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[Toten Tanz]

From the Regimental Combat Diary of the 28th/18 Panzer Regiment, Col Eckhardt (Toten Tanz) commanding

Date: July 3, 1941
Location: Lipki, Belarus
Weather: Clear with a slight haze, visibility good.
Entry Time: 16.30 hours (Turn 14)

3 Co.,88th/18 Recon Btl, advanced S, along the Povodista road. The 50mm ATGs of 4th Co. engaged 3 T-26s, which were heading S, at a range of 1500m. All three tanks were destroyed. The armored cars of 1 Co., minus 3 Plt. advanced in support of 3 Co. 3 Plt.moved E, in search of the Russian trucks that had been seen. It found them apporx. 1500m NE of Novosady Station along the main road to Shilino. It was unable to attack them immediately. The Russian trucks scattered at the sight of German armored cars in thier midst.

At Lipki, the remaining tanks of 6 Co. destroyed an AAG MG section in the woods E of the village. Col. Eckhardt realigned his units in order to reduce the threat of the big 152mm guns of the KV-3s sitting on Lipki Ridge. He then called in an additional airstrike on the exposed Russian tanks; which subsequently pulled back out of LOS on the ridge.

Cpt. Gebhardt advanced N from the area W of Novosady Station, and cut the Mocow Motor Hiway at the top of Lipki Ridge, securing another Regimental objective. He placed the 3 armored cars of 1 Plt, 2 Co.,88th/18 Recon Btl 1KM to his NE, astride the Hiway, to observe any Russian traffic coming from the E/NE. He sent the remianing armored car of 2 Plt, 2 Co.,88th/18 Recon Btl along the main road to Shilino; at the far eastern edge of the Regimental operations area, with the misson of cutting off retreat of the Russian trucks that 3 Plt, 1 Co. had found.

Three Russian HQ units broke cover and made a run towards the safety of Kurganovka. The 3 armored cars of 1 Plt, 2 Co. blocked their path. A fierce firefight developed, and 1Plt was destroyed. The surviving crewmen made their way to the rear on foot.

German Losses:
8 x PzIIF
14 x PzIII of various models
6 x Pz IV
8 x PSW Armored Cars of various models.
1 x Prime Mover
3 x ATG
Cpt. Fegelien - KIA

Russian Losses:
8 x T-26
48 x BT-7
18 x T-34M40 (1 captured)
8 x KV-1 (2 captured)
10 x Trucks
10 x BA-20
2 x ATG
44 x Inf Squads (approx 340-KIA/WIA 50-PW)
5 x Russian HQ.
4 x Russian officer - KIA