Little dio in 1.35 scale whit:
Alpine Miniatures
Evolution Miniatures
BlackDog Miniatures
The defense of the city of Breslau saw several units of the SS, Wermacht and Luftwaffe involved.
In the skit I represented a paratrooper belonging to the I./FJR 26 of the 9th Parachute Division, armed with a Panzerschreck and an element of the "Panzerjäger-Abteilung Breslau", armed instead with the classic Panzerfaust.
In fact, the battle for the defense of Breslau also saw the use of some small units of paratroopers who contributed to the defensive network. These men, unlike the Fallschirmjäger of the first days of the war, were no longer elite units, as their level of training was mostly elementary, despite having a large group of veterans among their ranks and still being well armed. These paratroopers reached Breslau by air transport (between 22 February and 7 March), given the impossibility of reaching the city by land. These units arrived in a first batch using Go-242 and DFS-230 gliders towed by He-111s and Do-17s of Schleppgruppe 1. For the next contingent to be transported, it was instead preferred to use the Ju-52/3m. In total, the number of fallschirmjäger who managed to reach Breslau was most likely no more than 700-750 men, belonging to I./FJR26 and II./FJR26.
The "Panzerjäger-Abteilung Breslau", however, part of the Mohr Regiment (named after its Commander, Oberstleutnant Peter-Walter MOHR) was made up of 4 companies, the fourth of which was equipped only with panzerfausts.
Alpine Miniatures
Evolution Miniatures
BlackDog Miniatures
The defense of the city of Breslau saw several units of the SS, Wermacht and Luftwaffe involved.
In the skit I represented a paratrooper belonging to the I./FJR 26 of the 9th Parachute Division, armed with a Panzerschreck and an element of the "Panzerjäger-Abteilung Breslau", armed instead with the classic Panzerfaust.
In fact, the battle for the defense of Breslau also saw the use of some small units of paratroopers who contributed to the defensive network. These men, unlike the Fallschirmjäger of the first days of the war, were no longer elite units, as their level of training was mostly elementary, despite having a large group of veterans among their ranks and still being well armed. These paratroopers reached Breslau by air transport (between 22 February and 7 March), given the impossibility of reaching the city by land. These units arrived in a first batch using Go-242 and DFS-230 gliders towed by He-111s and Do-17s of Schleppgruppe 1. For the next contingent to be transported, it was instead preferred to use the Ju-52/3m. In total, the number of fallschirmjäger who managed to reach Breslau was most likely no more than 700-750 men, belonging to I./FJR26 and II./FJR26.
The "Panzerjäger-Abteilung Breslau", however, part of the Mohr Regiment (named after its Commander, Oberstleutnant Peter-Walter MOHR) was made up of 4 companies, the fourth of which was equipped only with panzerfausts.
