102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion

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102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion

Active July 1943

Country Germany

Branch Waffen SS

Type Heavy Tank Battalion

Size 3 companies

45 Tiger Tanks total

Engagements Battle of Normandy

Battle of Verrieres Ridge

Operation Totalize

Operation Tractable

Falaise Pocket

The 102nd SS Heavy-Panzer Battalion 102 (German: Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 102) was a heavy-

tank battalion of the Waffen SS during World War II.

It fought as part of the II SS Panzer Corps during the Battle of Normandy and was nearly destroyed.

Renamed as 502nd SS Heavy-Panzer Battalion, (German: Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502) the unit

was destroyed by the Russians in the Halbe Pocket in Spring 1945.

Contents

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1 Formation

2 Normandy

3 The Eastern Front (1945)

4 Commanding officers

5 Notable crew

6 Combat History

7 In popular culture

8 See also

9 Footnotes

10 References

11 External links

Formation[edit]

Heinrich Himmler inspecting tanks of the battalion, Russia, 1943

In April 1943, the Waffen-SS ordered the creation of a series of Heavy Panzer Battalions — equipped with

the new Tiger I tanks — for use in offensive actions on the Eastern Front.[1] Each of the heavy tank

battalions would be attached to a Corps of the Waffen SS. Upon formation, the 102nd was attached to the II

SS Panzer Corps.[2] Originally, each heavy tank battalion was composed of a single company of Tiger I's,

attached to each respective SS Panzer Division in the Panzerkorps.[3] By July 1943, the predecessor of the

102nd — SS Panzer Regiment 2 of the 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" — was equipped with 14 Tiger

I's.[3]

Normandy[edit]

The battalion was sent to Normandy after the D Day landings, and took part in the fighting for Point 112.

The Battalion was almost completely destroyed during the fighting in Normandy and in September 1944,

was pulled back to Germany to reform. Stationed in Sennelager. the Battalion was renamed the 502 SS

Heavy Panzer Battalion. [4]

The Eastern Front (1945)[edit]

Renamed as Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502 and equipped with Tiger II Tanks (Königstiger), the

Battalion took part in the defense against the Russians at the Oder-Front. During the Russian offensive to

take Berlin, the Battalion was forced to retreat and was surrounded in the Halbe-Pocket where the Battalion

was nearly destroyed. Only a few men could escape into American captivity.

Commanding officers[edit]

The 102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion was commandet by the following SS officers:

SS-Sturmbannführer Anton Laackmann (January, 1944 - March, 1944)

SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Weiss (March, 1944 - 18. August, 1944)

SS-Sturmbannführer Kurt Hartrampf (August, 1944 - May, 1945)

Notable crew[edit]

Paul Egger, 113 kills[5]

Will Fey, 73 kills[5]

Martin Schroif, 161 kills[5]

Joachim Scholl, 42 kills[5]

The following men were also awarded the Knight's Cross when serving with the battalion.

Paul Egger[6]

Kurt Hartrampf

Alois Kalss[6]

Combat History[edit]

The 102nd SS Heavy Panzer Battalion over its history lost 76 tanks destroyed 600 enemy tanks a kill ratio of

6.89.[7]

In popular culture[edit]

The Swedish black metal band Marduk have a song "502" (on their album Panzer Division Marduk)

which is about the battalion.[citation needed]

See also[edit]

List of Knight's Cross recipients of the SS Heavy Panzer Battalions

Footnotes[edit]

1. ^ Ripley, p. 230

2. ^ Fey, p. xviii

3. ^ a b Fey, p. 19

4. ^ "ritterkreuz". Retrieved 2008-02-15.

5. ^ a b c d ""TigerInformationAces"".

6. ^ a b "axis.history.factbook".

7. ^ "armorsite".

