaining Tigers blown up to prevent capture |
2 May 1944 | 3 Tigers delivered |
20 May 1944 | III./Panzerregiment Grossdeutschland transfers 4 Tigers to 9./ |
7 June 1944 | 2 more Tigers delivered |
9 June 1944 | 6 Tigers are received from s.SS-Pz.Abt. 103, total of 15 on strength |
7 July 1944 | Entrained for transfer to Poland |
16 July 1944 | Deployed in Grodno area |
17 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
2 August 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
26 July 1944 | 2 Tigers destroyed in combat by the Russians, but 5 more are delivered for a total of 18 |
31 July 1944 | 5 Tigers picked up in Warsaw |
1-2 August 1944 | The Tigers are caught in the Warsaw uprising and lose 2 vehicles before being ordered to the front |
18 September 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
26 December 1944 | Entrained for the front in Hungary, 11 Tigers operational |
1 January 1945 | Relief attack for Budapest begins from the north, 1 Tiger is lost in action |
3 January 1945 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
5 January 1945 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
6 January 1945 | 3 Tigers are lost, 2 destroyed by crew, 1 written off ("901") |
12 January 1945 | Attack failed, entrained for the Veszprem area for another try, 10 Tigers on strength |
16 January 1945 | Second relief attempt begins, 9 Tiger I's operational |
27 January 1945 | Second relief attempt also fails, 1 Tiger operational |
13 February 1945 | 2 Tigers are lost in action or possible written off |
6 March 1945 | Third relief attempt begins, Operation Frühlingserwachsen, 8 Tigers on strength |
16 March 1945 | Russians begin counter-offensive, Totenkopf begins to retreat towards Austria |
17 March 1945 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
30 March 1945 | 2 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action, 1 destroyed by crew |
Late Mar-May 1945 | Defensive actions in Austria, 1 Tiger II taken over from the Wehrmacht, but never sees combat |
6 May 1945 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
8 May 1945 | 2 Tiger I's and the Tiger II blown up by their own crews |
schwere
SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 (22 October 1943) schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 501 (22 September 1944) |
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19 July 1943 | Schwere Panzer-SS-Abteilung-General-Kommando-I. SS-Panzer-Korps ordered formed at Sennelager with two companies plus: 13./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 as 3./101 [Tessin: 27 July 1943] |
15-25 August 1943 | Received 27 Tiger I's |
23-25 August 1943 | Transfer to Verona, Italy |
22 October 1943 | Formed at Tr.Ub.Platz Mailly-le-Camp (France) as schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 101 [Tessin] |
28 October 1943 | 1./ and 2./ incorporated into 13./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 with 27 Tiger Is |
3-8 November 1943 | Remainder of Abteilung, Stab, Stabskompanie, 3. Kompanie and Werkstattkompanie transferred to Sennelager with 10 Tiger I's |
5-11 November 1943 | 13./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 transfers to the Kiev area with their division |
3 January 1944 | 10 Tiger I's delivered |
9-12 January 1944 | Transfer to the training area at Maisieres, Belgium |
20 March 1944 | Crews of 13./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 return and reform 1./ and 2./ |
3-4 April 1944 | Transfer to the area of Beauvais, France |
20 April 1944 | 25 Tiger I's delivered |
22 April 1944 | Last remaining personnel of 13./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 return from Russia |
1 June 1944 | 37 of 45 Tiger I's operational |
7-12 June 1944 | Road March to Normandy under heavy air attack, numerous breakdowns |
13 June 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost in action ("112","121" and "222"?) |
15 June 1944 | 5 Tigers are lost in action (4 by aircraft/bombing raid) |
16 June 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action ("111") |
24 June 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, 2 written off |
27 June 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
28 June 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
3 July 1944 | 1./ turns over its last 3 Tigers to 3./ and transfers to Paderborn to re-equip with Tiger IIs |
7 July 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, written off |
19 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
20 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
5-18 August 1944 | 1./ entrains for Normandy, detrains 30 km north-east of Paris with 14 Tiger IIs |
8 August 1944 | 7 Tigers are lost in action ("007" and "214 " are among them, Wittmann killed) |
14 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
16 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
18 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
19 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
23 August 1944 | 1./ supports a counterattack of 18. Luftwaffenfelddivision near Guitrancourt |
24 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
25 August 1944 | Absorbs 2 Tiger IIs of s.SS-Pz.Abt. 103, 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
27 August 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action ("221"), 1 destroyed by crew |
29 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
30 August 1944 | 5 Tigers are lost, 1 lost in action, 4 destroyed by crew, 2./ and 3./ have no tanks left |
5 September 1944 | Only 1 Tiger II is successfully extracted from Normandy and is transferred to the SS-Panzerersatzabteilung in Augustustdorf |
9 September 1944 | Ordered to reform with Tiger II at various locations, finally at Bielefeld |
17 October-26 November 1944 | 4 Tiger IIs delivered |
Early December 1944 | 11 Tiger IIs taken from s.Pz.Abt.509 |
5 December 1944 | Ordered to Western Front with 45 Tiger IIs |
16 December 1944 | "Wacht Am Rhein" attached to 1. SS-Panzer-Division LSSAH |
30 December 1944 | 1./ turns over all vehicles to the other companies and moves to Oerlinghausen |
24 January 1945 | Entrained for the Eastern Front with 30 Tiger IIs |
January-February 1945 | Remaining elements of 1./ begin training on the single Tiger II evacuated from Normandy |
10 February 1945 | 6 Tiger IIs delivered by most of 1./ |
12 February 1945 | Detrained near Györ attached to 1. SS-Panzer-Division LSSAH |
