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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: 17.00 hours (Turn 15)

3 Plt, 1 Co. 88th/18 Recon Btl. headed back W, towards the Moscow Motor Hiway, in order to engage the Russian HQ units that had destroyed 1Plt., 2 Co. They found them and attacked, causing confusion among the Russian ranks. The Light Plts of 1 and 2 Co., I/28Pz attacked them from the opposite direction. Their MkIIs drove into the Russian column, guns blazing. A running battle ensued, with destroyed Russian vehicles littering the hiway for a kilometer. Regimental forces managed to capture 2 Russian battalion Commanders, and destroy 3 HQ units.

2 Plt, 2 Co.,88th/18 Recon Btl drove through Shilino, in pursuit of the escaping Russian trucks. It caught up to them approx 1.5 KM to the NE of the town. The lone armored car of 2 Plt. hastily assaulted the Russians, destroying all 8 Russian transports. It then headed N of Shilino, in order to cut the Moscow Motor Hiway E of Kurganovka.

3 Co.,88th/18 Recon Btl, supported by the armored cars of 1 Co, set about creating defensive positions along the high ground to the E of Lipki, in order to prevent Russian forces from regaining control of it.

After finishing defensive positions within the rubble of Lipki, Maj. von Burstin was ordered to take his pioneers forward, to investigate Lipki Ridge. 6 Co. killed or wounded another 10 Russian infantry in the woods E. of Lipki, with cannon fire.

The Russian KVs on Lipki Ridge withdrew to the NE along the Moscow Motor Hiway. 5 BA-20 armored cars were spotted operating 4-5 KM to the Regiment's rear, along the road to Borisov.


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
18 x BA-20
2 x ATG
45 x Inf Squads (approx 350-KIA/WIA 50-PW)
5 x Russian Btl HQ.
6 x Russian officer (4-KIA 2-PW)