Mayenne liberation part two

 A month ago we celebrated the liberation of ville Mayenne, a photo dump of photos I have collected over the last ten years 

Panzer Lehr Southern Normandy & Pays de Loire

Panzer Lehr Normandy & Pays de Loire June -August 44

My main project this year is to complete my 130th Panzer Lehr division. I have already purchased the panzers, half tracks, armoured cars and guns. I will be using the Simons Soldiers and Elhiem ranges to complete my two battalions in panzer wraps, recon battalion and engineers for the division.


Panzer Lehr was part of the OKW operational reserve they joined the line near Caen and fought during several British and American operations. They were badly knocked around by operation cobra, withdrawing for rest north of Mayenne between Domfront and Alençon. They were thrown back in the line on the 5th August as the counterattacking force against the US 90th infantry division foothold across the Mayenne River at Mayenne , they then fell back under pressure to Alençon then retract north of Argentan through the Falaise gap. They feature in our walk the battlefield and Wargame in the afternoon tours, in two actions on our southern sector tour.

I plan to build my Lehr to represent fighting in Normandy for the whole period. 



I./Panzer-Regiment 6 (3. Panzer-Division)  panthers attached lehr panther D and some A

Panzer-Lehr-Regiment 130
Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 901
Panzergrenadier-Lehr-Regiment 902
Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 130
Feldersatz-Bataillon 130
Panzeraufklärungs-Lehr-Abteilung 130
Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 311
Panzerjäger-Abteilung 130 JgPz IVs were the L48 models
Panzer-Lehr-Pionier-Bataillon 130
Panzernachrichten-Abteilung 130
Panzer-Versorgungstruppen 130


Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 130: 8 Wespe 10,5cm SPGs, 4 Hummel 15cm SPGs, 12 10,5cm towed howitzers , 12 15cm towed howitzers


Panzer-Aufklärungs-Lehr Abteilung 130 (250 and 251 are SdKfz with the respective number): 25 234/2 Puma, 9 250/5 recon vehicle, 16 250/9 with 20mm, 44 250/1 APC with 6 Soldiers, 6 250/3 radio vehicle, 8 250/7 Mortar carrier, 6 250/8 with 7,5 cm short barrel, 6 251/1 APC, 9 251/3 radio vehicle, 7 251/7 Engineer vehicle with small bridge, 6 251/9 with 7,5 cm short barrel or 75mm IG , 4 251/17 with 20mm, 1 251/8 medic vehicle, 1x 251/11 radio vehicle with cable layer.



Panzerjäger-Abteilung 130: 

31 JgPz IV lang 48, 10 StuG III


Heeres-Flak-Artillerie-Abteilung 311

 18 towed 8,8cm AA Guns and approx. 4-8 towed 3,7cm AA guns



bergepanzer III and Bergpanther V type D (sdkfz 279), Famo 18 (sdkfz 9)

Cheers

Matt

Villers bocage panzer Lehr pziv 2nd battalion 

The markings are for the memorial of Major Wilhelm Prinz von Schönburg-Waldenburg, the Commander of the 2nd Battalion of Panzer Lehr.

Left Major Wilhelm Prinz von Schönburg-Waldenburg, Kdr. II./Pz.Lehr-Rgt. 130, right is Oberst Georg Scholze, Kdr. Pz.Gren.Lehr-Rgt. 901