Hi,
I have this picture which was taken in north Finland at around feb 1943. the picture seems to be a small outpost or checkpoint. I can only read „20t langsam fahren!“. The text below seems to be a unit ?
Anon
Can somebody read what’s written on this sign in this picture?
Hi,
I have this picture which was taken in north Finland at around feb 1943. the picture seems to be a small outpost or checkpoint. I can only read „20t langsam fahren!“. The text below seems to be a unit ?
Anon
Indeed, it is very likely that it is the identification code of a unit.
Unfortunately I hardly distinguish any number or letter...
Regards
Santi
Hi Anon.
It is a tough one and I may be wrong, but I am seeing
5./??? Pi. Rgt. 2
Kind regards,
Will.
I first read pz rgt 2 but your are right with Pi! I did google and look through the units of the 20th Gebirgs Armee (the picture is from a family member who was there so I guess it’s a unit from this army) but I couldn’t find any unit with the number 2 at the end except 2 Gebirgs Division but that can’t be it. I will see if I can get a more powerful magnifying glass.
Best regards
Anon
That's where I was heading Will and with the brain filling in the indecipherable bits I was leaning towards 5 Kp (or Komp) Pz Rgt 2by Willmore
Regards
Mark
"War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing he cares more about than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature with no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
Got the most powerful one I have and there is little to no difference. The only thing I’m not sure about now is the letters after 5/. I thought maybe Eisenbahn Pionier regiment 2 but they were not in Finland. Another pictures shows a small bridge over a creek that leads into a lake so i guess it was a Pionier Unit that put up the sign to warn of the bridge but I don’t know for sure.
Anon
Last edited by Anon; 09-04-2022 at 03:55 PM.
That was also my guess but I think will is right. It looks more like an i instead of a z.
Anon
What i have found that it could potentialy be 5 kompanie Eisenbahn pioneer regiment (mot.) 2 that kompanie was in that area arround that time.
Do you maybe have any links to where it says that they were in northern Finland? I mentioned them in my other reply above but I only found that they were not in Finland but I could be wrong.
Anon
Hi Anon.
The dates are earlier then 1943, but the unit was there.
GERMAN LAND FORCES IN NORTHERN FINLAND AND NORWAY - 22.6.1941 - 14.1.1942
Armeetruppen / Befehlstelle Finland:
Kommandeur der Eisenbahn-Truppen (Kodeis) 463 (mot.)
5./II./Eisenbahn-Pionier-Regiment 2 (teil-mot.)
8./II./Eisenbahn-Pionier-Regiment 2 (teil-mot.)
4./I./Eisenbahn-Pionier-Regiment 4 (teil-mot.)
156. Eisenbahn-Fernkabel-Bau-Kompanie
FMP - German Land Forces in Finland - Summer 1941
Kind regards,
Will.
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