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The Führer-Begleit-Brigade in the Ardennes

by Otto Ernst Remer

(MS #B-592 and MS #B-383, 1954)

Otto Ernst Fritz Adolf Remer

Generalmajor

Date of Birth: 18 August 1912

Place of Birth: NEUBRANDENBURG/MECKLENBURG

Remer joined the Army as an officer candidate in 1933 and was assigned to the 4th regiment at as a second lieutenant of infantry in 1935; in 1938 he was promoted to first lieutenant in place in command of the company of the same regiment.

In the 1939 campaign in Poland Remer commanded the infantry howitzer company of the 478th Regiment; in the 1940 campaign in France and in the Balkan campaign of 1941 he was in command of the motorized infantry howitzer company of the 701st regiment.

In 1941 he was promoted Captain and in February 1942 was assigned as acting commander of the battalion in Russia. Later in 1942 he was given command of an armored infantry Battalion of panzer grenadier regiment Grossdeutschland, an elite unit from which panzer division gross Deutschland was formed in May of this same year.

Promoted Major in January 1943, Remer was transferred as a battalion commander to Guard Regiment Grossdeutschland in BERLIN in May 1944. It was while serving in this assignment that he played a major role in putting down the uprising which followed the attempted assassination of Hitler on July 20th 1944. In recognition of his action on this occasion, Remer was promoted to colonel, with rank dated 1 July 1944, and assigned as a combat commander RASTENBERG on 1 September 1944. Three months later he was placed in command of the Hitler escort Brigade, with which he took part in the Ardennes offensive. In February 1945 he was promoted Generalmajor and transferred to the eastern front together with his brigade, which at the same time was upgraded to the status of the panzer division. On 22 May 1945 the General was taken into custody by U.S. forces at Bamberg, Bavaria.

Previous history:

During the first part of September, 1944,

I was detained by an order of Hitler from his headquarters in Rastenburg

while on my way to the front to take over the Fusilierregiment with

the "Greater Germany" "Division. I was ordered by him to organize a

combat force, later known as the Fuehrer-Begleit-Brigade Hitler's

Escort Brigade, the purpose of which was to take over the defense of

headquarters which was located about 100 km behind the front. At

this time, it was supposed that an air landing of two to three airborne

divisions on the part of the Allies was planned against the head-

quarters. The Fuehrer Begleit-Brigade existing at that time was too

weak for such a task. Besides, my force, which was to be organized,

was to be used as a mobile operational reserve within the so-called

fortress of LOETZEN, EAST PRUSSIA for engagements outside the limits

of the fortress.

To this end, I enlarged and formed my force as follows, taking into consideration the units already available there:

1. Brigade Staff

2. Fuehrer according to Mueller, this refers to the Fuehrer Begleit-Brigade signal Battalion (primarily intended for the internal operations of the headquarters).

3. Fuehrer Air Signal Battalion (aircraft warning services).

Fuehrer antiaircraft regiment Hermann Goering, with 14 batteries ( for active air defense and ground artillery fighting ).

Fuehrer Escort Regiment with three battalions.

a. One armored personnel carrier battalion (five companies equipped with armored personnel carriers)

b. one mobile battalion (four light and one heavy company loaded on amphibian Volkswagens and Steyr command cars)

c. One heavy battalion with one tank company

one assault gun company

one antiaircraft company

one combat engineer company

one armored reconnaissance company

6. 828 Battalion, on special assignment) Both battalions con-

7. 829 Battalion, on special assignment) consisted of-rather old men (Landeschuetzen) and had originally been intended for guarding headquarters premises which could not yet been used.

8. Medical company

This unusual array was the result of the special task on which this combined-arms unit was based. The various units were

Equipped with the most modern arms and ammunition and brought up to strength with experienced front-lines soldiers.

When Hitler moved his headquarters to BERLIN during the second half of November 1944, my mission was completed. I then stayed several more days with my Brigade in the area of RASTENBERG. At the end of November, 1944, my Brigade was transported by train for commitment on the western front on orders from Hitler.

