300 Assault Gun Bde?

[djpool]

I was at our local militaria show in Schertz yesterday and picked up this portrait photo. It looked like the slide said 300 on it and I remember having a single slide with a 300 on it. As it turns out I was correct. The waffenfarbe looks red so I checked out artillery units designated by 300. The only match I found was the 300th Assault Gun Brigade, Abt etc. Does anyone else know of another artillery unit that used the number 300? Here are a few pictures. WR Jim

[djpool]

Close up.

[NickG]

Will display nicely together!

[airborne_steve]

Pretty cool photo! What is strange is the color of the piping on the shoulder straps as compaired to the color of the 300 slide..... It almost looks like the color of the shoulder strap is lighter than the red of the 300... Possibly pink or white? Steve

[djpool]

Pretty cool photo! What is strange is the color of the piping on the shoulder straps as compaired to the color of the 300 slide..... It almost looks like the color of the shoulder strap is lighter than the red of the 300... Possibly pink or white? Steve

I noticed that too. Of course i have no explanation. Jim

[OSS]

I am confident that your slide and the soldier in the photo are from Stug. Brigade 300. While there are several obscure Art. units numbered 300, I have seen this type of embroidery on portraits of Stug. personnel (in wrappers).

[afrikasandman]

Great slide! I'd add that one to my collection any day. Matt

[brooksbz]

There was an erzatz STUG 300 unit as well.

[derka]

Hi Jim,

If it can help you :









derka

[djpool]

Thanks to everyone for the assistance and comments. Derkas pictures leave little doubt that the slide is for the 300th Assault Gun. WR Jim

Hi Jim,

If it can help you :









derka

[Kengir]

Excellent research here. Top notch.
And a cool portrait too, I might add.

-Jeremy

[djpool]

Heres a short history of the unit.

Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 300
Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 300 (Feb 44)
Heeres-Sturmartillerie-Brigade 300 (April 1945)

Oct 43 - formed at Neiße with three batteries
Nov 43 - transferred to Tours (Ausbildungs-Stab West)
Dec 43 - transferred to Eastern Front
Oct 44 - LIX Corps, 17th Army, Army Group A
Jan 45 - XXXXVIII Panzer Corps, 4th Panzer Army, Army Group A
Feb 45 - reinforced with “Kampfgruppe Gruber”
(formed from Sturmgeschütz-Ersatz und Ausbildung-Abteilung 300 and 3./184
Feb 45 - VIII Corps, 17th Army, Army Group Center
Sturmgeschütz-Ersatz-Abteilung 300
Sturmgeschütz-Ersatz und Ausbildung-Abteilung 300

Dec 41 - formed at Neiße from Artillerie-School Command
Apr 43 - redesignatedSturmgeschütz-Ersatz und Ausbildung-Abteilung 300
Feb 45 - used to form “Kampfgruppe Gruber”

[NickG]

There was an erzatz STUG 300 unit as well.

There was also this unit:
"Stellungs-Werfer-Brigade 300" (established in 1944)

http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...igade300-R.htm

but I assume they probably wore Nebelwerfer wine-red and not artillery bright red....