TEXT: German Fuhrer Escort Brigade          December, 1944 
  I/17th 
  Panzer 
  Regiment 
  (Gross-
  Deutschland) 
  By Greg Moore 
  gregpanzerblitz.com 
  December, 2008 
  x 1 
  Panzer 
  Grenadier  
  Regiment 
  Fuhrer 
  Escort 
  Brigade 
  I 
  Battalion 
  x 6 
  x 1 
  x 12 
  x 1 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  II 
  Battalion 
  x 3 
  x 3 
  x 3 
  x 6 
  x 1 
  x 12 
  x 1 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 3 
  I 
  Battalion 
  200th 
  Assault Gun 
  Brigade 
  x 4 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  x 4 
  828th 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 6 
  x 1 
  x 12 
  x 1 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  928th 
  Infantry 
  Battalion 
  x 6 
  x 1 
  x 12 
  x 1 
  x 3 
  x 1 
  x 2 
  x 1 
  x 1 
  Fuhrer Escort 
  Brigade 
  Artillery 
  Battalion 
  x 5 
  This battalion 
  was mounted on 
  bicycles which is 
  represented here 
  by wagons. 
  
          Originally a personal bodyguard for Hitler, the Fuhrer Escort Brigade became a battalion, then a 
  regiment and in August of 1944 it became a brigade.  As were all the German armored formations at this 
  time, the brigade was short on tanks and had assault guns or tank destroyers added to help make up the 
  shortfall.  During the Bulge, the Fuhrer Escort Brigade was transferred from OKW Reserve to reinforce 
  the assault on St. Vith.  After the fall of that town, the brigade shadowed the 2nd SS Panzer and made it 
  nearly to Hotton before being moved to the Bastogne area.  At the end of January, the brigade became 
  the Fuhrer Escort Division.  
  x 3 
  Fuhrer 
  Flak 
  Regiment 
  x 3 
  x 2 
  x 2 
  x 2 
  x 3 
  x 3 
  x 2 
  x 2 
  x 2 
  Battalion 
  1 
  Battalion 
  2 
  
SOURCE: textdata/thevault/Panzer Leader & Panzer Blitz/1944 Battle of the Bulge/FEBrigadeDec44.pdf