For this purpose, the brigade had to be right reorganized in great haste, with the extraction of units it further needed in the headquarters and the addition of new units.

At the beginning of December, the following elements of the Brigade listed above arrived in the area of DAUN (EIFEL):

1. Brigade staff

2. Fuehrer antiaircraft regiment with eight batteries

3. The entire Fuehrer escort regiment

4. The 828 battalion on special assignment (the 829 remained for some time in Rastenburg, and later came to the Fuehrer-Begleit brigade.

5. The Medical company

6. A Signal Company formed out of the Fuehrer Signal Battalion. Moreover, the following were added:

1) Staff of the panzer regiment

2) A panzer battalion from the “Greater Germany” panzer regiment

3) One assault gun Battalion I believe they 120 Battalion,

which it previously fought in France and had been reorganized).

4. One light artillery battalion from the 120 Regiment with two light batteries

( five guns each ) and one heavy battery.

5. One OT (Organization Todt) column and one Army supply column. Both of these already only ready for commitment up to 1/5 strength.

6. One horse-drawn bakery and butchery company.

7. One army post office in one workshop company.

All recently added elements were insufficiently equipped, in respect to personnel and material, except for weapons and tanks. This was especially true in respect to equipment with vehicles and signal equipment. The staff of the panzer Regiment did not arrive until two days before the offensive and was so defectively the symbol that it could not be used for the time being. The 828 battalion on special assignment did not receive the bicycles designated Fort until the day prior to the offensive.

The brigade was organized as follows increased assignment:

1. Brigade staff of general staff officer

2. One Signal Co. (1/2 telephone, 1/2 radio)

One military police detachment

One armored reconnaissance company

One motorcycle messenger Detachment

3. Three independent battalions with one armored personnel carrier battalion of five companies

One mobile battalion of four companies

The 828 Bicycle battalion on special assignment with four companies

4. One panzer Regiment with

One battalion of tanks parentheses four companies of Mark IV tanks (and one battalion of assault guns of four batteries)

5. One artillery Battalion

6. One antiaircraft regiment with two battalions

a. One light battalion with three batteries (self-propelled)

(One company of 20 mm, 1 bar. guns One company of 20 mm for barrel guns, one company with 37 mm guns)

b. One heavy battalion with four batteries of six guns at each of 105 mm caliber.

7. Two transportation columns

One Medical company

One bakery in butcher company

Army post office

One workshop company

8. Feldersatz replacement training battalion with 1400 men, which had been organized on orders from army. It had about 20% strength with respect to personnel and material.

The shortcomi

Führer-Begleit-Brigade on 16 December 1944

These figures include Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 200 which was serving as the II./ Panzer-Brigade FBB and Bicycle battalion 928 which was serving as III./ Panzergrenadier-Regimnet FBB.

PERSONNEL SITUATION;

Officers = 202 versus 231 authorized

Officials = 23 versus 21 authorized

NCOs = 798 versus 1122 authorized

Enlisted men = 5014 versus 5803 authorized

Total manpower = 6037 versus 7177 authorized

VEHICLE SITUATION;

• Panzer IV authorized 62 and had 51 operational and 4 in short term repair. They were the following types:

PzKpw. IV with L48 gun = 17

Panzer IV/70(A) with the L70 gun = 38

• StuG III and StuH 42 authorized 41 and had 34 operational and 6 in short term repair and 1 in long term repair. They were the following Types:

StuG III = 27

StuH 42 = 14

• Panzerbeobachtungswagen III authorized 0 and had 5 operational. They were assigned to the Artillerie-Bataillon FBB.

• Flakpanzer IV authorized 8 and had 8 operational [4 Möbelwagen and 4 Wirbelwind]

• Bergepanzer IV authorized 4 and had 3 operational and 1 in short term repair

• SdKfz 251s authorized 161 and had 129 operational and 8 in short term repair and 8 in long term repair. They were the following types:

SdKfz 251/1 = 44

SdKfz 251/2 = 8

SdKfz 251/3 = 17

SdKfz 251/7 = 11

SdKfz 251/8 = 3

SdKfz 251/9 = 16

SdKfz 251/11 = 6

SdKfz 251/16 = 4

SdKfz 251/17 = 24

SdKfz 251/21 = 12

There were also 6 SdKfz 251/21s and 4 SdKfz 251/22s that were in transit on 30 December 1944 to the brigade.

