6th SS Mountain Division Nord 5cm leichter Granatenwerfer 36 50mm light Mortar captured at Wingen-sur-Moder by an officer in the 276th Infantry: Wingen
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6th SS Mountain Division Nord
January 1945: Combat Operation "Nordwind" - the last German offensive of the west. SS-Kampfgruppe Schreiber (elements of SS-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 12) attached to 361st Volksgrenadier Division, infiltrates through US VI Corps lines and seizes Wingen-sur-Mer in anticipation of armored reinforcement from Army Group G. Due to the failure of XIII SS-Armeekorps to break through US XV Corps units, Army Group G diverts panzers elsewhere. Unit troops at Wingen-sur-Mer must fight their way out of encirclement. Kampfgruppe "Wingen" loses over 500 men out of 725, but fights its way back to German lines. Remainder of division arrives too late to affect outcome of Nordwind, but SS-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 11 cuts off & destroys six companies of the US 157th Infantry Regiment north of Reipertswiller in late January.
Their objective was the town of Wingen-sur-Moder, and establish a bridgehead over the Moder River. This they were to accomplish, though only for a short while. The assault group was made up of 1st and 3rd Battalions of SS-Infantry Regiment 12, SS-Panzer Grenadier Battalion 506, the third battalion of the Artillery Regiment, a Panzerjäger company, a Signals company, a combat engineer platoon, and a medical platoon. Since the senior officer was Standartenführer Schreiber, Regimental Commander of SS-Mountain Infantry Regiment 12, this battlegroup was designated Kampfgruppe Schreiber. KG Schreiber began moving towards their objective mid-morning on 1 January 1945. Their route took them through mountainous terrain, and they began the attack on Wingen on 4 January. They managed to take the town, capturing a number of Americans in the process. For a week, the battled American troops and tanks. The fighting was terrific, and caused considerable casualties on both sides. When higher command finally realized that the operation had failed, they ordered KG Schreiber to withdraw. They had held the town until 8 January, when they pulled out under cover of darkness. http://www.6ssnord.com/history.html
http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ltmortar/index.html Mortar details
5cm leichter Granatenwerfer 36
Mortar had been deactivated...A fine specimen with a documented battle history
http://www.trailblazersww2.org/units_276_wingen.htm
6th SS Mountain Division Nord
January 1945: Combat Operation "Nordwind" - the last German offensive of the west. SS-Kampfgruppe Schreiber (elements of SS-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 12) attached to 361st Volksgrenadier Division, infiltrates through US VI Corps lines and seizes Wingen-sur-Mer in anticipation of armored reinforcement from Army Group G. Due to the failure of XIII SS-Armeekorps to break through US XV Corps units, Army Group G diverts panzers elsewhere. Unit troops at Wingen-sur-Mer must fight their way out of encirclement. Kampfgruppe "Wingen" loses over 500 men out of 725, but fights its way back to German lines. Remainder of division arrives too late to affect outcome of Nordwind, but SS-Gebirgsjäger-Regiment 11 cuts off & destroys six companies of the US 157th Infantry Regiment north of Reipertswiller in late January.
Their objective was the town of Wingen-sur-Moder, and establish a bridgehead over the Moder River. This they were to accomplish, though only for a short while. The assault group was made up of 1st and 3rd Battalions of SS-Infantry Regiment 12, SS-Panzer Grenadier Battalion 506, the third battalion of the Artillery Regiment, a Panzerjäger company, a Signals company, a combat engineer platoon, and a medical platoon. Since the senior officer was Standartenführer Schreiber, Regimental Commander of SS-Mountain Infantry Regiment 12, this battlegroup was designated Kampfgruppe Schreiber. KG Schreiber began moving towards their objective mid-morning on 1 January 1945. Their route took them through mountainous terrain, and they began the attack on Wingen on 4 January. They managed to take the town, capturing a number of Americans in the process. For a week, the battled American troops and tanks. The fighting was terrific, and caused considerable casualties on both sides. When higher command finally realized that the operation had failed, they ordered KG Schreiber to withdraw. They had held the town until 8 January, when they pulled out under cover of darkness. http://www.6ssnord.com/history.html
http://www.lonesentry.com/articles/ltmortar/index.html Mortar details
5cm leichter Granatenwerfer 36
Mortar had been deactivated...A fine specimen with a documented battle history
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