Ordered to take a small Cross Roads in Belgium. 3rd Companie, 25th Panzergraendier + 1 Stug III and a SP 250/9 attacked with the armor and 3 Platoons leading on line . Moving House to house we assaulted a Platoon of Infantry ( 28th Inf } and occupied the houses controlling the Cross Roads. Shorty after , a Counter attack was made by 5 Sherman tanks 2 from the south and three from the west. The Stug was ht by 75 mm shells and exploded after taking out 1 tank, Our Panzer faust and Panzerchecks teams took out 2 more as the 250/9 skirted around firing ( then became a wreck as a 75 mm hit it ) The Mortars on call disabled the other 2 .Later we heard that the tanks was from the 3rd armor div.
Oberst Heinz von Luckner 156th Panzergrandier. Regiment 116th Panzer Div,
1944 Ardennes, Belgium
Dispatched an Armored probe ahead of my 4 companies of Grenadiers albeit, Undermanned. The force of 3 Flack Panzer's , 2 PZ IV , and 2 Panthers Followed up by 1 Platoon Infantry A fight started in an opening in the forest . The 116th Panzer reported losing 1 38t Flack PZ + a PZ IV disabled. 4 KIA , 2 Missing +8 wnd. The enemy appeared to be an Armored Infantry Platoon as a blocking force. Losses: 37 KIA, 2 30 cal MG's, 4-5 AFV's, + 1 Flack type with 4 Heavy MG,s. The rest disappeared into the Tree line.
