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Here is the composition on 24 September 1944 :-

KAMPFGRUPPE HOHENSTAUFEN

• Stab(fully motorized):
----staff with 115 men
----security company with 120 men
----military police section with 60 men
----Luftwaffe signals section with 100 men

• SS von Allwörden [a battalion sized unit with] (fully motorized)
----a company from SSPzPiBtl. 9 with 60 men acting as infantry
----a company of SS Versorgungstruppe 9 with 110 men acting as infantry
----one anti-tank company with 140 men using hand held weapons
----Naval personnel with 100 men acting as infantry

• SS Harder [a battalion sized unit with] (fully motorized)
----two companies of SS Pz Rgt. 9 with 210 men acting as infantry
----one company of SS Wirtschafts Battalion 9 with 140 men acting as infantry
----Naval personnel with 100 men acting as infantry

• Kampfgruppe 9 SS Spindler (fully motorized):
----two companies of SS Pzgren Rgt 19 with 300 men and no heavy equipment
----two companies of SS Pzgren Rgt 20 with 280 men and no heavy equipment
----two batteries of SS Artillerie Rgt 9 with 370 men acting as infantry
----one light Flak battery with 85 men and 3 towed 2cm Flak guns and 1 SdKfz 10/4 with 2cm Flak gun mounted
----one PzPi section with 40 men

• SS Panzernachrichten Abteilung 9 (fully motorized):
----consists of one mixed company with radio and telephone sections and 200 men

• ‘Bruhns’ (partially motorized);
----a battalion sized formation with eight companies of Army troops supported by Luftwaffe personnel with 970 men

• SS Kraft (partially motorized);
----SS Pzgren depot and reserve Battalion 16 made up of two rifle companies and a heavy weapons company equipped with mortar, light flak, anti-tank and flammthrower platoons. A company of military police acting as infantry was added later. This unit had a total of 410 men

• SS Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 9 with 420 men organized as follows:
----Stab with
-------2 VW Schwimmwagens
-------1 motorcycle
----1st Company with
-------1 VW Schwimmwagen
-------3 motorcycles
-------3 motorcycles with sidecar
-------1 SdKfz. 231
-------2 SdKfz. 222
-------3 SdKfz. 250/9
-------3 SdKfz. 251/1
-------1 SdKfz. 251/3
----3rd Company with
-------2 VW Schwimmwagen
-------1 motorcycles with sidecar
-------3 SdKfz. 250/1
-------1 SdKfz. 250/3
-------7 SdKfz. 251/1
-------1 SdKfz. 251/3
-------2 SdKfz. 251/10
----5th (Heavy) Company with
-------1 VW
-------1 VW Schwimmwagen
-------2 motorcycles
-------2 SdKfz. 251/1
-------4 SdKfz. 251/2
-------3 SdKfz. 251/3
-------5 SdKfz. 251/9
-------1 SdKfz. 251/16
-------1 medium truck
----Supply Company with
-------2 VWs
-------1 medium car
-------1 motorcycle
-------31 medium trucks
-------4 heavy trucks

• Flak Brigade Swoboda with 15 batteries with 2140 men organized as follows:
----Ladewig
-------3 batteries each with four towed 8.8 cm flak guns
-------1 battery of eight towed 2cm flak gun
----Neumann
-------3 batteries each with four towed 8.8 cm flak guns
-------1 battery of eight towed 2cm flak gun
----‘19’
-------1 battery with three towed 8.8 cm flak guns
-------1 battery with two towed 8.8 cm flak guns
-------1 battery with six towed 3.7 cm flak guns
----Batterie Krüger
-------1 battery with four towed 8.8 cm flak guns and five towed 2cm flak guns
----SS Flak 102
-------1 battery with two towed 3.7 flak guns and eight towed 2cm flak guns

