Guess nobody knows?

Here's a bit about the 6th Pz Rgmt.

The 6th Panzer was part of the 3rd Panzer Division and its personnel were mainly Prussians. Other units that made up this division were: 3rd and 394th Panzergrenadier Regiments, 75th Panzer Artillery Rgmt, 3rd Kradschutzen Battalion, 327th Pz Recon & Panzerjager, Battalions 39th Pz Pioneer & Pz Nachrichten Btns. Theri base was in Berlin. These guys were known as the "Bear Division" because of its Berlin Bear emblem. On Oct 15. 1935, they were activated. At that time they also had the 5th PzBtn as part of their make-up.

They took part of the Anschluss of Austria and then in the Polish Campaign as part of Heinz Guderians 19th Corps attacking from Pomerania to Thorn in northern Poland, and thenn to Brest-Litovsk. They distinguished themselves in France when they were part of Hopners 16th Motorized corps. Next they fought in the Battle of the Albert Canal, battles south of Brussels, then the pursuit towards Dunkirk and the fall of France. In late 40, this division transferred their 5th PzRgmt to the 5th Light Div (later the 21st Pz.Div) and recieved the 394th P.G.R. in exchange.

By the winter of 40-41, this division had lost about half of it's tanks. On June 22, 1941, the 3rd Pz invaded Russia siezing the Koden Bridge. Under the command of Walter Model - who later was to be known as the "Boy Fieldmarshal" took part in the Battles of the Bialystok-Minsk Pocket and the Dnieper River crossings before being sent to the southern sector of the Eastern Front. There it helped in the encirclement of several Russian Armies consisting of 667,000 men; in the Kiev area.

During the Soviet winter offensive of 41-42, it was used as a "fire brigade" and in March 42, held Kharkov against massive Soviet attacks. Now with the 4th Pz Army, they took part in the Caucasus campaign suffering heavy losses in the battles around Mozdok. It escaped from the Kuban Peninsula, by crossing the Sea of Azov over the ice; after Rostov was threatened in January 1943.

It again suffered heavy casualties when it fought in the Battle of Kursk in July 43 and Kharkov in the Autumn of that year. It remained on the line despite its losses, and fought in the Dnieper campaign - again distinguishing itself at Kiev and in the retreat through the Ukraine. It fought its way out of the encirclement in Rumania, took part in the Hungarian campaign, and ended the war on the southern sector of the Eastern Front.

Info is from Samuel Mitchams book: "Hitler's Legions."

The other special thing is that I just acquired a nice pair of Hauptmanns shoulderboards from this unit.

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Lost are only those, who abandon themselves) Hans-Ulrich Rudel.