WW2 GERMAN PANZER-GRENADIERS, MOTORCYCLES & PANZER RECONNAISSANCE UNITS 1935-45 HB

SCHIFFER MILITARY HISTORY SERIES HARDBOUND BOOK by HORST SCHEIBERT IN ENGLISH

A HISTORY OF GERMAN MOTORIZED UNITS

ORIGINS

ORGANIZATION

EQUIPMENT

OPERATIONS

DIVISIONAL INSIGNIAS

ORIGINS AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE PANZERGRENADIER (WORLD WAR I WW1, GEMAN STORMTROOPER ELITE ASSAULT TROOPS, THE STRUGGLE TO PREVENT THE STALEMATE, HEINZ GUDERIAN, THE ARRIVAL OF THE TANK, EARLY GERMAN FAILURES, DEVELOPMENTS DURING THE INTER-WAR YEARS, FULLR, LIDDELL HART AND THE EXPERIMENTAL MECHANIZED FORCE, MOTORIZED INFANTRY, INFANTRY-TANK COOPERATION)

PANZERGRENADIER ORGANIZATION AND TACTICS (PANZER MOTORIZED INFANTRY DIVISIONS, YUGOSLAVIA ANTI-PARTISAN OPERATIONS, BARBAROSSA SOVIET INVASION, KAMPGRUPPE AND TYPE 45 PANZER DIVISION, TYPE 44 PANZERGRENADIER DIVISION, MP40 MACHINE PISTOL)

PANZERGRENADIER DIVISIONS (3RD, 10TH, 15TH, 16TH, 18TH, 20TH, 25TH, 29TH, 90TH, BRANDENBURG, FELDHERRNHALLE, GROSSDEUTCHLAND, KURMARK, FUHRER, FUHRER ESCORT)

PANZERGRENADIERS IN ACTION IN THE WEST 1939-45 (THE INVASION OF POLAND, BATTLE OF FRANCE 1940, OPERATION NIWI, CROSSING THE RIVER MEUSE, COMBAT ENGINEERS, NORMANDY 1944, 12TH SS HITLER JUGEND DIVISION, PANZERGRENADIERS VERSUS CANADIAN INFANTRY, PANZERGRENADIERS VERSUS THE BRITISH, FALAISE GAP, PANZERGRENADIER LOSSES,  ARDENNES OFFENSIVE BATTLE OF THE BULGE 1945)

PANZERGRENADIERS IN ACTION ON THE EASTERN FRONT 1941-45 (ADVANCE ON MOSCOW, VALUE OF MOTORIZED INFANTRY, SS DAS REICH DIVISION, PANZERGRENADIERS VERSUS THE T-34 TANK, BEHIND THE LINES, GROSSDEUTCHLAND ACROSS THE DNIEPER RIVER, OPERATION TYPHOON, GENERAL MUD & GENERAL WINTER, KURSK OPERATION ZITADELLE, CLASH OF ARMOR, SOVIET DEFENSES, THE DEFENSE OF THE GERMAN HOMELAND 1944-45, PANZERGRENADIER VERSUS SOVIET 150mm HOWITZER, BATTLE FOR SEELOW HEIGHTS AND GERMANY 1945, THE BATTLE FOR BERLIN)

PANZERGRENADIER FIREPOWER (SMALL ARMS, PISTOLS, P 08, WALTHER P 38, SUBMACHINE GUNS, MP40, RIFLES, KARABINER 98k MAUSER, GEWEHR 43, StG 44 ASSAULT GUN, MACHINE GUNS, MG34, MG42, FLAMETHROWERS FLAMMENWERFER 35, ANTI-TANK RIFLES, PANZERFAUST, PANZER SCHRECK, RAKETENPANZERBUCHSE, ANTI-TANK GUN PANZERJAGER, Pak 36, Pak 38, Pak 40, INFANTRY SUPPORT WEAPONS, MORTARS, INFANTRY GUNS, FIELD ARTILLERY AND HOWITZERS, ANTI-AIRCRAFT GUNS, FLAK 36, FLAK 38, FLAK 43, FLAK 18, ARMOURED FIGHTING VEHICLES, TANKS, Pzkw II, Pzkw III, Pzkw IV, Pzkw V PANTHER, TANK DESTROYERS, ASSAULT GUNS, SELF-PROPELLED ARTILLERY SPG WESPE HUMMEL)

PANZERGRENADIER MOBILITY (ORIGINS OF THE ARMOURED PERSONNEL CARRIER APC, Sd.Kfz 250 SERIES ARMOURED HALF-TRACK LIGHT APC, HEAVY WEAPONS Sd.Kfz 250 VEHICLES, ANTI-TANK APC’s. COMMAND AND CONTROL APC’s, Sd.Kfz 251 SERIES MEDIUM APC, INCREASED FIRE SUPPORT, UP-GUNNED Sd.Kfz, HEAVY WEAPONS VEHICLES, ANTI-AIRCRAFT Sd.Kfz 251 APC’s, SUPPORT VEHICLES)

DEMAG SD.KFZ 250 / HANOMAG SDKFZ 251 ARMOURED HALF-TRACK

MOTORCYCLES w/SIDECAR

PRIME MOVERS

WEAPONS (MG34 LIGHT MACHINE GUN, 5cm LIGHT MORTAR, 8cm MORTAR, MP40 SUBMACHINE GUN, GAS MASK w/CANNISTER, MG AMMUNITION BOX, MODEL 23 STICK GRENADE, WALTHER P-38 PISTOL, EIHANDGRANATE 39, MG42 HEAVY MACHINE GUN, TASCHENLAMPE MILITARY FLASHLIGHT, M35 FLAMETHROWER, Fu D2 FIELD RADIO, CZECH ZB 26 MACHINE GUN, MAUSER Kar 98K, TELLER MINE MODEL 43, PANZERFAUST 60M ANTI-TANK WEAPON)

UNIFORMS (CAMOUFLAGE HELMETS, SPLINTER PATTERN PONCHO, HOB-NAILED BOOTS, COLD WEATHER CLOTHING, WINTER CAMOUFLAGE, RUBBERIZED MOTORCYCLE WATERPROOF COAT, 1943 STYLE EINHEITSMUTZE FORAGE CAP, FELDBLUSE UNIFORM TUNIC, GRENARDIER ASSAULT HARNESS, MACHINE GUNNER’S ASSAULT HARNESS, HELMET WITH SNOW COVER, SNOW SUITS, SHOE ANKLETS)

WARTIME ACCOMODATIONS