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Offline MiniPigs

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Vehicle OOB for Afrika Korps?
« on: 08 September 2022, 12:17:34 PM »


Is there a resource that lists what vehicles were shipped, what was actually received and roughly what dates this all took place?

Basically, I'm looking for what vehicles in what relative quantities were available to the Afrika Korps from which dates.

Offline von der Tann

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Re: Vehicle OOB for Afrika Korps?
« Reply #1 on: 09 September 2022, 08:06:20 AM »
I know it is only in German, but adhoc I found this on the German wikipedia "Unternehmen Sonnenblume", the codename to the dispatch of German troops to North Africa.

(https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unternehmen_Sonnenblume)

Look at the topic "Ausrüstung" to see the numbers.

Fun fact:
Apparently Rommel held a Parade after the first troops arrived in Africa and had Pz III and other vehicles pass him by several times so their number appeared higher than it actually was.
I guess they weren't issued turret numbers back then, but I don't know. Plus I cannot remember where I read this anecdote.

"Viel Feind - viel Ehr!"
(Georg von Frundsberg, 1473 - 1528)

 

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