Battle of the Last Panzer [SEP] production company
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Rentrak


and the HDNet networks, purchased 120,000 more Rentrak shares on Aug 22, 2011 and holds an 8.7 percent ownership stake in the company as of Sep 22, 2011. He has been accumulating Rentrak stock since 2004. Total company revenue increased 32 percent to $28.5 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2015, up from $21.6 million for the same period last year. The company's TV Everywhere product line grew 64%, its Movies Everywhere product line improved 10% on a constant currency basis, and its OnDemand Everywhere
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Ilyushin Il-2


happened during the last eleven months of the war. During the Battle of Kursk, VVS Il-2s claimed the destruction of no less than 270 tanks (and 2,000 men) in a period of just two hours against the 3rd Panzer Division. On 1 July, however, the 3rd Panzer Division's 6th Panzer Regiment had just 90 tanks, 180 less than claimed as destroyed. On 11 July (well after the battle), the 3rd Panzer Division still had 41 operational tanks. The 3rd Panzer Division continued fighting throughout July,
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2nd Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)


shortage in materiel, the division's complement of tanks was significantly reduced. Some tank companies only had assault guns, although one battalion received Panther tanks. The division was sent to the Western Front and attached to XLVII Panzer Corps, 5th Panzer Army which was preparing for the German offensive in the Ardennes region of Belgium (the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944). On the eve of battle, 2nd Panzer was about full strength, with 27 Panzer IVs, 58 Panthers, and 48 StuG III assault guns in the
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501st Heavy Panzer Battalion


Faïd Pass and joined the Battle of Sidi Bou Zid. Tigers knocked out 20 M4 Sherman tanks of the US 1st Armored Division. On 26 February, the 501st was redesignated III./Panzer-Regiment 7 of 10 Panzer-Division at the end of the Battle of the Kasserine Pass. Each company received 15 Panzer IVs as reinforcement. The battalion that took part in the Axis offensive of Operation Ochsenkopf on 27 February. However it was stalled by numerous artillery bombardments, air attacks and mud. One Tiger also hit a mine. Continuing
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Tanks in the German Army


system for in-tank communications. Later on all of Panzers were equipped with this device which, proved to be very effective during combat. Panzer III was designed as platoon commander's vehicle (Zugführerwagen) and was Germany's first true main/medium battle tank. The Panzer III formed the bulk of the Panzer Divisions’ strength during early years of war. Also, in 1940/41, attempts were made to standardize the production of Panzer III and Panzer IV but soon after further development was halted. However, the appearance of
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501st Heavy Panzer Battalion


the remaining elements withdrew by train to Paderborn on 5 February. On 11 February 1945, the remaining personnel of the first and second companies of the battalion were reorganized into the 512th heavy tank destroyer battalion ("schwere Panzer-Jager-Abteilung 512"). The third company remained in Paderborn, and together with two Tiger Is, one Panther and one Panzer IV from the 500th tank training battalion ("Panzer-Ersatz-und Ausbildungs Abt. 500") fought a short unsuccessful battle against British forces on Easter 1945
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Company of Heroes


Germans before they can escape. Baker Company is assigned to shut down one of the escape routes at Autry, but Schultz's Panzergruppe, which escaped the destruction of the Panzer Lehr division, annihilates them. Able Company rushes to the scene with an M26 Pershing tank and destroys Schultz's Panzergruppe in return. Schultz's Tiger is among those tanks destroyed in the battle. Chambois becomes the Seventh Army's last hope for escaping the Falaise Pocket. With heavy air cover, Canadian, Polish and American forces, led by Able Company
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William N. Panzer


the feature documentary "Mexican Anticipation" starring Duke Ellington. Panzer then partnered Phos Cine Productions in New York, making commercials and industrial films for seven years. In 1976, Panzer moved to Los Angeles and partnered with Peter Davis to found Davis-Panzer Productions. They produced more than twenty films, including "The Osterman Weekend" (1983, directed by Sam Peckinpah), "The Death Collector" with Joe Pesci, "Stunts", and "Freeway" (1988). This company also made the "Highlander
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Panzer III


