Panzerjagd Division Vistula

The tanks Hunting Division Vistula was a major unit of the Army of the German Wehrmacht in World War II .

Division history

The unit was set up from the end of February 1945 to March 1, 1945, initially as the Vistula Panzerjagd-Verband (also Army Panzerjagd-Verband ). The unit was to lead the tank hunting units in the Vistula Army Group . At the end of March 1945 the unit was renamed the Vistula Panzerjagd Division .

The division was supposed to coordinate the use of the Panzerjagd Brigades, especially behind the Wotan position , and at the end of April 1945 it was subordinated to the 3rd Panzer Army . The operational area was west of the Seelower heights. The whereabouts of the association is unknown.

Outline with place of installation

• Panzerjagd Brigade D (1st, 2nd and 3rd battalion) in the Hangelsberg , Eggersdorf , Buchholz area
• Panzerjagd Brigade F (2nd Battalion) in the Prenzlau area
• Panzerjagd-Brigade R (Russia) (3rd Battalion) in the Altlandsberg , Werneuchen area
• Parachute Panzerjagd Brigade P (irat) (1st, 2nd and 3rd battalion) in the Prötzel , Sternebeck , Reichenberg , Grunow area
• Panzerjagd-Brigade M (?) In the Neustrelitz area

commander

• Colonel of the Reserve Wilhelm-Ernst Freiherr Gedult von Jungsfeld (war writer, 1893–1966)

literature

• Samuel W. Mitcham Jr : The Panzer Legions: A guide to the German Army Tank Divisions of WWII and Their Commanders , Stackpole Military History, 2007, ISBN 978-0-8117-3353-3 .
• Peter Schmitz, Klaus-Jürgen Thies, Günter Wegmann, Christian Zweng: The German Divisions 1941–1945 , Vol. 3, Biblio Verlag, Osnabrück 1996, ISBN 3-7648-2458-1 .
• Rolf Stoves: The armored and motorized large German formations 1935–1945 . Nebel Verlag, 2003, ISBN 3-89555-102-3 (336 pages).