Der zweite Weltkrieg

Vehicles on Arnheim Bridge.
Postby Ron Klages » Mon Nov 24, 2003 6:39 pm

From the book by Marcel Zwarts, ARNHEIM-September 1944, by Concord Publications here is some information regarding the composition of SS-Pz.A.A. 9 had:

10 SdKfz 234/1s and 234/3s
15 SdKfz 251/9
3 SdKrfz 251/1s
12 SdKfz 250/1s and 250/3s

At 2200 hours on 17 September Gräbner set out with 30 vehicles for Nijmegen road bridge. After leaving vehicles behind at Nijmegan he then returned to Elst and the next morning he left Elst, leaving behind 6 vehicles, he set out for Arnheim Bridge with the remaining 22 vehicles. At 0900 he led the attack over the bridge on 18 September. On or around the bridge he lost the following equipment.

8 SdKfz 250s [some old types and some new types]
1 SdKfz 10
8 Trucks of which 3 were Fords, 1 Renault 3 ton, 2 Mercedes-Benz L1500s , 1 Opel 3 ton and 1 Beep (?)
1 closed trailer
2 cars

This book has many pictures of the action in and around the Arnheim area.