• Artillerie Regiment 191 (fully motorized) with 1282 men;
----I. Battery with
-------three batteries each with four 10.5cm light field howitzers towed
----II. Battery with
-------three batteries each with four 10.5cm light field howitzers towed
----SS Werfer Abteilung 102 with
-------one battery with four towed 15cm heavy field howitzers
-------one battery with two 10cm cannons
-------two batteries each with six 32cm rocket launchers

• Sperrverband Harzer a blocking force with (assigned to Stab ‘Gerhard’):
----Machine Gun Battalion 41
-------with forty heavy machine guns and 550 men (non motorized)
----Köhnen
-------consisting of three companies drawn from Naval Regiments 642 with 675 men (non motorized)
----Schörken
------- consisting of four lightly equipped companies and 650 men (non motorized)
----Kauer
-------three companies of Luftwaffe personnel acting as infantry with 620 men (non motorized)
----3. SS Landstorm Nederland (partially motorized):
-------consisting of three companies with light and medium weapons with 600 men
----one signals section and one pioneer section with 180 men (fully motorized)

• 3./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 506 (fully motorized):
-------with 15 Tiger II tanks and 210 men

The 2./sPA 506 was attached with the 10.SS Panzer-Division [see below] and the Stab and the 1./sPA 506 were in a reserve status.

• SS Panzer Regiment 9 (fully motorized):
-------with three Panthers and 52 men

• StuG Brigade 280:
-------with 7 StuG IIIs and 3 StuH 42s (fully motorized) and 195 men

The remainder of StuG Brigade 280 remained at the Dutch/German border and were not involved in the fighting in the Arnhem area.

• Panzer Lehr Battalion 9 [Glogau] ( partially motorized):
-------with three companies of fully equipped engineers and 560 men

• Marine Zwolle (non motorized):
-------with two companies of lightly equipped Naval personnel and 390 men

• Arbeitsdienste[RAD] with 580 men (non motorized):
-------three companies of lightly armed service troops

• SS Sanitäts Abteilung 9 (fully motorized):
-------a Stab and two medical companies with 270 men

• SS Nachschubtruppen ( with 210 men (fully motorized):
-------one supply column with a 60 ton capacity

• Kompanie Weber with 90 men (non motorized):
-------one company of lightly armed Luftwaffe signallers acting as infantry

Add this all up and you arrived at 13,594 men assigned to KAMPFGRUPPE HOHENSTAUFEN on 24 September 1944.

In addition SS Panzerjäger-Abteilung 9 had 21 Jagdpanzer IVs with the 7.5cm Pak 39 L/48 gun. Many of these had been lost to air attacks prior to Arnhem so the number present during Arnhem and the number in action in the Arnhem area is not known. On 10 October there was only one Jagdpaanzer IV remaining with the unit.

The 10. SS Panzer-Division was also decimated in Normandy and was in the Arnhem area for rebuilding and was down to only 3800 men [does not include supply and service personnel of the division] and organized as KAMPFGRUPPE FRUNDSBERG while in the Arnhem area.

On 5 September the KAMPFGRUPPE FRUNDSBERG had the following assets:

• SS Panzerjäger-Abteilung 10
-------2 medium civilian cars
-------11 VWs
-------7 light civilian cars
-------5 motorcycles with sidecar
-------8 light trucks
-------25 medium trucks
-------21 Jagdpanzer IVs with the 7.5cm Pak 39 L/48 gun
-------1 SdKfz 251/8
-------3 motorcycles
-------8 heavy trucks
-------6 Sdkfz 10s
-------5 Maultiers
-------2 SdKfz. 11s
-------1 SdKfz 9/1 with 6 ton crane
-------12 towed 7.5cm Pak 40s

• SS Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 10
-------4 VWs
-------2 VW Schwimmwagens
-------7 motorcycles with sidecar
-------3 motorcycles
-------4 light civilian cars
-------4 light trucks
-------21 medium trucks
-------1 medium civilian truck
-------2 heavy trucks
-------9 SdKfz 250/1
-------3 SdKfz 250/3
-------1 SdKfz 250/7
-------2 SdKfz 250/9
-------1 SdKfz 250/10
-------3 SdKfz 251/1
-------2 SdKfz 251/3
-------1 SdKfz 251/5
-------3 SdKfz 251/9
-------6 SdKfz 222
-------3 SdKfz 231
-------1 SdKfz 7

