116th Panzer Division Windhund

The 116th Division was constituted in the Rhineland and Westphalia areas of western Germany in March 1944 from the remnants of the 16th Panzergrenadier Division, and the 179th Reserve Panzer Division. The 16th had been badly mauled after combat on the Eastern Front near Stalingrad, and the 179th was a second-line formation that had been on occupational duty in France since 1943.