TEXT: x 2 
  x 3 
  221st 
  Artillery 
  Regiment 
  DAK  assets  
   
   
   
   
       
             May 26, 1942 
  x 1 
  By Greg Moore 
  gregpanzerblitz.com 
  May, 2010 
  x 1 
  x 3 
  x 7 
  x 1 
  x 12 
  x 4 
  26th 
  Italian 
  Artillery 
  Regiment 
  x 4 
  Kampf 
  gruppe 
  Hecker 
  x 3 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 4 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  778th 
  Pioneer 
  Assault 
  Company 
  x 3 
  x 3 
  3rd 
  Battalion 
  (-) 
  San Marco 
  Regiment 
  x 3 
  x 9 
  x 4 
  x 1 
  Kampf 
  gruppe 
  Kiehl 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  13/800 
  Lehr 
  Regiment 
  Branden-
  burg 
  attached 
  from 288 
  Sonderver-
  band 
  x 4 
  This is a small combat detach-
  ment directly subordinated to 
  Rommel.  Its composition var-
  ied over time and a few cap-
  tured Allied tanks and anti-tank 
  guns were later added. 
          Kampfgruppe Hecker was organized and trained to make an amphibious landing on the coast 
  between Gazala and Tobruk.  The objective of the operation was to cut the coastal road linking To-
  bruk with the British forward area and disrupt supply and communications at a critical time in the 
  battle.  The landing was, however, cancelled and this group was attached to the 90th Light Division 
  for the assault on Bir Hacheim.  
          Most of this artillery regiment was horse drawn due to the lack of motor transport. 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Panzer Leader & Panzer Blitz/1940-1943 North Africa/Battle of Gazala/DAKassetsGazala.pdf