• SS Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 10
-------only towed 10.5cm light field howitzers although note that there were 15cm heavy field howitzers present

Other elements of the division were equipped as follows:

• SS Panzer-Regiment 10 with 8 Panthers and 16 Panzer IVs and 2 SdKfz 7./1 with 2 cm flak gun mounted
• SS Flak Abteilung with 1 towed 8.8cm flak gun, 2 towed 2cm flak gun and 1 towed 3.7cm flak gun
• SS Pzgrend-Rgt. 21 with 35 medium SPWs and 2 SdKfz 10/4s with 2cm flak guns mounted and 2 towed 2cm flak guns
• SS Pzgrend-Rgt. 22 with 1 medium SPWs and 1 SdKfz 10/4 with 2cm flak gun mounted
• SS Panzer-Nachrichten-Abteilung 10 with 6 medium SPWs
• SS Panzer-Pionier-Battalione 10 with 7 medium SPWs
• 2./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 506 (fully motorized):
-------with 15 Tiger II tanks

Some sources note that the Panthers for SS PR 10 did not arrive in time for the fighting at Arnhem and other sources say they did.

Panzer-Brigade 107 on 15 September with 2117 men had the following assets:

• Brigade Stab with 16 medium SPWs
• Panzer Abteilung 2107 with 36 Panthers and 11 Jagdpanzer IVs and 2 Bergepanthers and 4 Möbelwagens and 2 SdKfz 251/8s
• Panzergrenadier Battalion 2107 with 116 medium SPWs, 8 12cm towed mortars and 1 28cm/32cm rocket launcher. The SPWs were:
--------41 SdKfz. 251/1
--------4 SdKfz. 251/2
--------14 SdKfz. 251/3
--------2 SdKfz. 251/8
--------10 SdKfz. 251/9
--------3 SdKfz. 251/11
--------42 SdKfz. 251/21

• Panzer-Pionier-Battalion with 23 medium SPWs and 6 flamethrowers. The SPWs were:
--------2 SdKfz. 251/1
--------1 SdKfz. 251/3
--------14 SdKfz. 251/7
--------6 SdKfz. 251/16

Other units in the Arnheim area were:

• Panzer-Ersatz-regiment “Bielefeld” with Panzer Kompanie Mielke which had 2 Panzer IVs [ 1 Ausf G and 1 Ausf H] and 6 Panzer IIIs Ausf Gs and Ms.

• schwere-Panzer-Kompanie Hummel with 14 Tiger Is

• Stab and 1./schwere Panzer-Abteilung 506 (fully motorized):
-------with 15 Tiger II tanks

• Panzer-Kompanie 244 with
-------1 PzKpw. 35S(f)
-------2 PzKpw. B2(f)
-------14 Flammpz. B2(f)
• 1./schwere-Panzerjüager-Abteilung 559 with 4 Jagdpanthers assigned to Kampfgruppe Huber.

I believe this is the only element from sPJA 559 that was involved in the fighting in the Arnhem area.

This covers the data I have regarding the Arnhem figures. The sources for this data are from:

Dugdales books on the strengths of the armored units in the west from September 1944 to February 1945

The book It Never Snows in September by Robert Kershaw

The Concord book by Marzel Zwarts titled Arnhem

I hope this data helps,

Best regards,

Ron

Panzer-Brigade 107 on 15 September with 2117 men had the following assets:

• Panzer-Pionier-Battalion with 23 medium SPWs and 6 flamethrowers. The SPWs were:
--------2 SdKfz. 251/1
--------1 SdKfz. 251/3
--------14 SdKfz. 251/7
--------6 SdKfz. 251/16

This note last modified: 20th Dec 2017 04:29.

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