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Panzer-Division ''Müncheberg'' was a German panzer division which saw action on the Eastern Front around Berlin during World War II. == Formation == Panzer-Division Müncheberg began forming on 8 March 1945 in Müncheberg, Germany. The majority of the division's staff and panzer troops were drawn from the 103.Panzer-Brigade, which had been dissolved three days before. Major General of the Reserve (Generalmajor der Reserve) Werner Mummert, the commander of the 103rd Panzer Brigade and a highly decorated veteran, was placed in command of the division. Despite its being severely understrength and an ad-hoc formation, the Müncheberg Division eventually received small amounts of the latest in supplies and equipment, including several Panther (Type G) tanks equipped with Sperber Infrared (IR) systems, as well as a company of Panzergrenadiers equipped with Sperber IR systems. In addition, the division received several of the superheavy Jagdtigers, as well as several Tiger II Ausf. Bs, and the last five Tiger 1 Ausf. Es to be sent to the front. By 12 March the division's strength was still only 6,836 men. On 18 March the men from an infantry battalion of the 1.SS-Panzer-Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler were used to bolster the division's strength. As the advancing Soviet forces neared Müncheberg, the partly formed Müncheberg Division was ordered to move east as the mobile reserve for Infantry General (General der Infanterie) Theodor Busse's Ninth Army. The Ninth Army represented a significant part of Colonel General (Generaloberst) Gotthard Heinrici's Army Group Vistula (Heeresgruppe Weichsel). Panzer-Division Müncheberg arrived at the front in Cottbus on 22 March. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Panzer Division Müncheberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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