ring, it was redesigned to mount the long-barrelled 7.5 cm KwK 40 gun. The Panzer III effectively swapped roles with the Panzer IV, as from 1942 the last version of Panzer III mounted the 7.5 cm KwK 37 L/24 that was better suited for infantry support. Production of the Panzer III ceased in 1943. Nevertheless, the Panzer III's capable chassis provided hulls for the Sturmgeschütz III assault gun until the end of the war. At the time, German (non-light) tanks were expected to carry out
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21st Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)


the First Battle of El Alamein. Shortages in equipment, ammunition and fuel limited further actions. Rommel made a last effort to break through the British positions on 31 August at the Battle of Alam el Halfa, but the Germans were again repulsed. In a series of battles in this area the 21st Panzer Division commander Von Bismarck was killed by a British mine and "Oberst" C. H. Lungerhausen took command until Major General Heinz von Randow arrived on 18 September. On 23 October, the British offensive and the Second Battle of
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7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)


in Poland with only Pz I and Pz II light tanks. On assignment to 7th Panzer Division, these units were to adopt the Czech 38t as the main battle tank in their light companies, along with the Pz IV in the medium companies. However, this process was not complete by the start of the battle with France and the division went into action in May 1940 with 225 tanks (34 Pz I, 68 Pz II, 91 Pz 38t, 24 Pz IV and eight command variants). The 25th
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Panzer 61


in 1961 the Swiss parliament approved production of 150 Panzer 61s. The vehicles were delivered between 1965 and 1967, produced at the Eidgenoessische Konstruktionswerkstaette (today RUAG Land Systems) facility at Thun. From 1967 to 1994 (when the last Panzer 61 battalion was re-equipped with more modern tanks) Panzer 61 vehicles were upgraded and retrofitted with technology found on the more advanced Panzer 68 (its successor). Among other improvements, the Panzer 61's original coaxial 20 mm autocannon was replaced by a coaxial 7.5 mm machine gun in
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Battle of Sedan (1940)


1st Panzer, had crossed the boundary into the 2nd Panzer's territory. They eased the 2nd Panzer's passage by knocking out several bunkers on their eastern flank and succeeded in cutting the Donchery-Sedan road. The infantry also succeeded in knocking out most of the casemates in the area using flamethrower teams to destroy the bunkers whose infantry failed to surrender quickly. The last bunker to surrender did so at 22:40 hours on 13 May. By that time, elements of the 1st and 2nd Panzer Divisions had negotiated the Meuse river. The
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Panzer 38(t)


the last 18 chassis were built as the assault gun "sav m/43" instead. Another 18 sav m/43 were purpose built. At the end of the 1950s, 220 SI & SII were converted to Pansarbandvagn 301 armoured personnel carriers and the turrets used for airbase defences. The Panzer 38(t) performed well in the Polish Campaign in 1939 and the Battle of France in 1940. It was better armed than the Panzer I and Panzer II tanks. It was on a par with most light tank designs of the era, although it
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John Browning


Church) in Georgia beginning on March 28, 1887. He married Rachel Theresa Child (14 Sep 1860 – 30 Sep 1934) on April 10, 1879 at Ogden, Weber County, Utah Territory, and the couple had 10 children, two of whom died in infancy. Production examples of the Model 1885 Single Shot Rifle caught the attention of the Winchester Repeating Arms Company, who dispatched a representative to evaluate the competition. Winchester bought the design for $8,000 and moved production to their Connecticut factory. From 1883, Browning
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Panzer Elite Action: Dunes of War


Panzer Elite Action: Dunes of War is a computer video game, developed by ZootFly and published by JoWooD Productions. It was released in Europe in Q1 2007. Panzer Elite Action: Dunes of War is the African chapter to . "Panzer Elite Action: Dunes of War" sends the player into the desert, leading a tank squad during the battles of the African World War II campaign. The game features 6 new levels in two campaigns, including Germans and Allies, 10 new multiplayer maps with different environments and styles and
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Combat history of the T-26


was equipped with Panzer I tanks and the second with captured T-26 tanks. Approaching 1939, both battalions had similar organization, their third companies equipped with T-26 tanks. The Nationalists used captured T-26 tanks in the Battle of Teruel, Battle of Brunete, Battle of Bilbao, Battle of the Ebro and the Catalonia Offensive. The Nationalists developed their own light tank prototype (Verdeja) during the war, with the wide use of elements from Panzer I, and especially the T-26. Later, T-26s formed the base of the Spanish "
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Battle of Villers-Bocage


more than half of which were on Point 213, where A Squadron 4th CLY lost all 15 of its tanks. The Panzer-Lehr Division and the 2nd Panzer Division were in action elsewhere on 13 June and did not count the casualties at Villers-Bocage separately from the day's losses. The 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion was only engaged at Villers-Bocage and Taylor gave nine men killed and ten wounded in the 1st Company and one killed and three wounded in the 2nd Company. Sources differ on the number of German
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Battle of Prokhorovka