References[edit]

Fey, William [1990] (2003). Armor Battles of the Waffen-SS. Stackpole Books. ISBN 978-0-8117-

2905-5

Ripley, Tim (2005). The Waffen-SS at War: Hitler's Praetorians 1925-1945. Zenith Imprint. ISBN 0-

7603-2068-3

Schneider, Wolfgang (2001). Tiger im Kampf II. J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing ISBN 3-935107-02-1

External links[edit]

s.SSPzAbt 102 Unit History at Tiger I Information Center

s.SSPzAbt 102/502 Unit History

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The Schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 102 was formed in October 1943 and was attached to II SS Panzerkorps. It

was sent to Normandy, where it fought the western Allies and suffered heavy losses.

It was refitted with with Tiger II (Köningstiger) tanks in September 1944 and redesignated Schwere SS-Panzer

Abteilung 502.

It was attached to Heeresgruppe Mitte and sent to the Eastern front in March 1945.

Commanders

SS-Sturmbannführer Anton Laackmann (? Jan 1944 - ? Mar 1944)

SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Weiss (? Mar 1944 - 18 Aug 1944)

SS-Sturmbannführer Kurt Hartrampf (? Aug 1944 - ? May 1945)

Area of operations

France (June 1944 - Sep 1944)

Germany (Sep 1944 - Mar 1945)

Eastern front (Mar 1945 - May 1945)

Campaign New issue Transfers in Transfers out Combat loss Type of tank

Western Front 51 0 6 45 Tiger I

Eastern Front 37 0 6 31 Tiger II

Holders of high awards

Holders of the German Cross in Gold (2)

- Egger, Paul, 30.12.1944, SS-Oberscharführer, 1./s.SS-Pz.Abt. 502

- Soretz, Hans, 25.08.1944, SS-Untersturmführer, 3./s.SS-Pz.Abt. 102

Holders of the Knight's Cross (3, including two unofficial/unconfirmed)

- Kalss, Alois 23.08.1944 SS-Obersturmführer Führer 1./s.SS-Pz.Abt 502

- Egger, Paul 28.04.1945 SS-Obersturmführer Zugführer i. d. 1./s.SS-Pz.Abt 502

[no proof in the Bundesarchiv files]

- Hartrampf, Kurt 28.04.1945 SS-Sturmbannführer Kdr s.SS-Pz.Abt 502

[no proof in the Bundesarchiv files ; according to a letter of Krätschmer (adressed to von Seemen, 07.08.1980)

awarded together with Kleinheisterkamp,OL ; said to have been officially confirmed by FHQ,Berlin via a radio

message on 28.04.1945 adressed to 9. Armee, Kessel von Halbe ; incoming radio messages of AOK 9 are not

existing anymore ; connection to FHQ in Berlin was cut off since 05.00 in the morning on april 28th 1945 [V.S.] ;

case was treated by the Ordenskommission of the OdR in 1980 and decision was made (obviously mainly based

on the Krätschmer letter) : “ja, 28.4.1945”]

Notable members

Paul Egger (usually credited with 113 destroyed tanks but the exact number is unknown)

Ernst Glagow (usually credited with 51+ destroyed tanks but the exact number is unknown)

Officers serving in the Einsatzgruppen

Einsatzgruppen 1

(includes officers serving in the Einsatzgruppen either prior to or after service in this unit)

Tiger tank of Schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 102

(Courtesy of Bundesarchiv/Wikimedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany)

Tiger tank from Schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 102 near Charkow in April 1943

(Courtesy of Bundesarchiv/Wikimedia, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany)

Sources used

Ron Klages - Trail of the Tigers

Terry Goldsworthy - Valhalla's Warriors: A history of the Waffen-SS on the Eastern Front 1941-1945

Wolfgang Schneider - Tigers in combat (2 vol)

Reference material on this unit

Rüdiger Warnick & Stephan Cazenave - Tiger! Von schwere Kompanie/SS-Pz.Rgt.2 bis s.SS-Panzerabteilung

102/502

102. Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung

The battalion was established in July 1943 and was quickly sent to the rear area of the combat zone near Kharkov to continue their training. During August they saw combat with SS-Panzergrenadierdivision “Das Reich”, with some of the men serving as infantry. In October 1943 they returned to Germany for refitting and in November they received the official designation of 102. Schwere SS-Panzerabteilung.

