TEXT: Operation Skorpion German Forces  
   
   May 26, 1941 
  By Greg Moore 
  gregpanzerblitz.com 
  June, 2009 
  Kampfgruppe von Herff 
  3rd 
  Recon 
  Battalion 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  II/5th 
  Panzer 
  Regiment 
  (-) 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  I/8th 
  Panzer 
  Battalion 
  (-) 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  I/5th 
  Panzer 
  Battalion 
  (1 co.) 
  x 1 
  Panzergruppe Cramer 
          Operation Skorpion was the Axis 
  counterattack executed just after Opera-
  tion Brevity.  The objective was to re-
  take Halfaya Pass from the Allies and 
  stabilize the Sollum Front.  A 
  Kampfgruppe commanded by von Herff 
  was created for the task which was fur-
  ther divided into four other groups.  
  While the recon units in Gruppe Wech-
  mar scouted enemy positions and 
  guarded the southern flank, the other 
  three groups converged on the pass, 
  driving the Coldstream Guards out and 
  putting the pass firmly into German 
  hands on the morning of May 27. 
  x 9 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  I/104th 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  (+) 
  x 17 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  Gruppe Bach 
  Stossgruppe Knabe 
  x 9 
  x 13 
  15th 
  Motorcycle 
  Battalion 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 2 
  I/33rd 
  Artillery 
  Regiment 
  Gruppe Wechmar 
  x 1 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Panzer Leader & Panzer Blitz/1940-1943 North Africa/Operation Skorpion/OperationSkorpionAxis.pdf