Panserjeger

For the 2 FJD on the 1st of July there is no mention of the FG42, the following weapons are listed: Karabiner 98 k. 6441 Zielfehrnrohrgewehre. 286 Gewehr 41. 142 Pistolen 1817 M.P. 640 At the time it had only 5 battalions available. So as you note, a very large amount of MP with 3 FJD, the number of one FG42 per squad is also plausible given 181 in total in the division.

This is from the Zustandsbericht (Monthly status report) of the 3 FJD for the 1st of may 1944.

Of the 57 F-16s in Norway's inventory 32 are currently being prepared to be handed over to Romania and there is a contract for the sale of an additional 12 to Draken International but this contract is yet to be approved. https://www.regjeringen.no/no/aktuelt/norge-har-solgt-32-f-16-jagerfly-til-romania/id2983661/ No details yet if the the F-16s to Ukraine is part of the Romanian batch or not.

@BornGinger I actually don´t know why I didn´t have that roll, it was available on the net. Have uploaded it now, thank you for the tip!

@BornGinger, The Skijäger-Battalion was a part of the 6. SS-Gebirgsdivision Nord while I think the Legion eventually became part of the 11. SS-Panzergrenadierdivision Nordland as Regiment Norge. If you are interested in the Skijäger-battalion I found a red Army report on the attack on heights Karpolat and Hasselman where the battalion was almost wiped out. Could be an interesting CM scenario someday I have attached the translated report and the map. Attack on Ski Battalion Norge June 44.docx

Almost nothing for the 1. Infanteriedivision, only one document: https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7392-akte-7-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-1-infanteriedivision-lagekarte-der-einheiten-der-1-infanteriedivision-im-r-um-s-dlich-von-mga-stand-7-12-1943-m-1-50-000#page/2/mode/inspect/zoom/8 For the 50. infanteriedivision I have the following: https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7392-akte-7-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-1-infanteriedivision-lagekarte-der-einheiten-der-1-infanteriedivision-im-r-um-s-dlich-von-mga-stand-7-12-1943-m-1-50-000#page/2/mode/inspect/zoom/8 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7815-akte-430-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-anlagen-zum-ktb-nr-11-der-f-hrungsabteilung-der-division-1-4-15-6-1944-notizen-des-divisionskommandeurs-generalleutnant-friedrich-sixt-gefechts-und-erfahrungsberichte-u-a#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7816-akte-431-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-anlagen-zum-ktb-1-4-14-6-1944-weisungen-und-befehle-der-division-und-der-kampfgruppe-sixt-zur-gefechtsf-hrung-zur-verlegung-und-herausl-sung-von-einheiten-u-a#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7817-akte-432-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-anlagen-zum-ktb-1-4-14-6-1944-meldungen-der-f-hrungsabteilung-der-division-taktische-meldungen-der-unterstellten-einheiten-und-truppenteile-u-a#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7818-akte-433-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-ktb-nr-11-der-division-1-4-15-6-1944#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7819-akte-434-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-karte-zum-einsatz-der-50-infanteriedivision-im-raum-n-rdlich-sewastopol-stand-14-16-4-1944-m-1-25-000#page/2/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7820-akte-435-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-karte-zum-artillerie-einsatz-der-division-stand-15-4-7-5-1944-kartenpause-der-sperrfeuerbereiche-und-minenfelder-im-abschnitt-der-division-stand-28-4-1944-m-1-50-000#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7821-akte-436-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-panzerabwehr-karte-f-r-den-raum-n-rdlich-sewastopol-stand-3-5-1944-m-1-25-000-sowie-kartenpause-des-einsatzes-der-schweren-flakabteilung-257-im-abschnitt-der-50-infanteriedivision#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7822-akte-437-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-kartenpause-zum-einsatz-der-150-panzerj-gerabteilung-der-division-in-der-hafenschutzstellung-sewastopol-m-1-25-000-stand-20-4-1944#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7823-akte-438-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-karte-zum-einsatz-der-50-infanteriedivision-im-raum-n-rdlich-sewastopol-stand-25-4-3-5-1944-m-1-25-000#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7824-akte-439-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-karte-und-kartenpause-zum-einsatz-der-50-infanteriedivision-im-raum-n-rdlich-sewastopol-stand-3-7-5-1944-m-1-25-000#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7824-akte-439-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-karte-und-kartenpause-zum-einsatz-der-50-infanteriedivision-im-raum-n-rdlich-sewastopol-stand-3-7-5-1944-m-1-25-000#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7825-akte-440-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-karte-zum-einsatz-der-division-im-raum-sewastopol-m-1-25-000-stand-11-12-5-1944#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7826-akte-441-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-karte-der-unterbringungsr-ume-der-division-in-rum-nien-m-1-200-000-stand-13-30-5-1944#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7827-akte-442-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-kartenpause-der-gliederung-des-artillerieregiments-kr-ger-der-kampfgruppe-sixt-in-der-hafenschutzstellung-sewastopol-einschlie-lich-entsprechender-feuerr-ume-m-1-25-000#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7828-akte-443-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-unterkunftsr-ume-der-division-in-deutschland-im-raum-perleberg-stand-3-26-6-1944-m-1-100-000#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/7829-akte-444-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-der-50-infanteriedivision-stellungskarte-f-r-den-einsatz-der-50-infanteriedivision-im-raum-n-rdlich-sewastopol-stand-1944-m-1-5-000#page/2/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/14630-akte-87-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-des-iii-bataillons-des-grenadierregiments-121-ktb-des-iii-bataillons-des-grenadierregiments-121-8-1-31-12-1943-einschlie-lich-gefechtsberichten-befehle-u-a#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/14632-akte-89-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-des-i-bataillons-des-grenadierregiments-123-gefechtsberichte-zum-einsatz-des-i-bataillons-des-grenadierregiments-123-bataillonsbefehle-verlustmeldungen-st-rkeangaben-kriegsrangliste-u-a#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 Regards, Pål

