Weapons and Equipment
of 21. Panzer Division

The 21. Panzer Division used much equipment built from French stocks captured in the 1940 conquest.
Items below may not be exactly what was used in the Division, but serve to illustrate what
may have been used. Pictures showing true 21. Division vehicles and equipment are noted.

Click on thumbnails below to get a larger image and details on the pictured item

		Side view of 88mm ATG (2) 7.5cm PaK 40/1 L/48 on Lorraine Tractor, Sd.Kfz 135. (4) PzKpw III tank. As used in 21st Panzer. (6) 20-barrelled 81mm mortar on Somua MCG S 307 (f) as used in 21st Panzer (8) Schutzenpanzerwagen U 304 (f). (10)
15cm sFH 13/1 auf Geschutzwagen Lorraine-S (f). SdKfz 135/1. As used in 21st Panzer. (1) 7.5cm PaK 40 on Somua MCG S 307(f) chassis as used in 21st Panzer. (3) PzKpw V Panther tank. As used in 21st Panzer. (5) PzKpw IV Aust H of Pz Rgt 22, dug in near Caen. Photo taken 13 July 1944. (7) 10.5cm sFH 18/40 on GW H39 (f) (9).	150sp 88-2 at_track at-lor panther111 Pz III M pziv rl1 stug200a unic2

INDEX PICTURE NOTES:

(1) Picture from US Army on pg 23, D-Day Tank Warfare, Steven J Zaloga and George Balin, Concord Publications, Hong Kong, 1994. Used in III. Abt, Panzer Artillery Rgt 155.

(2)This picture was taken on the grounds of the US Army War College at Carlisle, PA. This type of 88mm
Anti-tank gun was used by Panzer-Jaeger Abt 200.

(3) Picture from US National Archives on pg 22, D-Day Tank Warfare, Steven J Zaloga and George Balin,
Concord Publications, Hong Kong, 1994.

(4) Picture from pg 19, Panzerjager by Horst Scheibert, Schiffer Military/Aviation History, Atglen PA, 1998.

(5) Picture from Sirpa/ECP Armees France (ECPA) on pg 53, Allied-Axis, The Photo Journal of the Second
World War, Issue 1, Panther Attack in Alsace-Lorraine, John K. Small, editor, Ampersand Publishing Co.,
Florida, 2000. This Panther is identified as belonging to Panzer Brigade 111.

(6) Picture from pg 5, AFV, Part 2, PanzerKampfwagen III, Walter Spielberger, Profile Publications,
Ltd., London.

(7) Picture from the Tank Museum on pg 44 , D-Day Tank Warfare, Steven J Zaloga and George Balin,
Concord Publications, Hong Kong, 1994. Tank from Pz. Rgt. 22.

(8) Picture from US National Archives on pg 22, D-Day Tank Warfare, Steven J Zaloga and George Balin, Concord Publications, Hong Kong, 1994.

(9) Picture from pg 33, “Goodwood “ Bombardement géant anti-panzers, Georges Bernage and Jean-Pierre Benamou, Editions Heimdal, 1994. Vehicles of this type were used in Sturmgeschutz Abt 200.

(10) Picture from US Army on pg 57, D-Day Tank Warfare, Steven J Zaloga and George Balin, Concord Publications, Hong Kong, 1994. Used in 125th, 192nd Panzer Grenadier Regts.

 

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