January to June 1944 was spent in various training and occupation duties in France, the Netherlands and Germany. On 11 June they were sent to France, but after initially being sent to the area around Calais, were redirected towards Normandy. By July they were finally in the combat area and took up positions around Hill 112, which they counter-attacked on 9 July. Like 101. Schwere SS-Panzerabteilung,102. Schwere SS-Panzerabteilung suffered heavily from Allied air superiority. For the remainder of the month they supported 10. SS-Panzerdivision “Frundsberg” in the area of Maltot, Eterville, Fontaine and St. Martin during the battles for Hill 112, and along the Orne River.

In August they were moved to Vire area and fought alongside 9. SS-Panzerdivision “Hohenstaufen” until withdrawn from the division on 5 August. From 6 August elements of the battalion support 10. SS-Panzerdivision “Frundsberg” around Le Bas Perrier and Chenedolle.

On 9 August the Allies breakthrough north of Falaise and 2. Kompanie was sent to Falaise where they took up positions supporting 271. Infanteriedivision.

The rest of the battalion was sent to Vire to support 12. SS-Panzerdivision “Hitlerjugend” in the defence of the Bretteville-sur-Laize-St. Sylvain line. Together with 12. SS-Panzer-Regiment they halt the Canadian III Corps’ attack at Hill 140, destroying 47 of the 55 Canadian tanks in the process.

2. Kompanie fought off various Allied thrusts in the area of Bois Halbout on 10-12 August before being ordered to move to Chateaux la Motte on 12 August.

By 14 August they were fighting on the outskirts of Falaise itself, holding off various attacks around the town in the following days. By 16 August the whole battalion was operating around Falaise.

As August drags on 102. Schwere SS-Panzerabteilung retreats towards the Seine River. They gradually lose all their Tiger through mechanical failure or lack of fuel and by the time they had retreated pass Brussels they were down to one tank. The Tiger was abandoned at Genval in Belgium on 1 September 1944 where it was disabled with an explosive charge.

During September the battalion was gathered for refitting and was redesignated 502. Schwere SS-Panzerabteilung. It is not until December that the first replacement tanks begin to arrive with the battalion. The first 6 Tiger II tanks arrived on 27 December 1944. It was not until March 1945 that the battalion was once more sent into action. Armed with the Tiger II the battalion launches a night attack on Sachsendorf (Saxony, Eastern Germany) on 22 March. After two days of fighting little progress was made, mainly due to the inexperience of the infantry accompanying them. During the rest of March and into April they continued to fight against the Soviet onslaught on eastern Germany. By late April they were holding off Soviet troops crossing the Spree River around Prieros and Märkisch-Buchholz. Their final battle was a Breakout along the Berlin-Cottbus autobahn near Halbe on 27-30 April. The last tank was abandoned due to lack of fuel on 1 May 1945. Many of the battalion’s members crossed the Elbe River to surrender to US forces.

Sch SS PzAbtlg 102 unit history

Schwere SS Panzer abteilung 102 was formed in April 1943 with the cadre of roughly 120 men in

Holland and started to train in early May. It was formed to function as the heavy battalion of the SS

Panzerkorps. It deployed 3 companies to the front near Kharkov in July with the intent of finishing the

battalions training in the rear combat zone but the HQ remained behind in the Senne Training Area. On

1 June 1943 the SS Panzerkorps was renamed II SS Panzerkorps and the 1st SS LAH was transferred

to the newly formed I SS Panzer Korps. The battalion was renamed Schwere SS Panzerabteilung 102

on 22 October 1943 and attached to II SS Panzerkorps. In the reorganization it lost

13.kompanie./SSPZ.RGT.1 to the new Schwere SS Panzerabteilung 101 and 9.kompanie./SS-PZ.RGT.3

to the 3rd SS Panzer Totenkopf. The unit that emerged from the shuffle consisted of two freshly raised

companies and the remains of the heavy company of the 2nd SS Das Reich who returned from the east

in April of 1944. Commanded by Untersturmbannfuhrer Weiss and including a large number of

volksdeutsche from Rumania the unit was to endure the agony of Normandy around Hill 112 from July

10th until being redeployed in early August.

