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1943 02 Kharkov SS Panzergrenadiere - Ron Volstad - Dragon

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🇩🇪 The German Panzergrenadier Squad consists of the Vehicle Crew and the Rifle Troop (dismount element) with the Squad Leader (Gruppenführer) acting as the Vehicle Commander. If an operation is vehicle-centric, the Troop Leader (Truppführer) will lead the dismounts. But, if the operation is dismount-centric, the Squad Leader may lead the dismounts instead. The squads, mounted in the Puma or Marder IFV, will have 6 dismounts (one less than Jäger squads mounted in the Boxer which is 3 crew + 7 dismounts).

⚔ The MP7 personnel defense weapon appears to be a standard weapon for vehicle crews in the Bundeswehr, include tankers, IFV and APC crews. It replaced the Uzi in this role. However, there does seem to be some intention for the Bundeswehr to move to G36K Carbines for Panzergrenadier vehicle crews based on promotional displays. As for the dismounts, the Germans run a sort of weapons locker concept where different weapons can be taken out. The Machine Gunner for example can man either an MG5 GPMG chambered in 7.62 NATO (or MG3 if the unit hasn't gotten MG5s yet) or an M4 LMG chambered in 5.56 NATO. The vehicle will also carry multiple Panzerfaust 3 anti-tank weapons which one or more Riflemen can take out depending on mission requirements. Typically one of the 6 dismounts will act as an assistant to the MG, and one or two soldiers may carry an AG36 underbarrel grenade launcher. The HK69A1 standalone grenade launcher or "Granatpistole 40 mm" is also in use.

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A Panzer III and panzergrenadier of the "Gost Division" (11th Panzer Division "Gespenster-Division" wermacht) moving near Volokolamsk, one hundred kilometers from Moscow. Note the second Rommelkiste (Rommel box) over the engine compartment of the Panzer.

Volokolamsk, Moscow Region, December 1941.

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German Mechanized and Motorized infantry both later encompassed under names like Schützen and Panzer-grenadiers were fast moving infantry units used in pincer and encirclement blitzkrieg tactics as well as just providing infantry support for tanks when the regular infantry lagged behind the armor. The way they were utilized in encirclement tactics was that the tanks would bypass strongpoints then circle around and attack from the rear and the Panzergrenadiers behind would assault from the front which would trap enemies. The picture I have posted here is what most people would imagine when thinking of Panzer-grenadiers but in all reality most half tracks were issued to panzer devisions and not to Panzer-grenadiers and so most Panzer-grenadiers were transported in trucks though they were very effective whether in trucks or half tracks. I also wanted to talk about the half-tracks and there were several versions of them, half tracks were very heavily armed with 1 or 2 MG34 or MG42s and some versions had older versions of the 75mm guns on Sturmgeschutzes to allow them to fight tanks and other armored targets and these weapons alongside the rifle and submachine gun fire from the panzer-grenadiers from inside their vehicles the half tracks could lay down tons of firepower on enemy troops. Also one last thing to say remember that the panzer-grenadiers weren’t always in their vehicles they would actually most often dismount and stow their equipment in the vehicles and attack on foot especially on the eastern front usually only fighting from their vehicles when on the move with Panzers

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