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The 2nd Panzergrenadier Division (2.Panzergrenadierdivision) was a West German mechanized infantry formation.It was part of the III Corps of the Bundeswehr, which also incorporated in 1985 the 5th Panzer Division and 12th Panzer Division. [1]
The 2nd Panzer Brigade (German: Panzerbrigade 2), known as 2nd Panzergrenadier Brigade (Panzergrenadierbrigade 2) from 1959 until 1981, was an armored brigade of the Bundeswehr. It was subordinate to 1st Panzer Division and active from 1959 to 1993.
Panzergrenadier (pronunciation ⓘ), abbreviated as PzG (WWII) or PzGren (modern), meaning "Armour"-ed fighting vehicle "Grenadier", is the German term for the military doctrine of mechanized infantry units in armoured forces who specialize in fighting from and in conjunction with infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs) – that is, armoured troop carriers designed to carry a mechanized squad of six ...
Initially, the 2nd Panzergrenadier Division and 5th Panzer Division moved in 1957 from the II Corps to III Corps. The corps was integrated into defence planning from mid-1957, as part of NATO's Central Army Group, commanded by the commander of the U.S. Seventh Army. The area of operations was the FRG-DDR and German-Czechoslovak border in Hesse ...
Panzergrenadier-Brigade on 5 July 1942. Part of 1st Panzer Division. Dissolved in summer of 1943. [2]: 33 2. Schützen-Brigade: 2nd Rifle Brigade Formed on 15 October 1935 to provide staff support to the rifle units of 2nd Panzer Division. Redesignated 2. Panzergrenadier-Brigade on 5 July 1943. Dissolved in summer 1943. [2]: 108 3.
That night, 2nd Panzergrenadier Regiment's 3rd Battalion, under the command of Joachim Peiper linked up with the 2nd Battalion in Dzerzhinsky Square and attacked southwards, crossing the Kharkiv River and creating a bridgehead, opening the road to Moscow Avenue. Meanwhile, the division's left wing reached the junction of the Volchansk and ...
The 2nd Panzer Division (English: 2nd Tank Division) was an armoured division in the German Army, the Heer, during World War II.. Created as one of the original three German tank divisions in 1935, it was stationed in Austria after the Anschluss and then participated in the campaigns in Poland (1939) and France (1940) [1] before it returned to Poland for occupation duties (1940–1941).
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