SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51

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]

SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51
Active1944
Disbanded8 September 1944
Country Nazi Germany
Branch Waffen SS
TypeMotorized Infantry
SizeBrigade
EngagementsBattle of France

Notes
  1. Tessin, p. 173

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
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