![]() ![]() ![]() Hence they never took action in the Ardennes actions. During the first half of 1945 301 carried out repairs and maintenance to their equipment as well as personnel reorganization. The Tigers were unloaded and 301 moved to Nörvenich where it became an Army Group reserve of the LXXXI. However, before the rail transport of the Tigers could happen, all of the rail lines had been destroyed so on 25 December 1944 301 was released from it's attachment to the 9.PD. PD, which was scheduled to relieve the 2. On 22 December 1944 members of the unit Stab went into the Eifel to establish contact with the HQ of the 9. They assembled in Niederaussem to entrain for transport which was scheduled to begin on 20 December 1944. Schwere Panzer-Abteilung (Tiger/Fkl) 301 with 29 Tiger Is received word on 15 December 1944 that they were to be attached to the 9. "Hummel" stayed with 506 until 16 February 1945 when they left with 5 Tiger Is to operate as an independent unit the remainder of the war. These Tiger Is did fight in the battles in the Ardennes and on 17 January 1945 1 of the Tiger Is that had been damaged in battle was destroyed by the crew since it could not be recovered prior to the withdrawal. At this point it had 8 Tiger Is while the balance of 506 had 47 Tiger IIs. On 18 December 1944 schwere Panzerkompanie "Hummel" was assigned to schwere Panzer-Abteilung 506 as it's 4.Kompanie. There were only 2 units with Tiger Is in the area of the Ardennes but only one of them saw action in the battles. ![]()
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