PANZERS IN NORMANDY
THEN AND NOW

Eric Lefèvre

This is a truly magnificent record of the performance of the German tanks
and their Panzertruppen in the Normandy Campaign.
BRITISH ARMY REVIEW

Published to commemorate the 40th anniversary of the Normandy campaign, Panzers in Normandy Then and Now is a detailed study of the German panzer regiments in Normandy in 1944 as seen from the German side. The book is basically divided into two parts: the theoretical composition of the 1944 model of the panzer regiment, its equipment and personnel, and secondly, individual chapters on the seventeen panzer units which saw service in Normandy. In addition the book contrasts the scenes of the fighting that raged in the countryside and villages of this part of France with comparison photographs of the battleground as it is today. Research for this book also resulted in the discovery of the location of the grave of the most famous panzer commander, formerly listed as missing in action, when a Normandy roadside revealed its secret in 1983 as the last resting place of the victor of Villiers-Bocage, Michael Wittmann.

ISBN 0 900913 29 0
SIZE 12"×8½"
212 PAGES
373 ILLUSTRATIONS
19 MAPS
£27.50
CODE F008

COMPLETE CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

ORGANISATION OF PANZER REGIMENT '44'
Panzer Regiment (Staff and Staff Company)
I. Abteilung (Staff and Staff Company)
1. Abteilung (Panther Companies)
II. Abteilung (Staff and Staff Company)
II. Abteilung (PzKpfw IV Companies)
Versorgungskompanie, I. Abteilung
Versorgungskompanie, II. Abteilung
Werkstattkompanie
Allocation tables, men and equipment

PzKpfw IV

PzKpfw V PANTHER

PzKpfw VI TIGER AUSF E

PzKpfw VI TIGER AUSF B

STURMGESCHÜTZ

JAGDPANZER IV

JAGDPANTHER

MOBILE FLAK

RECOVERY VEHICLES

HALF-TRACKS

OTHER ARMOURED VEHICLES

UNIFORMS
The Heer
Waffen-SS
The Panzerkampfabzeichen
The Panzerlied

PANZER REGIMENTS

HEER
Panzer Lehr Regiment (Panzer Lehr Division)
Panzer Regiment 3 (2. Panzer Division)
Panzer Regiment 16 (116. Panzer Division)
Panzer Regiment 22 (21. Panzer Division)
Panzer Regiment 33 (9. Panzer Division)
Schwere Panzer Abteilung 503
Miscellaneous Army Panzer Units
Schwere Panzerjager Abteilung 654
Panzer Ersatz und Ausbildungs Abteilung 100
Panzer Abteilung 206

WAFFEN-SS
SS-Panzer Regiment 1 (1. SS-Panzer Division)
SS-Panzer Regiment 2 (2. SS-Panzer Division)
SS-Panzer Regiment 9 (9. SS-Panzer Division)
SS-Panzer Regiment 10 (10. SS-Panzer Division)
SS-Panzer Regiment 12 (12. SS-Panzer Division)
SS-Panzer Abteilung 17 (17. SS-Panzer Grenadier Division)
Schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 101
Schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung 102

DER RÜCKMARSCH

WHAT NOW REMAINS?

GLOSSARY

COMPARATIVE RANK TABLE