Heer Sturmgeschütz Units

Deployed is the date the unit first entered combat. Some of the units had existed for several months before this event.

Area gives the front the unit fought on. More details of certain units are given below.

Lost/Disbanded give the fate of the unit. Those listed as “?” slowly bled to death in the fading months of the war.

Sturm Artillerie gives the date when an escort battery was added. Units were designated StuG Abteilung before the addition of the escort battalion and Sturmartillerie Brigaden after.

Note that none of the units were continuously at the front for all the time they existed. Units were periodically pulled back for rest andre-equipping.

Additional Deployment Details:

For the attack on France May 1940, 659 served under XIII Korps and660 was attached to the 2.Infantier-Division.

184, 190 and 191 participated in the invasion ofYugoslavia and Greece in 1941.

600 Abt zbV was a special HQ for the administration of independentbatteries. (659, 660 and 666).

177, 190, 243, 244 and 245 were allinvolved in the Stalingrad battles in late 1942, early 1943. All but190 perished in and around the city. 177reached the city on 8.11.42. The 191, 209, 259,276 and 279 were deployedelsewhere in Heeresgruppe Süd.

In June 1943 the following units served (this is not an exhaustive list)

Heeresgruppe Mitte: 177, 185, 189, 244,245, 703, 904 and 909
Heeresgruppe Süd: 209, 228, 243, 277,393, 905 and 911

The following abteilung fought at Kursk as part of Heeresgruppe Süd.

228, III Panzer Korps
905, Korps “Raus” zbV
911, XXXXVII Panzer Korps

393 StuG Batterie, under Korps “Raus” zbV, fought at Kursk as partof Heeresgruppe Süd

In June 1944 the distribution of the StuG Brigades was as follows:

Heeresgruppe Nord: 184, 226, 303, 909 and912
Heeresgruppe Mitte: 177, 185, 189, 190,244, 245,281, 667 and 901
Heeresgruppe Nordukraine: 210, 237, 249, 270,300, 301, 311, 322 and 600
Heeresgruppe Sudukraine: 228, 243, 259, 278,286, 325,905 and 911
West: 341 and 902
Balkans: 201
Italy: 242, 904 and 907
Refitting in Germany: 191, 202, 203, 209,232, 236,239, 261, 276, 277, 279 and280

191 and II Kp 201 served with the 2nd Pz Armee in Yugoslaviain August 1944.

In August 1944 the V SS Mountain Corps had the 105 StuG Kompanie(beute). This was probably equipped with StuG M42 mit 75/18:Semovente captured from the Italians.

Brigade 244 fought at Arnhem.

In November 1944 the following units were active on the Western Front:

7th Armee: 244
5th Panzer Armee: 278 & 341
6th Panzer Armee: 902(?)
15th Armee: 902(?)

The following brigades were available for the Ardennes offensive in late1944: 243, 244 (5PA), 280, 341 (15A),394 (6PA), 607, 667 (6PA) and 902 (15A). 15Ais the 15 army and 5PA and 6PA are the 5 & 6 Panzer Armeerespectively. The 902 was transferred to 6PA on 16/12/44. There wasalso a Fallschirm StuG Brigade 11 used during the offensive, whichwas attached to 5 Fallschirmjager Division. The 394 and 667later (1.13.45) participated in the Nordwind offensive as part of XXXIXPanzer Korps.

Brigades 111 Lehr, 243 and 249 fought in the battlefor Berlin. The 249 survived until the end of the war. On April23rd 1945 it was at near full strength.

In March 1945, the 244 and 341 were both reported asoperating in Heeresgruppe B.