Built to protect and transport the Panzergrenadier mechanized infantry forces, it was by far the most common German armoured troop-carrying vehicle of WWII, and a direct precursor to the armoured personnel carriers of today.
The primary military arm of the Ordnungspolizei was the SS Polizei Division, 4th Panzergrenadier Division of the Waffen-SS.
From 1968 forward, the tank destroyer companies of the Panzergrenadier (armored infantry) brigades were equipped with eight of these vehicles.
Although the vehicle was intended for use by the infantry anti-tank units, all pre-production vehicles were issued to armoured units (Panzer Jager Abteilungen 743 and 744, and 18th Panzergrenadier Division), due to the urgent need for replacements.
Panzergrenadier, a German term for motorized or mechanized infantry, as introduced during World War II
In the third scenario, the player faces an SS Panzergrenadier Division counterattack attempting to recapture Carentan.
Panzergrenadier | 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen | 18th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Horst Wessel | panzergrenadier | 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division Reichsführer-SS | 16th SS Panzergrenadier Division ''Reichsführer-SS'' |
In World War II, he was a member of the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during the Normandy Campaign where he was in the 6th Company, 1st SS Panzergrenadier Regiment, deployed near the French town of Tilly, a few kilometers from Caen.
The corps played a major role in the halting of the British Epsom and Goodwood operations, and the 17th SS Panzergrenadier and Panzer Lehr Divisions bitterly contested the American advance in the bocage country near Saint-Lô.
The corps' three SS panzergrenadier divisions were involved in mammoth tank battles around Prokhorovka, pushing deeper into the salient than any other unit.
Returning to Germany, he served with Armoured Brigade 6, stationed in Hofgeismar, Hesse, in 1989, before being appointed Chief of Staff for 4 Panzergrenadier Division, based in Erfurt, Thuringia.
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He went on to serve in a staff position at the Federal Ministry of Defence in a variety of staff positions, before taking command of Panzergrenadier Battalion 212 in Augustdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, between 1995 and 1997.
Tunis Field-Battalion T3, assigned to Panzergrenadier Regiment 160 of Division von Broich/von Manteuffel, formed from Africa Draft Replacement Battalion A20
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Tunis Field-Battalion T4, assigned to Panzergrenadier Regiment 160 of Division von Broich/von Manteuffel, formed from Africa Draft Replacement Battalion A21
Schepmann managed to have units in the Heer (Panzerkorps Feldherrnhalle), Kriegsmarine, and Luftwaffe (Jagdgeschwader 6 Horst Wessel) given SA honour titles, and even a Waffen-SS division (18. SS Freiwilligen-Panzergrenadier-Division Horst Wessel).