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The 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion (German: "schwere Panzerabteilung 501"; abbreviated: "s PzAbt 501") was a German heavy Panzer Abteilung (an independent battalion-sized unit) equipped with heavy tanks. The battalion was the second unit to receive and use the Tiger I heavy tank, changing to Tiger IIs in mid-1944.
501st Heavy Panzer Battalion - original unit surrended in Tunisia campaign, reformed and destroyed on Eastern Front; 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion - redesignated 511th on 5 January 1945; 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion - largely destroyed in Normandy, refitted and deployed on Eastern Front; 504th Heavy Panzer Battalion; 505th Heavy Panzer Battalion
Franchi Sporting Purpose Automatic Shotgun 12: Luigi Franchi S.p.A. 12 gauge Italy: 1979 Franchi SPAS-15: Luigi Franchi S.p.A. 12 gauge Italy: 1986 Fosbery Pump Shotgun [1] George Vincent Fosbery United Kingdom: 1891 GEN-12: Genesis Arms: 12 gauge 20 gauge United States: 2024 H&R Ultraslug Hunter: H&R Firearms: 12 gauge 20 gauge United States ...
SS-Panzer Artillerie Regiment 9 Abteilung I, SS-Obersturmbannfuhrer Ludwig Spindler; SS-Panzer-Aufklärung-Abteilung 9, Hauptsturmführer Viktor Eberhard Gräbner; SS-Panzerjäger-Abteilung 9, Hauptsturmfürer Klaus von Allworden; SS-Panzer-Pionier-Abteilung 9, SS-Hauptsturmführer Hans Möller; SS-FlaK-Abteilung 9, Obersturmfürer Gropp
The 501st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion was at full strength except for the 4th (Light) Company. Each panzer company possessed 14 Tiger IIs, gave a total strength of 45. However the battalion was plagued with maintenance problems and mechanical breakdowns, it is probable that only around 30-35 Tigers actually participated in the initial advance of ...
Heavy machine gun: 12.7×99mm NATO [42] Standard heavy machine gun for the German Army (Bundeswehr designation "Maschinengewehr Kaliber .50"). Used mostly as vehicle armament, for example on the LIV (SO) Serval. Nexter P20 France: Automatic cannon: 20×102mm [43] Used with the Defenture VECTOR by the special forces , on the AGF Serval. [44 ...
The Jagdtiger was the heaviest armoured fighting vehicle produced during the war, mounting a 128 mm main gun inside a 79-tonne chassis. [3] It was only produced in very small numbers - around 80 were built - and would only be issued to two units; the 512th and the 653rd Heavy Panzerjäger Battalion .
101st Heavy SS Panzer Battalion (German: Schwere SS-Panzerabteilung 101) was a German heavy tank battalion in the Waffen-SS during World War II. With the introduction of new Tiger II tanks in late 1944, the unit was renumbered as the 501st Heavy SS Panzer Battalion ( German : Schwere SS-Panzerabteilung 501 ).