• SdKfz 232 authorized 16 and had 12 operational and 1 in short term repair

• SdKfz 138/1 “Grille” authorized 6 and had 6 operational

• SdKfz 165 “Hummel” authorized 12 with none on this date but 12 in transit to the brigade on 30 December 1944.

• SdKfz 2 Kettenkrads autgorized 142 and had 21 operational and 1 in repair

• Motorcycle with sidecar authorized 48 and had 46 operational and 14 in repair

• Motorcycle authorized 65 and had 104 operational and 19 in repair

• Civilian type car authorized 37 and had 122 operational and 11 in repair

• Cross country type car auhorized 499 and had 238 operational and 4 in repair

• Civilian type truck authorized 584 and had 371 operrational and 40 in repair

• Cross country type truck authorized 336 and had 216 operational and 18 in repair

• SdKfz 3 Maultiers authorized 54 and had 34 operational and 6 in repair

• SdKfz 7 had 39

• SdKfz 7/1 had 16

• SdKfz 7/2 had 12

• SdKfz 9 had 4

• SdKfz 9/1 had 1

• SdKfz 10 had 25

• SdKfz 10/4 had 18

• SdKfz 11 had 3

• RSO had 20

HEAVY WEAPONS SITUATION:

10.5cmFH towed = 12

15cm FH towed = 6

8.8cm Flak towed = 24

2cm Flak towed=6

12cm Mortars towed = 4

15cm sIG33 towed = 4

8cm mortar[not mounted]=20

7.5cm Pak40 towed=5

5cm mortar [not mounted]=9

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By 30 December 1944 the following vehicles had been lost:

PzKpw. IV with L48 gun = 4

Panzer IV/70(A) with the L70 gun = 5

StuG III = 3

SdKfz 251s = 24

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On 30 December 1944 the following vehicles were operational/in repair:

PzKpw. IV with L48 gun = 9/4

Panzer IV/70(A) with the L70 gun = 21/12

StuG III = 11/12

StuH 42 = 13/1

Möbelwagen = 2/2

Wirbelwind = 3/1

Bergepanzer III = 3/1

SdKfz 251s = 4/2

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On 16 December 1944 here is how the brigade was structured with manpower and equipment.

PANZER-REGIMENT FBB with manpower at 90%

Stab and Stab Company

12x cars

2x Kettenkrads

2x motorcycles with sidecar

4x motorcucles

13x trucks

4x Möbelwagens

4x Wirbelwinds

3 light machine guns

I. Battalion

Stab and Stab Company

23x cars

4x Kettenkrads

6x motorcycles with sidecar

3x motorcucles

9x trucks

3x Panzer IV/70(A)

3x Sdkfz 251/7

2x SdKfz 251/8

8 light machine guns

1.Kompanie

2x cars

2x Kettenkrads

13x Panzer IV/70(A)

2x light amchine guns

2.Kompanie

2x cars

2x Kettenkrads

12x Panzer IV/70(A)

2x light amchine guns

3.Kompanie

2x cars

2x Kettenkrads

10x Panzer IV/70(A)

