ParaBellum Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 On a recent trip to the Militärgeschichtliche Forschungsamt I stumbled across a fascinating, long lost story of WWII armoured combat: The history of the schwere Panzerhamster Abteilung 101! The sPhA 101 was formed in August 1942 and was sent to its first combat mission with General Hoth's 4th Panzer Army in the attack to relieve the 6th army in Stalingrad. In fact, while the bulk of 4th Panzer Army was fought to a standstill by the Red Army, the sPhA 101 succeded in breaking through the russian lines and reached Stalingrad. Unfortunately OKW hadn't informed 6th Army about the newly created Hamstertruppen and thus their arrival in the city got noticed by noone. The Abteilung fought bravely within the Kessel and true to their motto "Hamsters do not surrender!" refused to lay down their arms and fought their way back to the german lines. Despite having lost all heavy equipment and suffered more than 80% casualties the morale among the surviving members was still high and they were immeditaly sent back to Germany to be refitted. This picture was taken at Hammelburg, where the new crews were trained under the supervision of veteran Panzer crews. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted December 18, 2002 Author Share Posted December 18, 2002 Here is a famous shot of SS-Rodentführer Wuttmann with his Divisional commander before a counterattack during the battle of Kursk. [ December 17, 2002, 06:31 PM: Message edited by: ParaBellum ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pzman Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Oh come on Hamstertruppen in those light tanks, not likely, they got almost every Tiger B that was made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MGONZOM Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Now I know that CMBB has been truly accepted! I have been waiting to add pics to my valuable Hampstruppen originals collection. Now we just need the mods! :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaylord Focker Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted December 18, 2002 Author Share Posted December 18, 2002 Yup, I thought a small reminder would motivate our modders to do their job... Where's Kitty? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmbunnelle Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Oh god, here we go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Da Beginna Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 More pictures like this, pleeeeaaaaasssseeee! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Haven't seen much of Kitty since the last time she dropped in to say hello and half the Cesspool showed up at her door with suitcases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrapin Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Where can I get TOE's of Panzerhamster Abteilung 101, particularly in the earlier 41' period? Any help appreciated, thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted December 18, 2002 Author Share Posted December 18, 2002 With the help of K_Tiger I was able to find another rare photograph of Hamsters at war. Here we see a platoon of SU100s ambushed from close range by a squad of Hamstergrenadiers armed with the deady Hamsterschreck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Are you sure about that. Looks more like the work of Hampster's Organs to me. Another case of furry fire. Huh? Oh yes, there were Soviet Hampsters. Who do you think stopped the Germans at the Volga? [ December 18, 2002, 12:43 PM: Message edited by: Bruno Weiss ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juju Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Hamsters. Aren't they cute? Love 'em, love 'em, love'em! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Are there pictures real war pictures or a just a propaganda stuff? :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrapin Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 Originally posted by Xavier: Are there pictures real war pictures or a just a propaganda stuff? :eek: With the opening of the former Soviet Union, we're now getting access to reams of data from Soviet war archives, previously forbidden to anyone outside of the Soviet inner circle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParaBellum Posted December 18, 2002 Author Share Posted December 18, 2002 Here we see the famous commander of the Aufklärungsabteilung of the 1.SS-HamsterPanzerdivision "The furry Führer", Oberhamsterführer Kurzhaar in his command vehicle, supervising the appliance of a new camo scheme on his Panzers. Edit: thx to Panzerdiesel for the original pics And a BIG thx to the fabulous Kitty, may she return to CMBB one day... [ December 18, 2002, 03:22 PM: Message edited by: ParaBellum ] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruno Weiss Posted December 18, 2002 Share Posted December 18, 2002 I think it important to note that the camo scheme is a bi-colored, red brown over dark yellow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikser Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 It's rare that I say this, so feel honored - this is genuinely amusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt CDAT Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 LOL! These are good, keep'em coming. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnuif Posted December 19, 2002 Share Posted December 19, 2002 *Bump* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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