Tanks in the German Army the Vistula River near Baranów Sandomierski. The majority of King Tigers went to Wehrmacht units, while some 150 were assigned to the Waffen SS. The first Tigers II tanks reached schwere Panzer Abteilungen of both Wehrmacht and Waffen SS as early as February 1944. Only two companies of Schwere Heers Panzer Abteilung 503 (s.H.Pz.Abt. 503), equipped with Tiger II tanks (with Porsche turrets), were committed to the fighting in Normandy. Tiger II tanks of Schwere Heers Panzer Abteilung 506 (s.H.Pz.Abt. 506), saw combat during the "Market Garden" operation in the Netherlands in September 1944. On 15 October 1944 Tiger IIs
3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf structure of this SS formation was as follows: 3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf The 3rd SS Panzer Division "Totenkopf" () was one of 38 divisions of the Waffen-SS of Nazi Germany during World War II. Its name, "Totenkopf", means "death's head" in German, and it is thus sometimes referred to as the Death's Head Division. Prior to achieving division status, the formation was known as "Kampfgruppe" (battlegroup) "Eicke". Most of the division's initial personnel belonged to the "SS-Totenkopfverbände" (concentration camp guards), and others were members of German militias that had committed war crimes in Poland. The SS Division "Totenkopf" was