The German Sixth SS Panzer Army, 6.SS-Panzerarmee, did not receive this official designation until after the Battle of the Bulge, December 1944. The Sixth was designated as such during the preparation for the Lake Balaton Offensive, Hungary, Operation Frühlingserwachen, in mid-January, 1945. The designation came into general use after the Second World War for the unit assembled prior to the Ardennes Offensive. The Sixth was commanded by Oberstgruppenfuhrer Sepp Dietrich during the Ardennes Offensive. The Eastern Front at the time of the Lake Balaton Offensive. ... SS-Obergruppenführer Sepp Dietrich Josef Sepp Dietrich also known as Ujac (May 28, 1892–April 21/22, 1966) was a German Waffen-SS general, an SS-Oberstgruppenführer, and one of the closest men to Hitler. ...
Reference
Trevor N. Dupuy, David L. Bongard, Richard C. Anderson Jr., Hitler's Last Gamble, The Battle of the Bulge, December 1944-January 1945, pg 504. 1994. ISBN 0-06-016627-4.
Along with Panzer Divisions, number was used by 18th Panzergrenadier Division and 98th Infantry Division.
When in March of 1943, SSPanzer Corps recaptured Kharkov, some 50 various models of T-34/76 tank were captured.
SS Hauptscharfuehrer Emil Seibold from 3rd SSPanzer Battalion scored some 69 kills during his career including those on his Panzerkampfwagen T-34 747(r) in July and August of 1943, during the Battle of Kursk Salient.
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