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  • Panzer Lehr Division inquiry (WWII Research Request)

    11/05/2004 7:15:28 PM PST · by section9 · 5 replies · 2,198+ views
    Tiger Battalions! ^ | November 5, 2004 | Section9
    I am doing research for a novel. One of the issues involves the Panzer Lehr Division. The 130th Panzer Lehr Division was made up of the premier units from the various demonstration and instruction units throughout Germany. It had a reputation as the most powerful Panzer formation in the German Army. I have looked at several different OOB's for Panzer Lehr in the runup to Operation OVERLORD. Despite its reputation, and the assertion of several sources, I find that the 130th had no Tiger Battalion attached to it. If you look at the OOB for Panzer Lehr, you find...