Heim.Pf Park 5

[Thanatos]

Hi all,

Not quite sure about this one.Could it have been issued to a civi vehical park attendant?
The fonts may be a bit iffy .
Any help would be great
Cheers
David

[Stacez]

Hello,

Heim. Pf. Park 5 = Heimat-Pferde-Park 5 - 5th Home Horse Park
Kasernen Stuttgart - Lexikon der Wehrmacht

[Matt L]

Yup, the Wehrmacht is mostly thought of as a very modern military force with a lot of mechanization and for the time the most advanced engineering in vehicles- both true, but a large percentage of it was still horse-drawn as well.

[Thanatos]

Thank you gentlemen.Was tossing up between motor and horse.
To right Matt,horses paid a major part in German military transport in WW2 From arty to field kitchens and every thing between.Each Inf. company had i think 3 horse drawn wagons,one as a field kitchen and two for baggage.As fuel became more and more scarce horse drawn transport had to be utilised at most logistical levels.
A bonus was i guess was that horses were a readily available soarce of food.
Thanks again for the id fella's.
Cheers and have a good one
Dave

[Matt L]

Exactly. And yet it's surprising how few Veterinär and Pferde-Park discs one sees- with something like a million horses in service (I think is the figure I've read), one would expect a good deal more 'horse support' type units to be around...