This is kind of a "Here's what I know, what else is there?" thread. My sources on MG are nowhere near as plentiful as I'd like, but...
(Also in regards to a PM... not too bad from memory, eh Martin?!)
schwere Panzer Company Hummel-
Originally created as one fo the Alarm companys from Training Battlaion 500.
Alarm was raised for Market Garden, and the Hummel Tigers were entrained night of the 18th. The tanks had to de-train at Bocholt, due to a blocked railway line. Hence, the Tigers had to make an 80km road march to Arnhem. Only two made it tho Arnhem evening of the 19th- the rest had trouble on the road march and had to be serviced before arriving.
Dammit... completely skipped my mind to simply note how many Tigers Hummel possessed, despite that Zwarts clearly has that info.
The two Tigers that did arrive evening of Tuesday the 19th, thoe of Leutnant Knaack and Feldwebel Barneki- were put under command of KGr Brinkmann and sent into action almost immediately, around 8pm.
In an apparently poorly planned and rushed action, Knaack's Tiger was knocked out, and two crewmembers killed, by anti tank fire from the British in some of the close in streets.
Schneider in TIC II appears to claim that both of these Tigers were disabled.
After this limited and rather unsuccessful action, the Tigers fo s.Pz.Kp. Hummel- now including the stragglers- were used in a more suitable role- pounding the buildings occupied by the British from greater range.
On thursday teh 21st, Kp. Hummel was re-deployed near Elstunder KGr Knaust. Some rather significant battles occurred in this are between the Tigers and acompanying panzers and the British armor. Friday the 22nd, 5 Tigers from Hummel were knocked out by the British 214th infantry Brigade (with accompanying armor?).
Schneider does not seem to mention these losses in the Elst area.
s.Pz.Abt. 506
Unit had a rather less significant role in the fighting. For one thing, the Tiger IIs from the 506th did not even arrive in the area (at Zevenaar) until the night of September 23/24.
Deployed:
1 Kp./ --> Aachen
2 Kp./ --> Elst under 10SS Pz. Div.
3 Kp./ --> Oosterbeek under 9SS Pz. Div.
9/25- one of the tanks with 3 Kp. (?), attached to KGr Von Allworden, knocked out in close urban fighting by British Paras. According to Zwarts, this was the only Tiger II lost around Oosterbeek.
'Course, this was mainly due to the fact that the Tiger IIs really could not be utilized very well- the tight urban areas where much of the combat occurred simply was not suitable to the size and bulk of the TIger IIs.
Interesting note- this is from Zwarts- it appears that two Jagdtigers may well have been attached to s.Pz.Abt. 506 for testing purposes. Zwarts has a photo of a knocked-out Jagdtiger supposedly in the Elst area from this time. Also according to Zwarts, British reports claim two Ferdinands were knocked out in the area, but there were definetely no units fielding Ferdinands in the area. Hence... was the 506th testing two new Jagdtigers, at least one of which hence got knocked out?
Also, Schneider and Zwarts seem to disagree on the losses during this time. Even in just Zwarts- in one area he seems to claim 4 Tiger IIs lost in the area, while in another caption claims 2 Tiger IIs lost.
Then Schneider seems to claim 6 Tiger II losses in actions around Oosterbeek and Elst.
Sources-
Marcellus Zwarts, German Armored Units at Arnhem, September 1944.
Wolfgang Schneider, Tigers in Combat I & II.
Well... what did I miss?
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