Cossack cavalry regiment von Jungschulz ( German : Regiment von Jungschulz ) - a military unit of the Second World War , consisting of Cossacks .
History
The regiment was formed in the summer of 1942 as part of the 1st Wehrmacht tank army, bore the name of its commander - Lieutenant Colonel I. von Jungshulz. Initially, the regiment had only two squadrons, one of which was purely German, and the second consisted of Cossack defectors. The 3rd and 4th squadrons were formed in September 1942 in the station. Kayasula and Berezkin (Stavropol) from local residents, the 5th squadron arrived from Simferopol and then transferred to the Caucasus .
As of December 25, 1942, the regiment consisted of 1530 people, including 30 officers, 150 non-commissioned officers and 1350 privates, and was armed with 56 light and machine guns, 6 mortars, 42 anti-tank rifles, rifles and machine guns.
Beginning in September 1942, the Jungshulz regiment operated on the left flank of the 1st Tank Army in the Achikulak - Budennovsk area , taking an active part in battles against the Soviet cavalry, in January 1943 retreated to the river. Manych . After the order of January 2, 1943 on a general retreat, the regiment retreated northwest in the direction of the village of Yegorlykskaya , until it connected with units of the 4th Tank Army of the Wehrmacht.
On February 15, 1943 the cavalry regiment was renamed the 1st Cossack (von Jungshulz). In February - March 1943 he acted against partisans in the Kiev region. Subsequently, he was subordinate to the 454th Security Division and transferred to the rear area of Army Group Don.
Insignia
In the Cossack cavalry regiment of Lieutenant Colonel I. von Jungshulz, the emblem of the Wehrmacht armored forces — the “ dead head ” —was used as a sleeve insignia and cockade on the headgear.
One of the sleeve insignia worn by the Cossacks in the von Jungschulz regiment was a black rhombus with a “dead head”, a horseshoe, and two crossed sabers. As a squadron badge in this regiment, black cloths with the image of a "dead head" and an inscription indicating the number of the squadron were used.