Flak Unit ID's

[Larry deZeng]

Let's see if I get this right:
Stab/Flak-Regiment 45 (mot.)
1.1.44 in Bordeaux under 11. Flak-Division (12. Flak-Brigade), with s.347 (v), le.144 (v), le.923 (v), gem.196 (v), gem.261 (v) and s.473 (E)
I believe the above line is saying that:
Headquarters Flak Regiment 45 was in the area around Bordeau on 1st Jan 1944 under the command of the 11th Flak-Division/12th Flak Brigade, and had 5 different Flak Batteries (or other units) attached to it.
Now, how can I find out what the 5 units are/were equipped with?
What does "s.347(v)" mean? [s = heavy, le = light, gem = Supply/ammo]? (v) = ?
Are these actual Flak units or are some searchlight/supply/ammo units?

Pretty good, but here are some corrections and answers:

(1) On 1 Jan 44 Flak-Rgts.Stab was under 12. Flak-Brig. Prior to April 1943 it had been under 11. Flak-Div.
(2) It had 6 different Abteilungen (=battalions) subordinated to it:

schwere Flak-Abt. 347(v = transferable)
leichte Flak-Abt. 144(v)
leichte Flak-Abt. 923(v)
gemischte Flak-Abt. 196(v)
gemischte Flak-Abt. 261(v)
schwere Flak-Abt. 473(E or Eis. = Eisenbahn = railway)

"gemischte" = mixed.

A schwere Flak-Abt. almost always had 4 or more Batterien of 8.8 cm, 10.5 cm or 12.0 cm guns.
A leichte Flak-Abt. almost always had 4 or more Batterien of 2.0 cm or 3.7 cm guns.
A gemischte Flak-Abt. almost always had 3 schwere Batterien and 2 leichte Batterien.

Good luck trying to find out exactly what kind and number of guns each battery had at some given time. That information was not preserved is most cases.

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