[PanzerBob]

Excerpts From “In the Führer’s Service” RFM PanzerBob 1954

…………cursed JABO’s and my own pride saw me in the hospital again. A P38 hit my Command Rommel broadside with rockets and cannons, leaving most of my staff dead or like me out of the battle and on the way to the rear areas with the rest of my boys. My KG was mauled but opened the American Defensive Line and was part of the push causing the Allies to abandon the Continent.

…………..funny how events that swirl around you on the field of combat, are clearer when at home away from the action. The Naval Situation in the North Atlantic and the Channel temporarily switched to favour the Allies as their Carrier Force stabilized their local command of the area allowing the Allies to withdrawn from the last two Pockets. Several of the much vaulted carriers were sunk, along with assorted other warships and transports…………………………

………..as of August 1945, the world was starting to settle in to it’s present political divides, The Eurasian Axis Domain as it would come to known, now included Great Russia, The Imperial Empire, The Royal Realm of India and or course the 3rd Reich. The Americas with Australia, and Africa would later be known as the “Free World”, but for now several thorns had to be removed from the Mid-East, Italy, and of course the UK………

………….summoned to Berlin I found I was on my way to the Middle East, Syria in particular. I was to command a KG formed around a PzGren Bn with a Panther Kp plus support elements………….as part of Army Group Templar…………my KG will bear the proud Griffon name……………..

…………Abwehr briefings confirmed that a mix of British, ANZAC, and Italian Forces are attempting to hold the area, and we are being called on to help Arabs establish a Kingdom allied with the Reich and guaranteeing oil for the Domain………………

………………recommendations I sent up the chain, had bore fruit…………Hubz were armed with sabot rounds for their 3 cm cannon and were being incorporated into Recce Groups…………………….Rommel Panzer Grenadier Carriers had been, in version 2 abandoned the highly dangerous 5 cm gun and replaced with a rapid fire 2 cm cannon more suited for close infantry support…………………..testing confirmed that the barrel loaded 30 cm HE warhead round, was more likely in use, to kill or damage our own troops, plus the added danger of having to emerge from under cover of the vehicle to load the thing…………………