6th PzD - OOB Question - Stalingrad

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That sounds like "Bingo!" to me. Well done. That fits the pattern and given that Raus would have been largely writing from memory as the war records were locked up in Moscow and Washington, it is easy for him to have confused the commander's name.

Sorry for that very old old thread necromancy.

New research have clarified the Koch 42 strong StuG btl attached to 6.Panzer Division:
It was the StuG.Abt.228 newly formed and sent to Russia (intended for Italian 8th Army, but rerouted to help in Wintergewitter). It had 31 vehicles (still 21 by 23 Decemeber). It was attached to the division 6.Panzer Division after the battle of Vyerkhnye Kumskiy.

The other missing 11 StuGs were from StuG.Abt.243 (only a battery inside the pocket.) KG v.Pannwitz managed to raisE 2 batteries with 16 StuG from late November-early December.

StuG.Abt.203 was at Wintergewitter also, but arrived 23 December (27 StuGs), quite later than the tank battle of Vyerkhnye Kumskiy.

Raus confused a lot of things. There were no camels used in this battle...maybe as draft or pack duty (they were by July at Kalach) but not in battle, 81st Cavalry Division information is quite clear on Russian sources.