SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49

SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49
Active	1944
Country	Nazi Germany
Allegiance	Adolf Hitler
Branch	Waffen SS
Type	Panzergrenadier
Size	Brigade
Engagements	World War II

SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49 was a formation of the Waffen SS during World War II. According to Ladwehr, it was created in June 1944, from units stationed at the NCO's (SS-Unterführerschulen) and replacement units. By the end of August it had been virtually destroyed and the remnants were incorporated into the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division.

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Waffen-SS Brigades

Panzer	SS Panzer Brigade Gross SS Brigade Westfalen SS Panzer Brigade 150

Panzergrenadier	SS Brigade Schuldt 4th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Nederland SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49 SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 51

Sturmbrigade	5th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Wallonien 6th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade Langemarck Sturmbrigade Reichsführer SS 8th SS Volunteer Sturmbrigade France SS-Sturmbrigade Dirlewanger S.S. Sturmbrigade R.O.N.A.

Cavalry	SS Cavalry Brigade

Infantry	1 SS Infantry Brigade 2nd SS Infantry Brigade 3rd Estonian SS Volunteer Brigade SS Volunteer Grenadier Brigade Landstorm Nederland Waffen Grenadier Brigade of SS (Italian No. 1) Waffen Grenadier Brigade of SS Charlemagne (French No 1)

Police	Schutzmannschaft-Brigade Siegling

Schutzstaffel (SS)

Branches	Allgemeine SS Totenkopfverbände (SS-TV) Waffen-SS

Leadership	Reichsführer-SS SS and Police Leader SS personnel SS commands

Leaders	Julius Schreck Joseph Berchtold Erhard Heiden Heinrich Himmler Karl Hanke

Main departments	Office of the Reichsführer-SS Head Administrative Office Head Operational Office Reich Main Security Office (RSHA) Economics and Administration Office Office of Race and Settlement (RuSHA) Main Office for Ethnic Germans (VOMI) Office of the Reich Commissioner for Germanic Resettlement (RKFDV) Courts Office Personnel Office Education Office

Ideological institutions	Ahnenerbe Das Schwarze Korps SS-Junkerschule Bad Tölz Lebensborn

Police and security services	Regular uniform police (Orpo) Criminal police (Kripo) Secret State police (Gestapo) State Security police (SiPo) SS Security Service (SD)

Führer protection	SS-Begleitkommando des Führers Reichssicherheitsdienst

Paramilitary units	Einsatzgruppen Ypatingasis būrys Lithuanian Security Police Rollkommando Hamann Arajs Kommando Ukrainian Auxiliary Police Ukrainian collaboration Volksdeutscher Selbstschutz Trawnikis

Waffen-SS divisions	Verfügungstruppe (SS-VT) Leibstandarte (LSSAH) Totenkopf-Division Polizei-Division

Foreign SS units	Germanic-SS Germaansche SS in Nederland Germaansche SS in Vlaanderen Germanske SS Norge Schalburg Corps Britisches Freikorps Europäische Freiwillige S.S. Sturmbrigade R.O.N.A. Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon

SS-controlled enterprises	Ostindustrie Deutsche Wirtschaftsbetriebe Deutsche Ausrüstungswerke DEST Allach porcelain Apollinaris Mattoni Sudetenquell Anton Loibl

SS Awards	Ehrendegen Reichsführer-SS Totenkopfring

Ranks, uniforms and insignia	Uniforms and insignia of the SS Ranks and insignia of the Waffen-SS Ranks and insignia of the Orpo Corps colours of the Waffen-SS

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SS Panzergrenadier Brigade 49

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