SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51

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SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51
Active 1944
Country  Nazi Germany
Branch Flag of the Schutzstaffel.svg Waffen SS
Type Motorized Infantry
Size Brigade
Engagements Battle of France
Disbanded 8 September 1944

SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49 was a short-lived Waffen SS unit formed in June 1944 from SS Kampfgruppen (Combat Group) 3. Although designated as panzergrenadier (mechanized infantry) the unit was only equipped with wheeled vehicles. The SS Main Office ordered it redesignated as the 27th SS Panzer Division on 10 August, but this was strictly notional. It played a minor role in the Battle of France before it was merged into the 38th SS Panzergrenadier-Regiment of the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen on 8 August.[1]

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Bibliography

  • Tessin, Georg. Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg 1939–1945; Band 5 - Die Landstreitkräfte 31–70 Frankfurt am Main: Verlag E. S. Mittler, 1976
  1. Tessin, p. 173