Rocket Launcher Regiment 51 Part 1 - Nebelwerfer - Army Group North - 7th Panzer Division

This is splendid footage of a German Nebelwerfer battery made up of 6, 6 barrel rocket launchers being fired in Sept of 1943. Today we’ll look at the first reel of some private footage taken by a member of the 51st Nebelwerfer Regiment from June of 1941 as they advanced into Russia. I love this material. The photo you see here is from the footage showing the units visit to the Tannenberg memorial in East Prussia where Hindenburg was buried. We’ll talk about the make up of the unit and its advance during the beginning of Barbarossa. Next I’ll introduce the specs of this special weapon, the Nebelwerfer, and in following videos I’ll talk about how it developed during the war. The 51st was eventually wiped out in Stalingrad and as I introduce the individual reels in different videos we’ll trace their steps leading to their eventual annihilation. The Tannenberg memorial was built in memory of the decisive battle that took place in August of 1914 when the Russian attack on East Prussia was decisively defeated. H