Oberst
der Reserve Hyazinth Graf Strachwitz von Gross-Zauche (left, Kommandeur
Panzer-Regiment "Grossdeutschland") standing in front of his
Panzerbefehlswagen's "three-ruble note" with number 0. To the right of
Strachwitz is Oberstleutnant Karl Lorenz (Kommandeur
Panzergrenadier-Regiment "Grossdeutschland"). This picture was taken in the summer of 1943 in the Eastern Front, during Unternehmen Zitadelle (Battle of Kursk). At the beginning of 1943, Panzer-Abteilung "Grossdeutschland"
was upgraded into a tank regiment. At first, the commander's tanks
carried two-digit tactical numbers: "01", "02", "03". And already in the
summer of the same year, their numbering changed and in the Battle of
Kursk the "befehl" of the regimental headquarters carried the numbers:
"0", "01", "02". The same numbering, it seems, remained until the end of
the war. At least for the summer of 1944, two command Panthers of the
regiment headquarters with the numbers "0" and "01" are known. The
battalion headquarters apparently had "classic" numbers with Roman
numerals I and II.
Source :
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