I had some trouble after updating my Mac and Google Drive messed up the files.. I´m currently uploading the files again to this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/11j1SA3HtfUxdvf9qplqhWznTtVA7aVlo?usp=sharing Only half of the files are uploaded so far, will probably be complete sometime this weekend.

Operation Interflex (the training of UA troops in UK) is ongoing. I am enrolled in the Norwegian Heimevernet (Territorial Defense) and we recently were offered to volunteer for participation in the operation. Currently the norwegian instructors are from the Rapid Response Force of Brigade North, but now they are asking for more instructors from the reserves. https://www.forsvaret.no/heimevernet/aktuelt/operasjon-interflex There will be two contingents, one January-April 2023 and one April-July 2023. The norwegian instructors will get a three weeks refresher course in Norway before leaving for UK, but there are of course requirements that they posses the required qualifications. The UA troops will get 5 weeks of intensive training. No details about how many troops are to be trained, but 10.000 were trained in the initial phase of 120 days. Hopefully a lot more can be trained now that the number of instructors will increase. Edit: There are rumours of gross salaries of 120k NOK a month (11.4k USD), so the pay is really good. But there will be work around the clock with very little leave.

Sorry, I have not heard about that book. Here in Norway the books by Zetterling and Tamelander are quite popular, but I have not read anything by Leandoer.

No problem Aragorn. Since the Kjellander book is OCR-scanned I tried Google translate on it, but it is to large (max 10 mb). But copying text from the book and pasting it here does work quite well: https://translate.google.no/?hl=no&sl=sv&tl=en&op=translate

