Hello, I've been trying to find some information on the 286th Security Regiment, and German security regiments in general.

Generally I've been trying to figure out what their TO&E looked like and what an average security regiment would be doing on the Eastern Front during 1944/45.

Specifically I would like to know information about the 286th Security Regiment during Bagration. All I was able to find out so far was that it was a part of the 4th Army East of Orsha. At this time it consisted of: Grenadier Regiment 638 (French volunteers that would eventually be folded into SS Charlemagne) Infantry Regiment 61 Infantry Regiment 122 Infantry Regiment 354 II./ Artillery Regiment 213 Alarm Battalion 704 (Most likely not in existence) Signals Battalion 825 Reiterhundertschaft 286 (Apparently a small cavalry company)

Although I;m not sure what kind of equipment each of these units would have. I wouldn't imagine they would be equipped like a normal Infantry Division or Grenadier Division, but I could be wrong.

The 286th was destroyed during Bagration with most of the rest of the 4th Army, although 400 men from Grenadier Regiment 638 held a crossing at the Bryobransk or Berezina river (possibly the city of Borisov on the Berezina) with the support of five Tiger tanks and Stuka dive bombers later in the battle. Different sources mention Bryobransk and Berezina, but they all agree on the Tigers and Stukas. I wasn't able to find Bryobransk river, but I thought it might be talking about Borisov which would put it on the Berezina.

Unfortunately this is all the information I've been able to find. Security Divisions aren't quite as cool as most everything else and information seems pretty scarce. At least as far as their organization down to Company level and combat experience. There is quite a bit of info regarding their participation in the killings of civilians. However, that isn't information that I am interested in.