German Armor in Nuenun (operation market garden)

Modeling Subjects Armor
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Hi all,
Can anyone tell me some of the german armor that was in Nuenun?,if you have seen the band of brothers movie you will know what i mean i think there was a tiger but thats all i know of,
cheers

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Google Panzer-Brigade 107. 33 Panthers and 12 StuG IVs.

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There’s a Concord book: “German Armored units in Arnhem”

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Nuenen is near Eindhoven, and is not covered in the Concord book as that only deals with Arnhem and surrounding areas like Oosterbeek and Elst.

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I know in the band of brothers movie there was a half trak witch got knocked out at the start of the attack does any one know what kind it was?. there was a tiger coverd in straw witch knocked out 2 british tanks and was there a jagapanther? (mine my spelling), am i right?
cheers
Daniel

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Are we trying to match history to Hollywood? A lesson in futility at best…

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I am Basing the dio i am doing more on the band of brothers book then the movie.the Panzer-Brigade 107 did not just have 33 Panthers and 12 StuG IVs.

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The halftrack might have been sd kfz 251/1, will have to view the episode again. There was at least one Tiger in the episode, and a StuG (not sure which one). One of the British tanks was a Cromwell, I think the others were Shermans.

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Panzer-Brigade 107 on 15 September with 2117 men had the following assets:

• Brigade Stab with 16 medium SPWs
• Panzer Abteilung 2107 with 36 Panthers and 11 Jagdpanzer IVs and 2 Bergepanthers and 4 Möbelwagens and 2 SdKfz 251/8s
• Panzergrenadier Battalion 2107 with 116 medium SPWs, 8 12cm towed mortars and 1 28cm/32cm rocket launcher. The SPWs were:
--------41 SdKfz. 251/1
--------4 SdKfz. 251/2
--------14 SdKfz. 251/3
--------2 SdKfz. 251/8
--------10 SdKfz. 251/9
--------3 SdKfz. 251/11
--------42 SdKfz. 251/21

• Panzer-Pionier-Battalion with 23 medium SPWs and 6 flamethrowers. The SPWs were:
--------2 SdKfz. 251/1
--------1 SdKfz. 251/3
--------14 SdKfz. 251/7
--------6 SdKfz. 251/16

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cheers deltapi thats what i was after,
cheers Daniel

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wow — now thats good documentation[8D][:D][8D]-- treadwell

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In the movie the German armour in the episode included a Tiger 1, a Jagdpanther, and a Stug III (or at least they were what was supposed to be represented). The first blown up halftrack appeared to be a 251, possibly 251/1, and there was a 251/22 ‘PAKWagen’ (the 251 with the PAK 40 7.5 cm gun mounted on it). As was stated the allied tanks were Shermans and Cromwells.

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i thought there was a Chuchill in the BOB

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willjanuary:

I recently finished watching the entire Band of brothers series (18th time) unfortunately no Churchill was used in the film. Although it would have been a great piece of armour to see moving around on screen.

Actually, Does anyone know if there is an operational Churchill out there? Bovington maybe?

Cheers;

Gregory

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Daniel,
you misspelled the town’s name, which is Nuenen.
a very touristic place because good ol" vincent van gogh lived there quite a few years .
Neunen is located inbetween Eindhoven and Helmond.
hope this make your search for info easyer :wink:
i’m sorry i can’t answer the original Q though…
hans

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theres one at Bovington and theres one 3 miles from me at a garden centre
http://www.project-x.org.uk/churchilltank.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/threecounties/peoples_war/restored_tank.shtml