A lot of the documents from https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/ are from the units fighting in East Prussia, but it is not very well indexed and difficult to navigate. That is why I have collected the url's and placed them under the different divisions. For the 5. Panzer I have the following: https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/14807-akte-264-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-des-i-bataillons-des-panzergrenadierregiments-14-ktb-nr-iv-1944-des-i-bataillons-des-panzergrenadierregiments-14-1-10-31-12-1944-einschlie-lich-anlagen#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/14951-akte-408-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-des-panzerregiments-31-regimentsbefehle-ausbildungshinweise-dienstpl-ne-befehle-der-8-panzerbrigade-und-der-5-panzerdivision-merkbl-tter-erfahrungsberichte#page/2/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/14965-akte-422-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-des-panzergrenadierregiments-14-anlagen-zum-ktb-nr-12-des-panzergrenadierregiments-14-lagekarten-regimentsbefehle-u-a#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/14966-akte-423-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-des-panzergrenadierregiment-14-ktb-nr-12-des-panzergrenadierregiments-14-1-10-31-12-1944#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/14967-akte-424-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-des-ii-bataillons-des-panzergrenadierregiments-14-ktb-nr-12-des-ii-bataillons-des-panzergrenadierregiments-14-1-10-31-12-1944#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/14968-akte-425-unterlagen-der-ia-abteilung-des-ii-bataillons-des-panzergrenadierregiments-14-anlagen-zum-ktb-nr-12-des-ii-bataillons-des-panzergrenadierregiments-14#page/1/mode/grid/zoom/1 All these links can also be found in the folder "T-315 5. Panzerdivision (TSAMO)".

Looks like some thumbnails had been uploaded, I have removed them so only the actual PDFs are left. Does it work now? That book is actually in swedish by the way.

You're welcome Aragorn

Hi Guys, glad you found the content interesting @RockinHarry, did you try the list view (right under the log on button, top right corner)? This should give you the file sizes when you doubleclick the folder to see the contents. @Artkin, difficult if you don't read German for sure. But the TOEs (Gliederung or Kriegsgliederung) are often schematic, the symbols are explained in english on this page: http://niehorster.org/011_germany/symbols/_symbols_43.html. Zustandsberichte are status reports of units, they will give unit strength as Soll (Authorized strength) and Fehlstellen (Missing from authorized strength). So the actual strength (called Ist) is Soll minus Fehlstellen. The Zustandsbericht usually contains a Gliederung (TOE) chart as well, and often the strength of the subunits are given as a percentage of authorized strength. The attached image shows the TOE of the 90th Panzergrenadier-Division on 1st of May 44 as an example, here you can see that the 361st Grenadier Regiment had 92% of authorized strength and each of the companies of its 1st battalion had 1 HMG and 14 LMG. 1st and 3rd company in addition had 2 medium mortars, while the 4th (heavy) company had 8 HMG, 5 medium mortars, 2 75mm antitank guns and 2 50 mm antitank guns. The battalion was motorized (indicated by the small wheels below the battalion "box"). I'll be happy to help out answering questions or finding information on a particular unit. T314R1266 55779-2 LI AK Ia KTB 2 Anlage Kriegsgliederung Mar-Jun 44 (dragged).pdf

Hi! I thought I could share my collection of German source documents on this forum, hopefully it can be of use for Scenario designers and others who are just history buffs. Mostly from December 1943 up til the war's end but also several stray documents from earlier in the war. The files can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/17vIUP-Fjc69IoFIc0WepvMnTkngDRJQ9?usp=sharing It is for the most part comprised of freely available NARA rolls, but I have made pdf-files out of them and named the files to make it easier to find the relevant information. In addition there are weblinks (.url-files) to the collection of captured documents in the russian archives (TSAMO,). Sadly I haven't found a way to open the directly from Google Drive, but you can download them and open them from your computer or go to https://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de/nodes/1-bestand-500 and search for the document in the search field using the numbered reference (eg. 12472-385). I have also uploaded several pdf's of books found at http://prussia.online/, They are to be found in the folders English Books and German Books. Let me know and I will post a description of the naming convention used for the files if it is confusing. Most of the files have been downloaded through http://wwiidigitalarchives.org/, files published by the National Archive at https://catalog.archives.gov/ and John Calvin's FTP site. The "Topographical Maps" section contains contemporary maps of the Eastern Front, most of them 1:50000 or 1:25000. If there is need I can post an explanation of how to find the correct map for the area you are working on. A large number of the files have been compressed by me to save space. If there is a particular map or image that is too low quality it might be possible to get a higher quality version. I hope some of you will find this interesting, regards, Pål