similiar events plan. my base is 44-45 and not earlier, and this from way back in the 60's as a kid, interested in W-SS armor ops and then almost dropped due to strong infuence of Luftwaffe ~ familie and friends
not too much from me on the Heer Abteilungs but do have some on the W-SS Abt.'s. Actually this particular SS-503 unit knew quite well the defensive capabilities the Konig had and although they were asked on a continual basis to free surrounded forces and break open the cauldrons the unit was also ordered on many ops to go back and retreive lost ground. I cannot think of a time when this unit, small in comparison to the T-34 and JS 1 and 2 units they fought against felt inferior in any way. Knowing full well the 122mm had a leathal punch I think the W-SS heavy crews felt confident in their long rod 8.8cm and the exceptional optics that went with it. Again having to adjust and turn the turrets by hand the superior ammo and the long range could defeat anything they came up against. the problem was too few a number and as it has been said a slow beast it was with tiring engines which the crew were always working on or sent back to the werktkompanies; also the retrieval of sacked Konigs on the field. Something slips or a track gets blown off by a mine and the crews went after the machine at night to secure it and get it running again so needed they were in the last days of battle in the Ost.
what really pulls my chain was the insane order for spring awakening and the last battles in Hungary/Austria thinking the Konig almost by it's little lonesome could be used in the advacne and break Soviet defences............idiotic, but we have to see who was in charge, der Führer loser