in regards to the use of the RSO with the PAK40 mounted on it.
I need to know where these units operated- and if anyone may have any paint job info on this vehicle in these units that would be really useful info to me. Thanky
I need the info for this model I'm building
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I need to know where these units operated- and if anyone may have any paint job info on this vehicle in these units that would be really useful info to me. Thanky
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The following units received Pak 40/4 auf RSO:
- Pz.Zerst.Btl. 477
received 8 sometime between 20.2. and 20.3.1944. Battalion disbanded in early April 1944. Guns handed over to A.Pz.Jg.Abt. 752, see below (both units serving under Armee-Gruppe Narwa at the time).
- Armee-Pz.Jg.Abt. 752
8 taken over from Pz.Zerst.Btl. 477 between 10.4. and 20.4.1944. Last reported on 1.6.1944.
No records about fate of the guns found yet, but they were apparently not lost in combat. Probably returned to an ordnance depot because of poor performance.
- Pz.Zerst. Btl. 478
received 30(!) sometime between 10.2. and 20.2.1944. 5 lost during last decade of April 1944. Battalion disbanded in mid May 1944. No records about fate of the guns found yet, but the surviving ones were probably returned to an ordnance depot because of poor performance.
- Ski-Jäger-Brigade 1
According to some entries in the war diary of A.O.K. 2 the unit received 7 sometime between 1.3. and 1.5.1944 for the 9.(Pz.Jg.Fla) Kp./Ski-Jg.Rgt. 1. Have not yet seen the records of the brigade, so I do not know for how long they used them.
- Armee-Pz.Jg.Abt. 751
3 Pak 40/4 auf RSO show up only in the status report dated 1.9.1944. Not before and not after that. Further details currently unknown.
The plans for allocations of Pak 40/4 auf RSO in late 1943 and early 1944 were changed frequently and in quick succession. Other units mentioned in these plans were Armee-Pz.Jg.Abt. 743, Armee-Pz.Jg.Abt. 744 and 18. Pz.Gren.Div.. I did check the records of these units and could not find any clues that they ever received them.
Data found in various records obtained from BA/MA Freiburg and NARA Washington.
Martin Block
The following units received Pak 40/4 auf RSO:
- Pz.Zerst.Btl. 477
received 8 sometime between 20.2. and 20.3.1944. Battalion disbanded in early April 1944. Guns handed over to A.Pz.Jg.Abt. 752, see below (both units serving under Armee-Gruppe Narwa at the time).
- Armee-Pz.Jg.Abt. 752
8 taken over from Pz.Zerst.Btl. 477 between 10.4. and 20.4.1944. Last reported on 1.6.1944.
No records about fate of the guns found yet, but they were apparently not lost in combat. Probably returned to an ordnance depot because of poor performance.
- Pz.Zerst. Btl. 478
received 30(!) sometime between 10.2. and 20.2.1944. 5 lost during last decade of April 1944. Battalion disbanded in mid May 1944. No records about fate of the guns found yet, but the surviving ones were probably returned to an ordnance depot because of poor performance.
- Ski-Jäger-Brigade 1
According to some entries in the war diary of A.O.K. 2 the unit received 7 sometime between 1.3. and 1.5.1944 for the 9.(Pz.Jg.Fla) Kp./Ski-Jg.Rgt. 1. Have not yet seen the records of the brigade, so I do not know for how long they used them.
- Armee-Pz.Jg.Abt. 751
3 Pak 40/4 auf RSO show up only in the status report dated 1.9.1944. Not before and not after that. Further details currently unknown.
The plans for allocations of Pak 40/4 auf RSO in late 1943 and early 1944 were changed frequently and in quick succession. Other units mentioned in these plans were Armee-Pz.Jg.Abt. 743, Armee-Pz.Jg.Abt. 744 and 18. Pz.Gren.Div.. I did check the records of these units and could not find any clues that they ever received them.
Data found in various records obtained from BA/MA Freiburg and NARA Washington.
Martin Block
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