Panzergrenadiere der Wehrmacht
Zweiter Weltkrieg 1939–1945
German Panzergrenadiers are the infantry element of the armoured division und mechanized infantry division. In 1940, the typical Panzerdivision had a tank brigade of two regiments, und a rifle brigade of one infantry Regiment und a motorcycle battalion, as well as the usual artillery, recon, engineers, signals und other divisional assets. The infantry regiment consisted of one mechanized infantry battalion mounted in half-tracks und two motorized infantry battalions transported in light trucks like the Kfz. 70 Mannschaftskraftwagen. In the Panzergrenadierdivision the ratio of infantry to armour is reversed: two infantry regiments serve alongside one tank regiment.
Figuren
- Panzergrenadiere in Wintertarnanzügen (1), 1:48 Gaso.line GAS50371
- Panzergrenadiere in Wintertarnanzügen (2), 1:48 Gaso.line GAS50372
- Panzergrenadiere, 1:72 Revell 02511
- Panzergrenadiere 1944, 1:72 Forces of Valor (Unimax) 83096
- Panzergrenadier Crew for Sd.Kfz. 251, 20 mm SHQ GV-1
- Sitzende Panzergrenadiere im Stahlhelm, 20 mm SHQ GV-2
- Deutsche Infanterie, 1:72 Atlantic 1653
- Deutsche Infanterie, 1:72 ESCI P-201
- Deutsche Infanterie, 1:72 Hasegawa MT30
- Deutsche Infanterie, 1:72 Revell 02502
- Deutsche Infanterie, 1939–1944, 1:76 Airfix 01705
- Deutsche Infanterie, 1:76 Matchbox 40903
- Deutsche Infanterie, 1:76 Fujimi 76025
- Afrikakorps, 1:72 Atlantic 1569
- Afrikakorps, 1:72 ESCI P-206
- Afrikakorps, 1:72 Revell 02513
- Afrikakorps, 1:76 Airfix 01711
- Afrikakorps, 1:76 Matchbox 40904
- Armoured Panzergrenadier Platoon, 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GBX01
- Motorised Panzergrenadier Company (DF), 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GBX04
- Armoured Panzergrenadier Platoon (spät), 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GBX09
- Panzergrenadier Platoon, 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GE703
- Panzergrenadier Platoon (Afrika), 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GE743
- Panzergrenadier Platoon (Mäntel), 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GE720
- Panzergrenadier Platoon (Tarnjacken), 15 mm Battlefront Miniatures GE791
Bibliographie
- Fleischer, Wolfgang: Motorisierte Schützen und Panzergrenadiere, 1935–1945.
- Hughes, Matthew: Fighting Techniques of a Panzergrenadier, 1941–1945.
Historische Verwendung
- Europe, 1939–1945
- North Africa, 1942–1943
Interessante Umbauten
- Gebirgsjäger figures, German mountain troops, may be used
to increase the variety of poses in a Panzergrenadier platoon.
Filme
- Private Ryan, an award-winning war film directed by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Hanks, Edward Burns, Matt Damen, und Tom Sizemore. There is a Panzergrenadier recon section in the scene where the Rangers meet men of the 82nd Airborne in a field somewhere in Normandy. Paratrooper Private Ryan stops the enemy half-track with a bazooka round. Later in the film, two German half-tracks can be seen transporting Panzergrenadiers into combat near the bridge.
Panzergrenadiers were not the most common infantry troop type in the Germany army, they formed the elite infantry spearhead of the armoured und mechanized divisions. Motorization was expensive, und the majority of Panzergrenadiers rode trucks or tanks to the front.