Округ приписки: Wehrkreis III.
Wehrkreis responsible for formation: Wehrkreis III.
Date of Formation: 10 Aug.1940:
----- At Zinna, near Jüterbog, in the district of Torgau, in Saxony, Wehrkreis XI.
First Commanding Officer: Major Lieckfeld.
Replacement Units or Replacement & Training Units:
----- Sturmartillerie-Lehr-Abteilung – Jüterbog.
UNIT HISTORY:
Nov.1940..... Unit transferred to Braunsberg and Heiligenbeil, in East Prussia.
1 Jan.1941..... Attached to I. Armeekorps, 18. Armee, Heeresgruppe B.
*7 Feb.1941..... Reorganized and redesignated Sturmgeschütz-Abteilung 185.
7 Feb.1941
22 Feb.1941..... Attached to I. Armeekorps.
10 Apr.1941..... Unit attached to I. Armeekorps.
20 Jun.1941..... Attached to I. Armeekorps, 18. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord.
22 Jun.1941..... Stu.Gesch.Abt.185 attached to I. Armeekorps, 18. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord.
19 Jul.1941..... Unit attached to XXVI. Armeekorps, 18. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord.
20 Aug.1941..... Unit (minus 1.Bttr./Stu.Gesch.Abt.185 - attached to Kampfgruppe (KGrp.) “Friedrich”), attached to XXVI. Armeekorps, 18. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord.
1 Oct.1941..... Attached to XXXVIII. Armeekorps, 18. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord.
19 Nov.1941..... Stu.Gesch.Abt.185 attached to I. Armeekorps.
21 Nov.1941..... Unit attached to I. Armeekorps, 16. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord.
08 Dec.1941..... Attached to I. Armeekorps, now with 18. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord.
13 Dec.1941..... Attached to I. Armeekorps, 18. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord.
02 to 12 Jan.1942..... Stu.Gesch.Abt.185 assigned to 18. Armee (Reserve), Heeresgruppe Nord.
26 Jan.1942..... Assigned to 18. Armee (Reserve), Heeresgruppe Nord, minus one battery serving with XXVI Armeekorps, also of 18. Armee.
19 Jul.1942..... Unit (minus1.Bttr./Stu.Gesch.Abt.185 attached to XXVIII. Armeekorps) assigned to Höhere-Artillerie-Kommandeur (Harko) 302, 18. Armee, Heeresgruppe Nord.
14 Aug.1942..... 1.Bttr./Stu.Gesch.Abt.185 attached to L. Armeekorps.
Nov.1942..... Attached to LIX. Armeekorps, 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte, battling in the area of Velikie Luki.
Mar. to May 1943..... Stu.Gesch.Abt.185 transferred to the Mogilev area of the Eastern Front for a badly needed refit.
Jun. to Jul.1943..... Attached to XXIII. Armeekorps, 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte, which was serving north of Kursk, around Orel.
22 Jan.1944..... Stu.Gesch.Abt.185 (minus 2.Bttr./Stu.Gesch.Abt.185) attached to XXXXI. Panzerkorps, 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte.
24 Jan.1944..... 2.Bttr./Stu.Gesch.Abt.185 attached to LV. Armeekorps, 9. Armee, Heeresgruppe Mitte.
*14 Feb.1944..... Redesignated Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 185. |
