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09-10-18, 09:36 AM
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Italy 1944 Panzersturmgesch.,Abt.115
Can anybody tell me about the WW2 German unit Panzersturmgesch.,Abt.115? Even if just what this stands for?
A soldier serving in this unit sent some postcards home from Italy. From the location of the town depicted in the postcards this unit would probably have fought at Cassino and/or Anzio.
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09-10-18, 09:59 AM
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Hello
The reference is to a German Assault Gun unit (Sturmgeschutz = Assault Gun), Battalion 115 (Abt = Abteilung or Battalion or Detachment depending on the context). Often abbreviated to Stug III (or Stug IV) when referring to the vehicles themselves. Abt 115 were in Italy at some point during World War Two but I don't know the exact details. Roger
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09-10-18, 10:34 AM
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Many thanks for that Roger.
I can now say that they fought in the Liri Valley for sure and were in the province of Frosinone when the cards were sent. This is the bit next to Rome, so they were easily close enough to have been at Anzio too: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Foto-WK-2...91ec%7Ciid%3A1
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Orationem pulchram non habens, scribo ista linea in lingua Latina Last edited by BWEF; 09-10-18 at 10:46 AM.
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#4
09-10-18, 10:49 AM
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The Wehrmacht lexicon site may be of assistance,
http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de It has an entry for the unit but mistakenly translates "abtelung" as "division". http://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/...erAbt115-R.htm
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#5
11-10-18, 05:20 PM
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If only I could read German I could spend many hours browsing that Lexicon.
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#6
11-10-18, 05:29 PM
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Should have a translator on it? I think it gives the choice of German or English on the home page.
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