| The 656.Panzerjäger-Regiment was built on the 8th June, 1943 from theStab./Pz.Rgt.35 of the 4.Pz.Div., the Schwere 653.Panzerjäger-Abteilung as the I.Abt., the 654.Panzerjäger-Abteilung as II.Abt., and with the FStO (Friedenstandort) at Bamberg. In the Summer of 1944, the Rgt-Stab./Pz.Jg.Rgt.656 had to form at the Tr.Ub.Platz Mielau, the Panzer-Brigade 101. The Pz.Jg.Rgt.656 was put into action in central and southern Russia. Schwere Panzerjager Abt.653 (Tiger): - Build on 31th March 1943 at Bruck/Leitha from WK XVII out of the Sturmgeschutz Abt.197.
- The first Komp./ was destroyed in September 1944 in Italie with the 14.Armee.
- The second Komp./ was renamed in 1945 to Pz.Jg.Kp.614.
- The Abt. was last equipped with Tiger and Elefant.
- Heeresgruppe Italien, in December 1944 in the Ardennen with 5.Pz.Armee, last with the 1.Armee in Saarpfalz.
Panzerjager Abt.654: - Formed on 1 April 1940, in 1942 with 7,5 cm cannons.
- 8 June 1943 attached to Pz.Jg.Rgt.656, and used as II./Pz.Jg.Rgt.656, but at 1 September it was again renamed as the Pz.Jg.Abt.654.
Schwere Panzerjager Abt.654 (Panther): - Rearmed in September 1944 in Grafenwohr.
- Heeresgruppe: Polen, Frankreich; Mittel- and Sudrusland (1942 2.Armee), Mai 1944 in Rethel, June/July Schlacht in der Normandie, November Oberrhein, December Ardennen, last Niederrhein with 15.Armee.
By David Notebaert. |
