On 1 February the battalion had 8 operational StuG III and evidently was subordinated to 106. Inf.Div.307 On 13 February the battalion only had 1 operational StuG III.308 On 1 March it had 4 operational StuG III and seven in workshops.309
On 9 February the battalion was in Uman, on its way to III. Pz.Korps.310
The battalion was subordinated to VII. Korps when the battle began.311 It seems to have remained with VII. Korps for the remainder of the battle.312
228. StuG.Abt. was attached to 389. Inf.Div. on the morning of 25 January.313 How many assault guns it had on 25 January is unknown. It reported 19 operational assault guns on 1 January.314 On 31 January the battalion had 6 operational StuG and 11 in workshops.315 Probably the vehicles in workshops were located outside the pocket that had been formed. This is also supported by the fact that elements of 228. StuG.Abt. (with 5 operational StuG) were subordinated to Kampfgruppe Haack, outside the pocket on 6 February.316
On 20 January the battalion had 17 StuG III,317 but this is apparently including assault guns in workshops.318 On 25 January the VII. Korps, to which the 239. assault gun battalion was subordinated, reported that it had 8 combat ready assault guns.319
The battalion was subordinated to VII. Korps when the Soviet offensive began, but on 26 January was soon ordered to transfer to XXXXII Korps, via Morentsy.320 It seems just to have reach Lieb’s korps when the Soviet pincers closed.321 Thus it seems likely that the vehicles in workshops remained outside the pocket.
On 28 January it was reported that the battalion had six operational assault guns.322 On 29 January it reported seven operational assault guns.323
It was reported that 150 men from the battalion broke out from the pocket.324 Most likely there were many men from the battalion that were outside the pocket when the Soviet pincers closed at Zvenigorodka on 28 January.
The battalion was originally a part of 168. Inf.Div., but it was subordinated to the XXXXII. Korps and had 3 batteries with 10.5 cm howitzers when the battle began.325
There were two units from 168th Division engaged in the battle, the I./Art.Rgt. 248 and the Rgts.Gr. 417 (see 88th Division). Both were surrounded in the pocket and altogether 632 men from them broke out.326
On 31 January, the battalion had 6 operational StuG III and 21 in workshops.327 However, on the following day it was reported that the battalion had only three StuG III operational.328 It again had 6 assault guns operational on 6 February.329
For the first phase of III. Pz.Korps relief operation (4–9 February) the battalion seems to have been subordinated to 17. Pz.Div.330
5 February:331 6 StuG
6 February (early):332 6 StuG III
7 February (early):333 6 StuG III
8 February:334 6 StuG III
9 February:335 6 StuG III
10 February:336 4 StuG III
12 February:337 2 StuG III
13 February:338 5 StuG III
15 February (early):339 3 StuG III
On 22 February it had only one operational assault gun,340 but 22 in workshops.341
A few days before the Soviet attack was launched the VII. Korps was reinforced by the Panzer-Zerstörer-Btl. 471 and it was sent to the 34. Inf.Div., where the main Soviet attack was expected.342 On 5 February the battalion was deployed mainly at 34th and 198th Divisions.343
See s.Pz.Rgt. Bäke
The battalion was formed from III.Battalion/33.Panzerregiment(9. Pz.Div.) in July 1943. In September 1943 the battalion arrived to Army Group South with it’s new Tiger tanks (Tiger I E).
The battalion was sent to participate in III. Pz.Korps attack Operation Wanda on 4 February. On 1 February it had 10 operational Tigers and 13 expected to be repaired within three weeks.344
One day later it reported 8 operational Tigers345 and on 5 February it had 12 operational.346 It was subordinated to the 16. Pz.Div. when Operation Wanda began.
5 February:347 12 Tiger
6 February (early):348 12 Tiger
6 February (late):349 12 Tiger
7 February:350 4 Tiger
8 February:351 4 Tiger
9 February:352 2 Tiger
10 February:353 2 Tiger
12 February:354 6 Tiger
13 February:355 4 Tiger
15 February (early):356 4 Tiger
During the battle the battalion lost seven Tigers, all of which were mechanical failures blown up by the Germans when they retreated from the sailient created by III. Pz.Korps.357 On 22 February the battalion had one operational Tiger.358 It also had 19 in workshops.359
The battery was equipped with 17 cm guns and subordinated to VII. Korps at the beginning of the battle.360
On 29 January the battalion was with the III. Pz.Korps and it seems to have followed the corps when it moved to the staging area for Operation Wanda.361
The battery had fought with III. Pz.Korps in late January and followed the corps to its new assignment when the relief operation was to be launched. On 3 February it had three 21 cm howitzers available.362
See III./Art.Rgt. 140.
The motorized battalion was equipped with towed 10.5 cm howitzers and seems to have been with the XXXXVII. Pz.Korps from the beginning of the Korsun battle.363 On 6 February the battalion, including the attached battery, was ordered to join Kampfgruppe Haack.364
On 6 February the battalion, including the attached battery, was ordered to join Kampfgruppe Haack. It had until then been with the Grossdeutschland Division.365
The battalion, equipped with 10 cm guns, was subordinated to XI. Korps when the battle began.366
The assault gun battalion was in the 3. Pz.Div. area on the morning of 25 January.367 At 16.10 on 26 January, the battalion was transferred to 11. Pz.Div.368 On 31 January, it had 14 combat ready StuG III and 8 in workshops.369 On 1 February the battalion had 8 operational StuG III and was evidently subordinated to 320. Inf.Div.370