Panzerwaffe, later also Panzertruppe (German for "Armoured Force", "Armoured Arm" or "Tank Force". Waffe: [combat] "arm") refers to a command within the...
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('Tank Song') is a Wehrmacht march of the Nazi era, sung primarily by the Panzerwaffe—the tank force of Nazi Germany during World War II. It is one of the...
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A column of tanks and other armoured vehicles of the Panzerwaffe near Stalingrad, 1942...
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Panzertruppenschule. It was the first of two major schools set up by the German Panzerwaffe before World War II to train German armour officers to operate Panzers...
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B. H. Liddell Hart (section Influence on Panzerwaffe)
Liddell Hart, had in the development of the method of war practised by the Panzerwaffe in 1939–1941. During the post-war debriefs of the former Wehrmacht generals...
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Both men would go on to be influential in the establishment of the Panzerwaffe. Lutz continued to oversee the motorization of the army and was promoted...
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coloured discs in the air." Healy, Mark (2008). Prigent, John (ed.). Panzerwaffe: The Campaigns in the West 1940. Vol. I. London: Ian Allan. p. 23....
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they are jokingly called Panzerwaffel (tank or armor wafers), a pun on Panzerwaffe, the Wehrmacht armored motorized forces (the German words Panzer and...
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being assigned for infantry support. Unlike Germany, which had special Panzerwaffe divisions, France did not separate tanks from the Infantry arm, and were...
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direction of Oswald Lutz, which directed the training and development of the Panzerwaffe ("armored forces") of the German army. In February 1938, Paulus was appointed...
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Armored Corps Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps Pakistan Armoured Corps Panzerwaffe, Nazi Germany Russian Tank Troops Sri Lanka Armoured Corps Swedish Armoured...
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Panzer Corps VII SS Panzer Corps Parachute Panzer Corps Hermann Göring Panzerwaffe Armoured Corps Military organization The following list is based on www...
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Panzergrenadier (Mechanized Infantry) Panzerjäger (Anti-Tank Troops) Panzerwaffe (Armoured Forces) Nachrichtentruppe (Signal Corps) Sicherungs-Divisionen...
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Divisions Healy, Mark; Strasheim, Rainer (2008). Prigent, John (ed.). Panzerwaffe: The Campaigns in the West 1940. London: Ian Allan. p. 23. ISBN 978-0-7110-3239-2...
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land combat arm of the German Army would handle the new weapon. The Panzerwaffe (armoured corps), the natural user of tracked fighting vehicles, had...
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of PzGren. divisions in both the Heer and Waffen-SS were upgraded to Panzerwaffe divisions as the war progressed. The Panzergrenadier divisions were organized...
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song") was a German military march of the Wehrmacht armored troops (Panzerwaffe), composed in 1933. The NSKK (Nationalsozialistisches Kraftfahrkorps)...
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in World War II. As a tank formation, it was part of the Panzer Arm (Panzerwaffe). The 113th Panzer Brigade was formed on 4 September 1944. Unlike earlier...
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German panzer forces from 1916 to 1945, Die Geschichte der deutschen Panzerwaffe 1916 bis 1945. He also wrote the foreword to Len Deighton's Blitzkrieg:...
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June 1941. It was the second of two major schools set up by the German Panzerwaffe in World War II to train German armour officers to operate Panzers. The...
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to the plan during informal discussions, he proposed that most of the Panzerwaffe should be concentrated at Sedan. This concentration of armour would advance...
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established in 1935, the command for motorized armored forces was named the Panzerwaffe in 1936. The Luftwaffe, the German air force, was officially established...
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of cavalry and armoured or mechanized troops. German armoured troops (Panzerwaffe) traditionally wore black uniforms, and even in others, a black beret...
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ISBN 0-921991-78-9. Aleksei Maksim; Isaev Kolomiets (2014). Tomb of the Panzerwaffe The Defeat of the 6th SS Panzer Army in Hungary 1945. Moscow: Helion...
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Carl Walther GmbH .25 ACP Luftwaffe Panzerwaffe 3,090 pistols were delivered to the Luftwaffe and the Panzerwaffe in 1941. Walther Model 9 Carl Walther...
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grinning jaws; the old form was taken up by the army's newly formed Panzerwaffe. Additionally, in March 1936, Hitler approved a new art deco eagle with...
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(May 18, 2017). "Bagration: The Soviet Advance". The History of the Panzerwaffe. Vol. 2: 1942-45. Bloomsbury Publishing. p. 293. ISBN 9781472814500....
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tanks were concentrated into a special branch, from 1936 called the Panzerwaffe. The precise interpretation of this phenomenon has proven controversial...
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preserve their best tanks to block subsequent attacks by the rest of the Panzerwaffe. When it transpired the attack was really a feint and the forces in the...
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Phoenix, ISBN 978-0-304-36730-6 Healy, Mark (2008), Prigent, John (ed.), Panzerwaffe: The Campaigns in the West 1940, vol. 1, Shepperton: Ian Allan, ISBN 978-0-7110-3240-8...
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