2x light amchine guns

4.Kompanie

6x cars

4x Kettenkrads

3x motorcycles

17x PzKpw IV with L48 gun

5x StuG IIIs

5x StuH 42s

6x light amchine guns

Supply Company

20x cars

4x motrocycles with sidecar

6x motorcycles

31x trucks

2x Maultiers

9x SdKfz 10

6x trailers

4x light machineguns

Workshop Company

21x cars

9x motorcycles

52 x trucks

2x command bus

2x SdKfz 100

6x SdKfz 9

1x SdkFz 9/1

2x bergepanzer IIIs

13x trailers

II. Battalion [Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 200]

Stab and Stab Battery

17x cars

2x Kettenkrads

6x motorcycles with sidecar

7x motorcycles

44x trucks

3x command bus

6x Maultiers

4x SdKfz 10

4x SdKfz 9

1x SdKfz 9/1

1x StuG III

2x Bergepanzer IIIs

1 SdKfz 251/8

14x trailers

5x light machineguns

3x 2cm flak towed

1.Battery

7x cars

3x motorcycles

7x trucks

2x maultiers

7x StuG IIIs

3x StuH 42s

3x light machineguns

2.Battery

7x cars

3x motorcycles

6x trucks

2x maultiers

7x StuG IIIs

3x StuH 42s

3x light machineguns

3.Battery

7x cars

3x motorcycles

7x trucks

2x maultiers

7x StuG IIIs

3x StuH 42s

3x light machineguns

Escort Battery

9x cars

3x motorcycles with sidecar

6x motorcycles

16x trucks

14x light machineguns

PANZERGRENADIER-REGIMENT FBB

Manpower at 95%

Regimental Stab and Stab Company

10x cars

3x kettenkrads

6x motorcycles with sidecar

5x motorcycles

15x trucks

1x command bus

2x SdKfz 251/3

2x SdKfz 251/11

2x trailers

14x light machineguns

1.Battalion

Stab and Stab company

2x cars

2x motorcycles with sidecar

2x Kettenkrads

3x SdKfz 251/3

1x SdKfz 251/8

2x SdKfz 251/11

11x light machineguns

1.Company

2x cars

2x motorcycles

2x Kettenkrads

10x SdKfz 251/1

2x SdKfz 251/2

2x SdKfz 251/3

2x SdKfz 251/9

7x SdKfz 251/17

3x heavy machineguns

30x light machineguns

2x mortar 8cm mounted

7x 2cm Flak gun mounted

2x 7.5cm gun mounted

2.Company

2x cars

2x motorcycles

2x Kettenkrads

10x SdKfz 251/1

2x SdKfz 251/2

2x SdKfz 251/3

2x SdKfz 251/9

7x SdKfz 251/17

3x heavy machineguns

30x light machineguns

2x mortar 8cm mounted

7x 2cm Flak gun mounted

2x 7.5cm gun mounted

3.Company [composed of Waffen SS troops]

2x cars

2x motorcycles

2x Kettenkrads

10x SdKfz 251/1

2x SdKfz 251/2

2x SdKfz 251/3

2x SdKfz 251/9

7x SdKfz 251/17

3x heavy machineguns

30x light machineguns

2x mortar 8cm mounted

7x 2cm Flak gun mounted

2x 7.5cm gun mounted

4.Company (Heavy)

3x cars

3x motorcycles

3x Kettenkrads

3x trucks

8x SdKfz 251/1

2x SdKfz 251/2

6x SdKfz 251/9

1x SdKfz 251/11

11x light machineguns

4x mortar 12cm towed

6x 7.5cm gun mounted

5.Company (Flak)

8x cars

5x motorcycles

2x Kettenkrads

3x trucks

2x Maultiers

5x trailers

4x SdKfz 7/1s

2x SdKfz 251/3

3x SdKfz 251/17

12x SdKfz 251/21

14x light machineguns

3x 2cm Flak gun mounted

12x 1.5cm Drilling Flak guns mounted

4x 2cm Quad Flak guns mounted

6,Company (Engineer)

6x cars

3x Kettenkrads

2x motorcycles

5x trucks

2x Maultiers

4x SdKfz 251/1

2x SdKfz 251/3

8x SdKfz 251/7

4x SdKfz 251/16

2x Heavy machineguns

43x light machine guns

8x Flamethrowers mounted

Supply Company

9x cars

4x motorcycles

42x trucks

6x trailers

6x SdKfz 7

4x light machineguns

II.Battalion

Stab and Stab Compny

7x cars

4x motorcycles

1x truck

2x light machineguns

7.Company

35x cars

6x motorcycles with sidecar

4x motorcycles

14x trucks

2x heavy machineguns

18x light machineguns

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