Ledernacke

Welcome to the Panzer-Batallion 8!

You are now part of the Panzerwaffe ("tank weapon") branch of the 25th Panzergrenadier Division. Ahead of you lies a responsible task of operating the Schwergerät ("heavy device") of the division, providing vital support to our Kameraden in the infantry and fending off enemy tanks. Often, close rounds will be decided by the action of single tankers, by their behaviour, movement and ability to be on the right spot on the right time. Know the essentials of tank combat: Be wise, be smart, be sneaky, don't be too reckless, never show the enemy your side or back, never move in dense areas without infantry support or spearhead into enemy territory too far without your flanks being covered. Flank the enemy tanks if possible!

About the Division

The 25th started as an infantry division formed from Swabians and Bavarians. It participated in the Polish Campaign and the Battle of France. In late 1940, it was reorganized as a motorized infantry division and took part in Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union, in June 1941. It was attached to Army Group Center and fought in the Soviet Union for two years before being reorganized as the 25th Panzergrenadier Division in June, 1943. After another year of heavy fighting, the division was almost destroyed near Minsk during the Soviet Operation Bagration in the summer of 1944; the survivors were reorganized at the training area at Mielau (in modern-day Poland) as the 107th Panzer Brigade.

In September 1944, 107th Panzer Brigade participated in Operation Market Garden as part of LXXXVI Corps of the 1st Parachute Army.^[1] The Brigade had been re-routed from Aachen to Holland and went almost imidiately into combat at Nuenen against the American 506th PIR of the 101st Airborne Division and the British 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars of the 11th Armoured Division.^[2] (This action is dramatised in the television series Band of Brothers )

In November 1944, the brigade was upgraded back to divisional status at the Baumholder training area and re-numbered back as the 25th Panzergrenadier Division.

The new division moved to France in the area of the German / Luxembourg / French border at Sierck-les-Bains, where it fought a delaying action against the US Third Army, until December. It was then moved to Bitche. There it fought on the Maginot line fortifications at Forts Ouvrage Simserhof and Ouvrage Schiesseck, under the command of the XIII SS Corps and Obergruppenführer Max Simon.

After the US Seventh Army's offensive operations were halted in December as a result of the German Ardennes Offensive, the 25th was pulled out of the line and re-organized near Zweibrücken. It then took part in Operation Nordwind, along with the 21st Panzer Division. Together, these divisions were to exploit the penetrations made by either the XIII SS Corps in the west, or the LXXXIX and XC Corps in the east, with the intention of cutting the US Seventh Army off from the 1st French Army. It was then sent back to the eastern front to defend against the Soviet attack on the Oder north of Berlin, most of the survivors managed to escape to the west and surrendered to the British or Americans.

Commanding Officers:
Hauptmann Ledernacke
Oberleutnant WOLFXL

What do i need to play?

1. A working Battlefield 2 Version on Patch 1.5 (the battlelog.co Version also works)
2. Forgotten Hope 2.52
3. "CMP FH2 Campaign #2 - Road to Glory" via the Community Updater
4. Teamspeak 3 - your presence in Teamspeak during trainings and battles is required.  
    

Important rules and information below:

• The tournament rules should be clear to everyone. If you have any further questions, just ask in the forum or send a PM. The rules can be found here
• The command chain must be followed and respected;  it has proved to be very effective in the coordination of the troops on divisional, regimental and squad level; if everything goes smooth, there comes success, and with success comes the fun!
• The nicknames in Teamspeak include the rank and must always be kept current:  8[25.PGD]Rank.Nickname . Your rank abbreviation can be looked up here. The ingame nicks remain static. Only the prefix " 8[25] " you have to register and log in with your usual game account. So it looks like: 8[25]Nickname
• Intentional team kills are prohibited, no matter how creative the reason is.

Server Information and Appointments

Teamspeak: ts.cmp-gaming.com
Training-Server: 46.4.103.145:16568 pw: axis
Battle-Server: 46.4.103.145:16568 pw: <will be announced each week in the FH2 Announcements>
Note: If you can't find the servers in the Ingame-Browser, make sure you have Punkbuster unchecked in both, the internet-filters and at the bottom of the menu, next to the Gamespy logo.
Training-Time: Every Thursday, starting at 18:00 UTC
Battle-Time: Every Friday, starting at 18:00 UTC
Note: Please attend the training and battle earlier if you have technical problems or difficulties to join us, so we can have the time and muse to help you.