510th Heavy Panzer Battalion

510th Heavy Panzer Battalion
Active	6. June 1944- 8. May 1945
Country	Nazi Germany
Branch	Heer
Type	Armoured
Size	Battalion
Equipment	Tiger I (1944–45) Tiger II (1945)
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The 510th Heavy Panzer Battalion (German: schwere-Panzer-Abteilung 510, abbreviated s.Pz.Abt. 510) was a German heavy Panzer-Abteilung equipped with Tiger I and later Tiger II Königstiger tanks. The 510th saw action on the Eastern Front during the Second World War.

History

The 510th was formed June 1944; in July it was sent to Lithuania, where it fought in the Courland Pocket until the end of the war, attached to the 14 the Panzer Division. Elements of the battalion were evacuated from Courland and transferred to the Western Front, where they subsequently surrendered to the Western Allies. A battle group with the last 15 Tiger tanks was left behind in Courland, where it surrendered to the Red Army.

References

German heavy tank battalions of World War II

Heer battalions	501st 502nd 503rd 504th 505th 506th 507th 508th 509th 510th 511th 301st (radio control) III./Pz.Rgt. "Großdeutschland"

Waffen-SS battalions	101st SS 102nd SS 103rd SS

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