On the night of July 9/10 freshly promoted Obersturmbannfuhrer Weiss and the first elements of

Schwere SS Panzerabteilung moved into the area of St. Martin losing their first two tanks to air attacks

on the morning of the 10th. Hill 112 with its dominating position roughly 15km south-west of Caen

which allows it to control the Odon and Orne river valleys is know as “the back door to Caen” and “the

key to Normandy.” Its bare slopes devoid of cover except for a small wood just below the summit and

scattered corn fields would prove deadly for anyone attempting to hold or attack the area. Those

woods known as the “crown of thorns” to the British and “the wood of the half trees” to their German

Counter parts and the small village of Maltot on the southern slope would be the focal point for the

carnage.

On the morning of July 10th 1944 the British opened Operation Jupiter with the 43rd (Weesex) Division

attacking Hill 112 with the 129th Infantry Brigade consisting of the 5th Dorsetshire, 4th Somerset Light

Infantry, and 5th Wiltshire supported by the Churchills of the 7th RTR. They ran into tenacious

resistance from the three Panzer Mk IV tanks of the 5.kompanie./SS-PZ.RGT.10 under

Hauptscharfuhrer Borrekott who where in picket positions. As roughly 25 Churchills overwhelmed the

picket platoon Obersturmfuhrer Kurt Leven with three more Mk IV tanks advanced to the picket line

and where also destroyed. The sacrifice of theses six crews and the stubborn resistance by

Hauptsturmfuhrer Karl Keck’s 16.kompanie./SS-PZ.GR.RGT.21 belonging to the 10th SS Frundsberg in

the wood of the half trees allowed reinforcements to be deployed into a powerful counterattack.

Hauptsturmfuhrer Endemann in Tiger 221 led his 2.kompanie into the attack with 7 Tigers from St.

Martin towards Hill 112. As the smoke from the British Trommelfeuer lifted the Tigers advanced with

the main effort directed towards the wood of the half trees and the battered 16.kompanie pioneers still

fighting for their lives. Untersturmfuhrer Schroif`s platoon advanced on the right and Untersturmfuhrer

Ratsack`s on the left. Three British tanks and several anti tank guns where destroyed. Despite stiff

British resistance the Tigers of 2.kompanie had cleared the east section of Hill 112 but not without

loss. Tiger 213 had been damaged by an anti-tank gun and Hauptsturmfuhrer Endemann was missing.

British artillery concentrations would driver the Tigers undercover but it would not keep the hill in

English hands. Another British attack with Churchill support would successfully take the northern

section of the woods. A night attack with the 2.kompanie and grenadiers of SS-PZ.GR.RGT.21 would

result in a bloody stalemate that would last until the next day. At the same time Tigers of 1.kompanie

under Hauptsturmfuhrer Kalls were ordered to clear up the situation in Maltot. Advancing in a blitz

attack to avoid British artillery Hauptscharfuhrer Baral’s platoon was ordered to protect the right flank

and reached the village only to come under heavy fire from British tanks and anti tank guns. At a

range of less than 200 meters Baral’s Tigers including the soon to be ace Unterscharfuhrer William Fey

in Tiger 134 engaged the British tanks and infantry of the 130th Brigade and 9th RTR. Fey would claim

two kills in this point blank melee. Fighting around Maltot would continue on into the night as Baral`s

platoon would be used as a spearhead for an infantry assault by the SS-PZ.GR.RGT.20 of the 9th SS

Hohenstaufen. The Tigers of the 1.kompanie would succeed and Maltot would be in German hands. The

9th RTR would report 12 Churchills lost in Maltot by 2235 but only seven British tanks and 8 anti tank

guns where claimed.

