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After 1943, the Panzerwaffe, like most other German branches of service, had relaxed the uniform rules and many Panzertruppen wore a variety of clothing, including camouflage and winter items. Two training schools existed for panzer crews throughout the war, Panzertruppenschule I and II. The mainstay of the Panzerwaffe was the Panzer division.
Both men would go on to be influential in the establishment of the Panzerwaffe. [2] Lutz continued to oversee the motorization of the army and was promoted to generalleutnant on 1 February 1933. [1] Two and a half years later, he was promoted again to General der Panzertruppe and was made commander of the Panzer Troops Command. However, he lost ...
All Waffen-SS divisions were ordered in a single series of numbers as formed, regardless of type. [1] Those with ethnic groups listed were at least nominally recruited from those groups.
1st SS Panzer Division "Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler" 2nd SS Panzer Division "Das Reich" (previously SS Division "Verfügungs", later SS Panzergrenadier Division "Das Reich")
A panzer corps (German: Panzerkorps) was an armoured corps type in Nazi Germany's Wehrmacht during World War II.The name was introduced in 1941, when the motorised corps (Armeekorps (mot) or AK(mot)) were renamed to panzer corps.
The "Panzerlied" ('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 best-known songs of the Wehrmacht and was popularised by the 1965 film Battle of the Bulge. [1] It was composed by Oberleutnant Kurt Wiehle in 1933.
Ernst Volckheim (11 April 1898 – 1 September 1962) was one of the founders of armored and mechanized warfare. A German officer in the First and Second World War, Volkheim rose to the rank of colonel, during World War II in the German Army.
The Panzer-Lehr-Division (tank teaching division) was an elite German armoured division during World War II.It was formed in 1943 onwards from training and demonstration troops (Lehr = "teach") stationed in Germany, to provide additional armored strength for the anticipated Allied invasion of western Europe. [7]