Panzertriebwagen Nr. 15 (PzTrWg 15)

Panzertriebwagen Nr. 15


Originally a VT811 diesel motor car, which the German Railway Protection Service (Bahnschutz) equipped with light armor in the mid-1930s and used to protect railways. The motor wagon could also be used to tow classic armored artillery wagons.


03.08.1939 the motor car was mobilized and 01.09.1939 reached full combat readiness. It was deployed in France (May-June (May-June 1940) as a separate combat unit in 1940. October 4, 1940 it was demobilized, but the following year, November 21, 1941 it was mobilized again and from December 1941 (12/1941) deployed in the group Army Group "Central" in the USSR From March 1943 (03/1943) the wagon was deployed in the Balkans, operating there in the armored train No. 6 until September 1943 (09/1943). operated in the Balkans (since the beginning of 1944 in Greece) as a separate unit.From April 1944 (04/1944) gradually became part of the armored train No. 65, No. 23 and again 65. From March 1945 it operated again independently. .1945 in Grace, Austria.


Crew:
- 1 x officer
- 8 x NCO
- 17 team members


Armament:
6 x MG 34


Technical data:
Power: 110 kW


The wagon was included in the set of the following armored trains:
09.-10.1939 - PanzerZug Nr. 6 (or 7)
25.11.1942-09.1942 - PanzerZug Nr. 25
24.10.1942-03.1943 - PanzerZug Nr. 24
03.1943-07.1943 - PanzerZug Nr. 6
08.1943-03.1944 - separate unit
04.1944-08.1944 - PanzerZug Nr. 65
09.1944-11.1944 - PanzerZug Nr. 23
11.1944-01.1945 - PanzerZug Nr. 65
01.1945-03.1945? - easy spy no. 304
03.1945? -05.1945 - separate unit


Commanders:
09.1939-10.1939 - ???
05.1940-06.1940 - Lt. Paul Huhn
12.1941? -09.1942 - Lt. Alfons Lademann
10.0942-07.1943 - Lt/Olt. Rolf Lorscheidt
08.1943-03.1944 - Olt. Helmut Oppenhorst
04.1944-05.1945 - ?????


Only one copy was made, as the absence of artillery armament limited the use of the wagon.


Source: Janusz Ledwoch, Halina and Waldemar Trojca: Panzerzuge, część II, Militaria 1995
www.grebbeberg.nl
Wolfgang Sawodny: Die Panzerzüge des Deutschen Reiches 1904-1945, EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1996, ISBN-10: 3-88255-678-1
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Railcar tank truck no. 15


A brief history of armored trolley No. 15 can also be found in Wolfgang Sawodny's book and in the Bundesarchiv in Koblenz. For interest, I enclose three illustrations.


Source
Wolfgang Sawodny: The Panzerzüge des Deutschen Reiches 1904-1945, EK-Verlag, Freiburg 1996, ISBN-10: 3-88255-678-1
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