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A Panzerkampfgruppe was effectively the main striking force of a Panzer division. The usual Panzerkampfgruppe organization consisted of one tank battalion, one Panzergrenadier battalion, and one self-propelled artillery battalion, for a well rounded mobile fighting force. [3] A mobile engineer company was often attached to the Panzerkampfgruppe ...
The German Panzerkampfwagen Neubaufahrzeug ("new construction vehicle"—a cover name), abbreviated as PzKpfw Nb.Fz, series of tank prototypes were a first attempt to create a medium tank for the Wehrmacht after Adolf Hitler had come to power.
A panzer corps (German: Panzerkorps) was an armoured corps type in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II.The name was introduced in 1941, when the motorised corps (Armeekorps (mot) or AK(mot)) were renamed to panzer corps.
The 10th Panzer Division (English: 10th Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army, the Heer, during World War II, established in March 1939.. The 10th Panzer Division was formed in Prague in March 1939, and served in the Army Group North reserve during the invasion of Poland of the same year.
Geschichte der 10. Division: 10. Infanterie-Division, 10. Panzer-Grenadier-Division, 1933-1945 (in German). Bad Nauheim: Podzun. Tessin, Georg (1967). Verbände und Truppen der deutschen Wehrmacht und Waffen-SS im Zweiten Weltkrieg, 1939–1945 (in German). Vol. III: Die Landstreitkräfte 6–14. Frankfurt am Main: Mittler.
Panzer Lehr began forming on 30 December 1943 [10] and moved to the Nancy–Verdun area in January 1944 to complete the process. [11] It was formed from several elite training and demonstration units. [12] Most of the division's original cadre was drawn from Panzertruppenschule I and Panzertruppenschule II, the Panzerwaffe's major training ...
The 21st Panzer Brigade "Lipperland" (German: Panzerbrigade 21 "Lipperland", abbreviated to: PzBrig 21) is a brigade in the German Army and part of the Bundeswehr.The brigade staff and most of its units are based at the Field Marshal Rommel Barracks in Augustdorf, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Strength on 10 May 1942 was 74 Ju 88 at Eleusis and Heraklion, 25 He 111 at Kalamaki, and 53 Ar 196A-3, He 60c, Fokker T.VIII and Bv 138C-1 at Skaramagas and Kavalla. [References 7] The Corps was crucial in securing air superiority and German victory during the 1943 Dodecanese Campaign.