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Panzerzerstörer Battalion - K.St.N. Set

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The German Infantry Tank Destroyer Battalions (Panzerzerstörer) were formed in the fall of 1943 around the new R.Pz.B.54 (panzerschreck) weapon. On September 8th 1943 OKH/GenStdH/Org.Abt. issued order Nr. I/3965/43 g.K. v.8.9.43, titled Equipment of the Troops with new anti-tank weapons ("Ofenrohr" und "Puppchen"). The orders indicated that 10 battalions were to be raised on the Eastern Front. Additionally orders (Nr.5270/43 g.Kdos) from Chef H Rüst u.BdE/AHA/Ia (II) dated October 5th titled Creation of Tank Destroyer Units and Equipment of Infantry with R Pz B 54 specifically mentioned the battalions to be raised. These would be designated Panzerzerstörerbataillon and were numbered from 470 to 479.

Organization of Tank Destroyer Battalions

The battalion organization consisted of a Battalion Headquarter Staff, K.St.N. 119, and three Tank Destroyer Companies, K.St.N. 154. The total number of men fielded by the battalion would be 9 officers, 1 civil servant, 53 NCO’s and 494 enlisted for a total of 557. The specific K.St.N. are as follows:
  • Stab gem.KStN u.KAN Nr.119 v.28.9.43
  • Kp. gem.KStN u.KAN Nr.154 v.28.9.43 (x3)
This set consists of copies of the original documents of the two K.St.N. The set is 9 pages and < 10 MB in size. It can be purchased below.

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Additional primary source documents on the Panzerzerstörer battalions

We are providing two sets of documents below, these are the orders forming these units mentioned above as well as unit status reports for some of these units. Also available below is the German manual on the R.Pz.B.54. All documents are available as a free download in PDF format.

A115 (30MB) A116 (70MB) GM009 (77MB)


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