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Alfred Becker (born 20 August 1899 in Krefeld), was a German engineer and artillery officer who served during the First and Second World Wars. A mechanical engineer, he was best known for being the primary person responsible for converting captured vehicles and weapons into usable instruments for the German army. Using his engineering and organizational skills, he created a facility in France to convert large numbers of captured French equipment into German mobile guns, rocket launchers and mortars. Becker was Germany's expert at acquisition and conversion of captured military equipment.

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  • Alfred Becker
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  • Alfred Becker (born 20 August 1899 in Krefeld), was a German engineer and artillery officer who served during the First and Second World Wars. A mechanical engineer, he was best known for being the primary person responsible for converting captured vehicles and weapons into usable instruments for the German army. Using his engineering and organizational skills, he created a facility in France to convert large numbers of captured French equipment into German mobile guns, rocket launchers and mortars. Becker was Germany's expert at acquisition and conversion of captured military equipment.
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serviceyears
  • 1911(xsd:integer)
Birth Date
  • 1899-08-20(xsd:date)
Commands
  • * 15th Battery 227th Artillery Regiment * Sturmgeschütz-Abt. 200
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  • 23(xsd:integer)
Name
  • Alfred Becker
Caption
  • Major Alfred Becker
Birth Place
  • Krefeld, German Empire
Awards
  • Iron Cross {II & I Class}
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  • *
Battles
  • World War I * World War II * Battle of the Netherlands * Battle of France * Siege of Leningrad * Battle of Normandy
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  • Alfred Becker (born 20 August 1899 in Krefeld), was a German engineer and artillery officer who served during the First and Second World Wars. A mechanical engineer, he was best known for being the primary person responsible for converting captured vehicles and weapons into usable instruments for the German army. Using his engineering and organizational skills, he created a facility in France to convert large numbers of captured French equipment into German mobile guns, rocket launchers and mortars. Becker was Germany's expert at acquisition and conversion of captured military equipment. In addition to creating the conversion program in France, Becker was at the same time the commanding officer of the Sturmgeschütz-Abt. 200, a motorized assault gun battalion of the 21st Panzer Division. He commanded this unit during its re-equipment in 1944, through the battles fought in Normandy and the retreat across France and Belgium, until his capture in Alsace on the French/German border in December 1944.
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