I was wondering if someone could help me. I am playing out a campaign with a friend of mine and I am concerned that there may have been some confusion over what a Panzerjager Battalion is comprised of for D-Day on Juno beach.
According to one source I've read a Panzerjager Battalion (the 352nd's) had the following units:
352. Panzerjäger Abteilung
14 x Marder II and Marder III variant Panzerjäger
10 x StuG III Ausf. G assault guns
9 x FlaKPanzer 38 Self-Propelled Flak
Another Unit, the 716th's had:
4x Self-Propelled 7.5cm Pak 40 (a)
3x 7.5cm PaK 40
1x 8.8cm PaK 43/41
1x 2cm Flak
or
10 heavy AT guns on tracked chassis. (some kind of locally made conversion)
eleven heavy AT guns (not motorized).
6 Of the AT guns that were not on tracked chassis, probably two were 8,8 cm Pak 43/41 and nine were 7,5 cm Pak 40.7 The AT guns on tracked chassis were 7,5 cm Pak 40.8
I have 3 questions:
1) Is the 352nd's formation unusually strong for a Panzerjäger Battalion or standard strength at this period in Normandy?
2) What would a standard strength of Panzerjäger Battalion of the period (in general accepting the usual statements that german formations tended not to be standard) be comprized of?
3) Does anyone have a better idea what the 716th's Panzerjäger Battalion unit was comprised of?