During the 11th Tigers of the 2.kompanie supporting grenadiers from the SS-PZ.GR.RGT.22 of

Frundsberg attacked the half tree wood from the south-east and Tigers of the 3.kopanie with SS-

PZ.GR.RGT.19 of Hohenstaufen attacked from the south-west. Once again the British where evicted

from the wood with five more Shermans destroyed. After their retreat the British once again advanced

taking the wood. This time Tigers of 1.Kompanie with support from the Stug support from

2.kompanie./SS-PZ.RGT.9 and grenadiers of SS-PZ.GR.RGT.20 that would reclaim the woods. For the

loss of three Stugs destroyed and three damaged the British where forced out of the wood. They left

behind 93 bodies. One Grenadier later wrote:

“The site was beyond all imagination. The dead, friend and foe, lay in masses on the open ground right

up to the little wood. The air was putrid with the smell of decomposing corpses.”

By the end of July 11th the battalion was down to 14 operational Tigers, with 12 in short term repair

and 13 long term repairs. They went into Normandy with 45 Tigers they would leave with none. From

July 10 through August 1 the battalion was in constant action. It successfully held its ground through

stubborn resistance and vicious counterattacks supporting elements of the 9th and 10th SS Panzer

Divisons. They suffered from air attacks and the trommelfeuer of artillery. Despite being outnumbered

they held firm in their duty to support the German infantry even as it was decimated in the Verdun of

Normandy.

References

In the Firestorm of the Last Years of the War, by Wilhelm Tieke

Sons of the Reich, by Michael Reynolds

Tigers in Combat II, by Wolfgang Schneider

Tiger I on the Western Front, by Jean Restayn

schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 102(502)

Date of creation: 22-10-1943

MAY 1944

Stabskompanie (HQ Company)

Turret Numbers: 001, 002, 003

1. Schwere Panzerkompanie (Heavy Company)

Kompanietrupp (Command platoon)

Turret Numbers: 141, 142 1. Zug (1st platoon)

Turret Numbers: 111, 112, 113, 114 2. Zug (2nd platoon)

Turret Numbers: 121, 122, 123, 124 3. Zug (3rd platoon)

Turret Numbers: 131, 132,133, 134

2. Schwere Panzerkompanie (Heavy Company)

Kompanietrupp (Command platoon)

Turret Numbers: 241, 242 1. Zug (1st platoon)

Turret Numbers: 211, 212, 213, 214 2. Zug (2nd platoon)

Turret Numbers: 221, 222, 223, 224 3. Zug (3rd platoon)

Turret Numbers: 231, 232, 233, 234

3. Schwere Panzerkompanie (Heavy Company)

Kompanietrupp (Command platoon)

Turret Numbers: 341, 342 1. Zug (1st platoon)

Turret Numbers: 311, 312, 313, 314 2. Zug (2nd platoon)

Turret Numbers: 321, 322, 323, 324 3. Zug (3rd platoon)

Turret Numbers: 331, 332, 333, 334

Renamed s.SS-Pz.Abt.502 September 1944

DECEMBER 1944

Stabskompanie (HQ Company)

Turret Numbers: 555

1. Schwere Panzerkompanie (Heavy Company)

Kompanietrupp (Command platoon)

Turret Numbers: ? 1. Zug (1st platoon)

Turret Numbers: 111, 112, 113 2. Zug (2nd platoon)

Turret Numbers: 121, 122, 123 3. Zug (3rd platoon)

Turret Numbers: 131, 132,133

2. Schwere Panzerkompanie (Heavy Company)

Kompanietrupp (Command platoon)

Turret Numbers: ? 1. Zug (1st platoon)

Turret Numbers: 211, 212, 213, 214 2. Zug (2nd platoon)

Turret Numbers: 221, 222, 223, 224

3. Schwere Panzerkompanie (Heavy Company)

Kompanietrupp (Command platoon)

Turret Numbers: ? 1. Zug (1st platoon)

Turret Numbers: 311, 312, 313 2. Zug (2nd platoon)

