BRECOURT MANOR GERMAN UNIT?

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Hi All!
I know it s probably a subject that has been talked about before but i would like to know exactly what unit(batterie) was the one stationing in Brecourt manor(see band of brothers)?
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The 709th Infantry Div. was in charge of the eastern part of the Cotentin Peninsula. The 105 mm guns at Brécourt probably belonged to the 191st Artillery regiment which had 12 105's in the area...

Army coastal artillery reg.1261 was manning Varreville (XYZ complex)
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Hi!
I know it was the art.rgt.191 but do you know exactly what batterie of the regiment was the one of Brecourt?
cheers

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Nope! havent found zilch about that neither in Koskimaki's, nor Bando's or Burgett's books... sorry!
Second thoughts : could be 3rd and 6th batteries... very controversial issue though... the 91st Luftlande was around too...
Definetly 10,5cm guns, but French or Czech???

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The cannons i always heard they were german?
There s a site with pics of the positions of cannons and MGs like this one on a site called ddaybrecourt.com or something like that and the owner has some pics i made as well Image

Where did you hear about 3rd or 6th batterie?

91 luftlande division was just behind the 709 ID so i wonder why they placed a batterie in the space of the 709 ID.

would be nice to see a Soldbuch of a soldier of that batterie eh eh Image
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3rd and 6th... seen it discussed over on an english forum....
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in the WAF forum?
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No... reenacting.uk....

listen, the more I look, the more it gets confusing... The 709 th Division did have 4 french 105mmm Howitzers... but they nowhere around... Guns might very well be german made...

All that's left is this...
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Lets keep searchin' buddy...
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Thank for this picture ! I do not know much about Brécourt!

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gennaker your pictures is somme parts of PAK40 !
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