"Panzer Grenadier" redirects here. For the wargaming series, see Panzer Grenadier series. For the German military rank, see Soldat (rank) § Germany.
Panzergrenadier
Top left: German BundeswehrPanzergrenadiers behind a Schützenpanzer Marder.
Top right: Austrian BundesheerPanzergrenadier in front of a Schützenpanzer Ulan in 2016.
Lower left: Austrian BundesheerPanzergrenadier in front of a Schützenpanzer Ulan.
Lower right: German BundeswehrPanzergrenadiers during a training exercise at the Jägerbrück Training Area in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 2010.
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 to eight soldiers into, during and out of combat while providing direct fire support for those troops.
The doctrine originated primarily in Nazi Germany during World War II and is today used by name in the countries of Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Sweden.
PanzergrenadierPanzergrenadier (pronunciation), abbreviated as PzG (WWII) or PzGren (modern), meaning "Armour"-ed fighting vehicle "Grenadier", is the...
been increased in size from a regiment to a Panzergrenadier division and was designated SS Panzergrenadier Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler". It...
Potsdam in eastern Germany and controlled two Panzergrenadier Divisions, the 13th and 14th. The 14th Panzergrenadier Division also took control of units in Western...
The 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland (German: 11. SS-Freiwilligen Panzergrenadier-Division "Nordland") was a Waffen-SS division primarily...
15th Panzergrenadier Division was a mobile division of the German Army in World War II. In July 1943 a new 15th Panzergrenadier Division, commanded by...
The 4th SS Polizei Panzergrenadier Division (4. SS-Polizei-Panzergrenadier-Division) or SS Division Polizei was one of the thirty-eight divisions fielded...
Reich and the 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division Götz von Berlichingen around Roncey. In the process Das Reich and 17th SS Panzergrenadier Division lost most...
Yugoslavia before the division was reclassified and merged into one of the Panzergrenadier divisions in the last months of the war. They committed various atrocities...
Army's CI Army Corps: the 4th SS Panzergrenadier Division Polizei, the 5th Jäger Division and the 25th Panzergrenadier Division. All three divisions were...
)), and in June 1943 to the 25th Panzergrenadier Division (25. Panzergrenadier-Division). The 25th Panzergrenadier Division fought in the central sector...
be reformed as the SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Brigade Nederland. The brigade was to consist of two Panzergrenadier regiments under the command of SS-Oberführer...
strongest divisions, the 11th SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nordland and the 23rd SS Volunteer Panzergrenadier Division Nederland. He placed them under...
became Panzer Division Nr. 179). Panzer Armour (Translated "Armoured"). Panzergrenadier Translated "Armoured"+ Grenadier Sicherungs-Division A Security Division...
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