Its duties included security of communications and supply lines, economic exploitation and combatting irregular fighters (partisans) in Wehrmacht's rear areas.

[2] The so-called anti-partisan operations in "bandit-infested" areas amounted to destruction of villages, plunder and enslavement of civilian population.

The unit received specific instructions regarding the villages deemed "bandit-friendly" (those failing to meet agricultural quotas).

[3] The unit suffered heavy losses during the Soviet Red Army summer offensive Operation Bagration in 1944.

In October 1944 it was designated the 203rd Infantry Division, and continued to fight on the Eastern Front until Germany's surrender.