The I./Panzer-Regiment 202 was formed on 10 February 1941 and equipped with ex-French Somua and Hotchkiss tanks and was sent to Yugoslavia where it arrived in September. It proved to be successful in the fighting against the partisans. It was redesignated Panzer-Abteilung 202 on 2 January 1943.
It was ordered to convert to captured ex-Italian tanks on 14 February 1944.

Sources used

Thomas L. Jentz & Werner Regenberg - Panzer Tracts No. 19-1: Beute-Panzerkampfwagen
Thomas L. Jentz - Panzertruppen (2 vol)
Georg Tessin - Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht 1933-1945

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