It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with Panzerwaffe. (Discuss) Panzertruppe, German for "Armored Troops", refers to a command within the German Wehrmacht responsible for the affairs of panzer and motorized forces shortly before and during the Second World War. It was originally known as Schnelltruppen ("Fast Troops"), a motorized command established in the Reichswehr following the First World War, redesignated as Panzertruppe in 1943. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ...
Panzerwaffe, German for Armored Force, refers to a command within the German Wehrmacht responsible for the affairs of panzer and motorized forces shortly before and during the Second World War. ...
Wehrmacht listen? was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ...
The image of the German vodka PzKpfw V-D, a Panther tank Panzer? is German for armour. ...
Motorised infantry is an infantry unit which is transported by trucks or other fast motor vehicles. ...
World War II was a truly global conflict with many facets: immense human suffering, fierce indoctrinations, and the use of new, extremely devastating weapons like the atom bomb World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a mid-20th-century conflict that engulfed much of the globe...
The Reichswehr (literally National Defence or National Militia) formed the military organization of Germany from 1918 until 1935, when the government rebranded it as the Wehrmacht (Defence Force). ...
World War I was primarily a European conflict with many facets: immense human sacrifice, stalemate trench warfare, and the use of new, devastating weapons - tanks, aircraft, machineguns, and poison gas. ...
Two training schools existed for panzer crews throughout the war.
Motorized infantry were an early formation, and consisted of infantry with trucks. Early in the war, there were a number of light divisions, each a semi-motorized cavalry force created out of compromise with the Heer's cavalry command. These were judged inadequate following the Polish September Campaign and converted to fully motorized units. Motorised infantry is an infantry unit which is transported by trucks or other fast motor vehicles. ...
The Polish September Campaign — also known as Polish-German War of 1939, in Poland often as Wojna obronna 1939 roku (Defensive War of 1939), in Germany as Polish Campaign (Polenfeldzug), codenamed Fall Weiss (Case White) in the German General Staff — was the invasion of Poland by the armies of Nazi...
The mainstay of the Panzertruppe was the Panzer division. These consisted of one to two panzer brigades and one to two motorized or mechanized infantry brigades. All forces of a Panzer division were mobile. Support elements included self-propelled artillery, self-propelled anti-tank, and armored reconnaissance cars. Panzer Division is the German term for armored division. ...
During World War II the German army also fieled a number of Panzergrenadier divisions consisting of motorized infantry (or mechanized infantry for some of the battalions, when sufficient half-tracked armored carriers were available), with self-propelled artillery and Jagdpanzer, and in some cases a significant panzer component. This article needs cleanup. ...
Mechanized infantry are infantry troops that use armoured fighting vehicles for transport and as heavy weapons support in combat. ...
M3 Half-track A half-track is a civilian or military vehicle with regular wheels on the front for steering, and caterpillar tracks on the back to propel the vehicle and carry most of the load. ...
Jagdpanzer were German tank destroyers of World War II. Jagdpanzer (JgPz) typically refers to designs based around existing tank models with turrets removed and a heavily-armoured superstructure with a heavy gun put in its place. ...
The Panzerkorps ("Armored Corps") consisted of two to three divisions and auxiliary attachments. Panzergruppen ("Panzer Group") were commands larger than a corps, approximately the size of an army, and named after their commander (e.g. Panzergruppe Hoth). These were later recognized as Panzerarmees ("Panzer Army"), an army-level command of two to three corps. These higher-level organizations almost always mixed ordinary infantry units with the Panzertruppen. (Folklore holds that in 1944 there was a Panzerarmee fighting in Italy which only controlled only one Panzerkorps along with other assets, and that Panzerkorps controlled only one Panzer division, and that division only had four operable tanks, with the result that the entire Panzerarmee had the actual armored strength of a tank platoon.)
Significant numbers of panzer and motorized formations were of the Waffen-SS. These did not fall under the Panzertruppe, though they were organized and fought similarly. Waffen-SS recruitment poster; Volunteer to the Waffen-SS The Waffen-SS was the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel. ...
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The image of the German vodka PzKpfw V-D, a Panther tank Panzer? is German for armour. ...
Tanks Panzer I The Panzer I wasnt intended as a combat vehicle, but more to familiarise industry and the army with tanks. ...
Panzer Division is the German term for armored division. ...
It has been suggested that List of German military units of World War II be merged into this article or section. ...
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Armoured warfare in modern warfare is understood to be the use of armoured fighting vehicles as a central component of the methods of war. ...
Maneuver warfare is a concept of warfare that advocates attempting to defeat an adversary by incapacitating their decision-making through shock and disruption. ...
Wehrmacht listen? was the name of the armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945. ...
Heer ( listen?) is the German word for army. ...
The Luftwaffe? (German: air force, IPA: [luftvafÉ™]) is the commonly used term for the German air force. ...
Waffen-SS recruitment poster; Volunteer to the Waffen-SS The Waffen-SS was the armed wing of the Schutzstaffel. ...
References - Guderian, Heinz (1952) Panzer Leader, Da Capo Press Reissue edition, 2001. New York: Da Capo Press. ISBN 0306811014
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