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503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion
schwere Panzerabteilung 503 — s PzAbt 503—
Active
4 May 1942 – 8 May 1945
Country
Germany
Branch
German Heer
Type
Panzer
Role
Armoured warfare
Size
Battalion, up to 45 tanks
Part of
Wehrmacht
Equipment
Tiger I (1942–1945) Tiger II (1944–1945)
Engagements
Eastern Front:
Third Battle of Kharkov
Battle of Kursk
Korsun–Shevchenkovsky Offensive
Siege of Budapest
Operation Southwind
Western Front:
Operation Overlord
Operation Goodwood
Insignia
Identification symbol
Military unit
The 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion (German: schwere Panzerabteilung 503; abbreviated: "s.Pz.Abt. 503") was a German heavy Panzer Abteilung (independent battalion-sized unit) equipped with Tiger I and Panzer III tanks. In 1944, it was re-equipped with the new Tiger II. The battalion saw action on the Eastern and Western Fronts during World War II. As with other German heavy tank battalions, it was normally not assigned to a single corps, but shuffled around according to war circumstances. Later the battalion became part of the newly formed Panzer Corps Feldherrnhalle as the Feldherrnhalle Heavy Tank Battalion.
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howitzers. Panzer III and Panzer IV The second generation were the more heavily armored Panzer III and Panzer IV medium tanks. Ideally, the tank battalions of...
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