6./A.R.2 I – Wespe and Hummel units…

[Douglas]

6./A.R.2 I – 6th Battery, Artillery Regiment 2

Buckle marked:
NOWA
Tab marked:
NOWA
1937
HAMBURG 39


The 2nd (Prussian) Artillery Regiment was formed on 1 January 1921 in Schwerin, in military district II.

In 1937 the regiment was motorized and thereafter Artillerie-Regiment (motorized) 2.
At the beginning of October 1940, when the division was reorganized into the 12th Panzer Division.
On 12 December 1941 The regiment became the Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment 2.

Panzer-Artillerie Regiment 2

As part of the 12th Panzer Division, the 2nd Panzer Artillery Regiment was self-propelled in mid-August 1943 and equipped with 2 batteries leFH SdKfz 124 Wespe and 1 battery of sFG SdKfz 165 Hummel.

The 12th Panzer Division fought in the following areas:

1940
December Szczecin, Russia
1941
January 1 – April 15 Szczecin, Russi
June 27 - July 9 Minsk, Smolensk
September Leningrad, Tichwin
December 16 Estonia
1942
January 1 – May 10 Estonia
May 23 Estonia, Ladoga
July 9 – September 7 Laoga
September 13 – Nov 6 Newell
November 15 – Dec 18 Bjeloje, Newel
1943
January 1 Bjeloje, Newel
January 17 – January 28 Witebsk
February 16 – August 29 Orel
August 31 – September 26 Orel, Gomel
November Desna
December Mosyr, Pripet
1944
January Mosyr, Pripet
February Leningrad, Luga
March Pleskau, Idritza
April Pleskau
July Bobruisk
August Ostpreußen, Kurland
Septeber – December Kurland
1945
January – April Kurland

The division was captured by the Russians in Courland in 1945.

The attached photo is of a Panzerhaubitze (Self Propelled Artillery) Wespe Sdkfz.124 from 1./ Abteilung Panzer-Artillerie Regiment 2

[ivanjoaquin]

Very nice unit marked buckle and great documentation!