Numbers for the 251/17and 251/21 (period 1st Jan - 15th Jan 1945)

Now how common is that 251? How many where there, and where? That's the big question. That information is scares, and unreliable. A good example is in an article by J A Dugdale, issue 33/2 of Tankette. A full strength panzer div should have 28 of such vehicles.

The numbers listed below indicate that the 9th panzer, 25th Pz Grenadiers and FHH Brigade were over strength. The logical explanation is that the numbers represent an image that HQ would like it to be. In reality many units were constantly cannibalized by others for equipment, men and most of all vehicles.

Unit	251/17	251/21	Total
1 Pz Div
2	5		5
3	19		19
4			0
5	24		24
6			0
7	22		22
8	27		27
9		64	64
11	5		5
12			0
13		12	12
14			0
16			0
17			0
19			0
20	19		19
21	2		2
23	7		7
24	6		6
25	15	6	21
Panzer Lehr			0
116	11		11
1SS	15		15
2SS	14	9	23
3SS			0
5SS			0
9SS		15	15
10SS			0
12SS	12	15	27
HG Pz Div	2		2
GD PzG		2	2
FHH PzG		25	25
25 PzG Brig	2	50	52
FB Brig	13	4	17
FGn Brig	24		24
FHH P/B		40	40
Totals:	244	242	486

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