Turret Numbers: 321, 322, 323

3. Zug (3rd platoon)

Turret Numbers: 331, 332, 333

Commanders

Sturmbannführer von Laackman 04.01.44-14.03.44

Sturmbannführer Weiss 14.03.44-18.08.44

Sturmbannführer Hartrampf 04.09.44-05.45

Pz.Kpfw VI Ausf.E Tiger

Pz.Kpfw VI Ausf.B Tiger II

schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 102 (22 October 1943) schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502 (September 1944)

15 November 1942

S.PzKpfw.Kp. for SS-Panzer-Regiments 1, 2 and 3 ordered formed

22 April 1943 Stab for s.PzKpfw.Kp. of Waffen-SS divisions ordered formed as schwere-SS-Panzer-Abteilung-General-Kommando-I. SS-Panzer-Korps, control of divisional Tiger companies retained by the divisions

1 June 1943 Redesignated schwere-SS-Panzer-Abteilung-General-Kommando-II. SS-Panzer-Korps

July 1943 Ordered to finish forming at Walki, near Kharkov, 3 Tigers delivered

10 July 1943 "Zitadelle" 13./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 with 13 Tiger I's s./SS-Panzer-Regiment 2 with 14 Tiger I's 9./SS-Panzer-Regiment 3 with 15 Tiger I's

19 July 1943 Schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung-General-Kommando-I. SS-Panzer-Korps ordered formed from existing elements in Sennelager and Augustustdorf equipped with 3 Tiger I's, 13./SS-Panzer-Regiment 1 detached to form 3./ of new schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung-General-Kommando-I. SS-Panzer-Korps

August 1943 Subordinated to 2. SS-Panzer Division Das Reich, some elements act as infantry

October 1943 Transferred to Augustustdorf

22 October 1943

Reformed in Augustustdorf [Tessin: France]

4 November 1943

Redesignated schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 102 effective 22 October 1943

January 1944 Transferred to Argentan, France

Spring 1944 Transferred to Wezep, the Netherlands

21 April-29 May 1944

45 Tiger I's delivered

15 May 1944 Absorbs 268 men from s.SS-Panzer-Abteilung 103, not enough men to establish 3. Kompanie

6 June 1944 Personnel on courses at Paderborn return to Wezep

11-12 June 1944

Transfer to Calais region

14 June 1944 Ordered to Normandy front

21-23 June 1944

Detrainment of 2. Kompanie in Versailles, road March to the front begins with a number of breakdowns

2 July 1944 Last trainload arrives in Versailles

7 July 1944 28 operational tanks, but 3. Kompanie still hadn't reached the front

9 July-1 August 1944

Subordinated to 10. SS-Panzergrenadier Division Hohenstauffen

10 July 1944 5 Tigers are lost in action (2 by aircraft)

11 July 1944 1 Tiger is lost in action

26 July 1944 1 Tiger is lost in action

2 August 1944 Transferred to sector of 9. SS-Panzergrenadier Division Frundsberg with 38 Tiger I's, 1 Tiger is lost in action

3 August 1944 3 Tigers are lost in action

4 August 1944 1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew

5 August 1944 1 Tiger is lost in action

13 August 1944

1 Tiger is lost in action

14 August 1944

2 Tigers are lost in action

16 August 1944

2 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew

17 August 1944

1 Tiger is lost in action

18 August 1944

1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew

19 August 1944

6 Tigers are lost in action

20 August 1944

1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew

21 August 1944

4 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew

22 August 1944

4 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew

25 August 1944

3 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew (one sank in river crossing)

28 August 1944

1 Tiger is lost, destroyed by crew (sank in river)

30 August 1944

4 Tigers are lost, destroyed by crew

1 September 1944

All tanks lost during the retreat from Normandy

September 1944

Redesignated schwere SS-Panzer-Abteilung 502 when reformed in Sennelager

Between 10 July and 20 August

Claimed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/102nd_SS_Heavy_Panzer_Battalion

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:German_heavy_tank_battalions

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Overlord

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Verrieres_Ridge

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Totalize

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tractable

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Tractable

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Jupiter_(1944)