3 March 1945 | 13 Tigers delivered to elements of 1./ in Sennelager |
9 March 1945 | 2 Tiger IIs returned to the factory for maintenance |
12 March 1945 | 13 Tigers of 1./ transferred to s.Pz.Abt 506 |
15 March 1945 | Army Group South, attached to 1. SS-Panzer-Division LSSAH with 34 Tiger IIs (8 operational) |
30 March 1945 | Numerous tanks lost or abandoned in the retreat to Austria |
05 April 1945 | 5 abandoned Tiger IIs are taken over by s.PzKpfw.Abt 509 |
05 May 1945 | 2 Jadtigers taken over at the factory in St. Valentin, but 1 breaks down and the other is used as an obstacle to block a city street |
schwere
SS-Panzer-Abteilung 102 (22 October 1943) schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502 (September 1944) |
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15 November 1942 | S.PzKpfw.Kp. for SS-Panzer-Regiments 1, 2 and 3 ordered formed |
22 April 1943 | Stab for s.PzKpfw.Kp. of Waffen-SS divisions ordered formed as schwere-SS-Panzer-Abteilung-General-Kommando-I. SS-Panzer-Korps, control of divisional Tiger companies retained by the divisions |
1 June 1943 | Redesignated schwere-SS-Panzer-Abteilung-General-Kommando-II. SS-Panzer-Korps |
July 1943 | Ordered to finish forming at Walki, near Kharkov, 3 Tigers delivered |
10 July 1943 | "Zitadelle" 13./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 with 13 Tiger I's s./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 with 14 Tiger I's 9./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 with 15 Tiger I's |
19 July 1943 | Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung-General-Kommando-I. SS-Panzer-Korps ordered formed from existing elements in Sennelager and Augustustdorf equipped with 3 Tiger I's, 13./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 detached to form 3./ of new schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung-General-Kommando-I. SS-Panzer-Korps |
August 1943 | Subordinated to 2. SS-Panzer Division Das Reich, some elements act as infantry |
October 1943 | Transferred to Augustustdorf |
22 October 1943 | Reformed in Augustustdorf [Tessin: France] |
4 November 1943 | Redesignated schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 102 effective 22 October 1943 |
January 1944 | Transferred to Argentan, France |
Spring 1944 | Transferred to Wezep, the Netherlands |
21 April-29 May 1944 | 45 Tiger I's delivered |
15 May 1944 | Absorbs 268 men from s.SS-Panzer-Abteilung 103, not enough men to establish 3. Kompanie |
6 June 1944 | Personnel on courses at Paderborn return to Wezep |
11-12 June 1944 | Transfer to Calais region |
14 June 1944 | Ordered to Normandy front |
21-23 June 1944 | Detrainment of 2. Kompanie in Versailles, road March to the front begins with a number of breakdowns |
2 July 1944 | Last trainload arrives in Versailles |
7 July 1944 | 28 operational tanks, but 3. Kompanie still hadn't reached the front |
9 July-1 August 1944 | Subordinated to 10. SS-Panzergrenadier Division Hohenstauffen |
10 July 1944 | 5 Tigers are lost in action (2 by aircraft) |
11 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
26 July 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
2 August 1944 | Transferred to sector of 9. SS-Panzergrenadier Division Frundsberg with 38 Tiger I's, 1 Tiger is lost in action |
3 August 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost in action |
4 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
5 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
13 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
14 August 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost in action |
16 August 1944 | 2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
17 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost in action |
18 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
19 August 1944 | 6 Tigers are lost in action |
20 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew |
21 August 1944 | 4 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
22 August 1944 | 4 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
25 August 1944 | 3 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew (one sank in river crossing) |
28 August 1944 | 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew (sank in river) |
30 August 1944 | 4 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew |
1 September 1944 | All tanks lost during the retreat from Normandy |
September 1944 | Redesignated schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502 when reformed in Sennelager |
Between 10 July and 20 August | Claimed 227 tanks and 28 AT guns |
27 December 1944 | 6 Tiger IIs delivered, later transferred to s.SS-Pz.Abt. 503 |
14 February 1945-6 March 1945 | Equipped with 31 Tiger IIs |
Early March 1945 | Transferred to Stettin-Army Group Center |
19 March 1945 | Küstrin area, Army Group Vistula |
schwere
SS-Panzer-Abteilung 103 (1 November 1943) schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503 (September 1944) |
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1 July 1943 | Formed as II./SS-Panzer-Regiment 11 for 11. SS-Panzergrenadier Division Nordland |
End of July 1943 | Transferred to Croatia where occasionally employed as infantry |
22 October 1943 | Formed in West [originally schwere Panzer-Abteilung (Tiger) der III. (Germ.) SS-Panzer-Korps] [Tessin] |
1 November 1943 | Reorganized and redesignated schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 103 [Schneider: 11 November] |
January 44 | Sent to Netherlands for equipping with tanks |
February 44 | Issued 6 Tiger I's for training (withdrawn March 1944 for reissue) |
26 May 1944 | Reissued 6 Tiger I's |
22 August 1944 | 4 more Tiger I's issued, but quickly turned over to schwere Panzerabteilung 301 (Fkl) |
Early September 1944 | Transferred to Sennelager |
19 October 1944 | 4 Tiger IIs received |
14 November 1944 | Redesignated schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 503 [Schneider] |
27 December 1944-25 January 1945 | Received 35 Tiger IIs |
25 January 1945 | Ordered to Eastern Front-Army Group Vistula with 39 Tiger IIs |
Late March 1945 | Army Group Vistula, Danzig/Gotenhafen area |
Late April 1945 | Berlin area |
schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 504 |
Planned 22 October 1943 for IV. SS-Panzerkorps, but never formed |
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