"About 150–200 meters in front of me appeared fifteen, then thirty, then forty tanks. Finally there were too many of them to count." The Soviet armour, firing on the move, charged down the western slopes of Hill 252.2 into the panzer company, and a tank battle ensued. Rotmistrov's tactic to close at high speed disrupted the control and co-ordination of the Soviet tank formations and also greatly reduced their accuracy. In a three-hour battle, the 1st SS-Panzer Regiment engaged the attacking
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Battle of Villers-Bocage


that the British should have known better than to attempt an armoured advance unsupported by infantry in the bocage. The British fought an uncoordinated infantry and tank battle during the morning and the Germans did much the same throughout the day. Schneider described the contribution of the 101st SS Heavy Panzer Battalion to the battle as "everything but awe-inspiring". The Tiger companies and the Panzer-Lehr Division averted a serious British breakthrough but there was no need for the German counter-attack to have been piecemeal. Möbius and the 1st
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German armored fighting vehicle production during World War II


develop the necessary techniques for hardening steel and for the development of tooling to produce arms. The first tank type produced was the two-man, air-cooled Pz I light tank, designed and produced by the Krupp works as a training vehicle. It was not designed for use in combat; instead, the main battle tank of the German army was to be the Panzer III but delays in its development and manufacture led to the production of an interim vehicle, the liquid-cooled Panzer II, which began production the
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William N. Panzer


William Norton Panzer (September 6, 1942 – March 18, 2007), also referred to as Bill Panzer, was an American television and film producer best known as one half of Davis-Panzer Inc, the production company behind the "Highlander" franchise. Panzer was born in New York City and educated at Princeton University. He then attended the New York University Film School, and worked as a cameraman and film editor, then produced television commercials at VPI. In 1968, still at New York University, he produced
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37th Armor Regiment


same day Company A entered the Reich, Hitler had played his last trump north of where the 4th Armored Division was resting from its five months in action. The German 5th Panzer Army, the last of the German strategic reserves, spearheaded the attack by Field Marshal Model's Army Group B that opened the "Battle of the Bulge". Its objective was the port of Antwerp and allied depots nearby. On 18 December 1944, the 37th got its march order—to move north against the German penetration, which was causing
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List of Highlander: The Raven episodes


Lucy Becker (Patricia Gage) and Father Liam Riley (Robert Cavanah), Wolfe's former boss Carl Magnus (Michael Copeman) and Wolfe's employer Bert Myers (Hannes Jaenicke). The last episode, "Dead on Arrival" depicts Wolfe's accession to immortality. The show was co-produced by several production companies including Gaumont Television, M6, Firecorp IV Productions Inc., Rysher, Davis-Panzer Productions, Fireworks Distributing Corporation, ProSieben Media and Chum Television. The series was filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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T-34


Josef Buršík, received the golden star Hero of the USSR. In July 1943, the Germans launched Operation Citadel, in the region around Kursk, their last major offensive on the Eastern Front in the Second World War. It was the debut of the German Panther tank, although the numbers employed at Kursk were small and the brunt of the burden was carried by the Panzer III, StuG III, and Panzer IV. The campaign featured the largest tank battles in history. The high-water mark of the battle was the
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Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz


" 2 were then transferred to East Prussia, where they were based at Heiligenbeil, present-day Mamonovo. On 2 October 1940, following the Battle of France, "Panzer-Regiment" 2 was subordinated to the 16th Panzer Division. Strachwitz asked the divisional commander "Generalmajor" Hans Hube for the command of a Panzer company, and Hube gave Strachwitz the I. Bataillon, a position he held until October 1942. Strachwitz and his men trained on the new Panzer III with 5 cm KwK 38 cannon. He paid special
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3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf


Paul Hausser's II SS Panzer Corps, took part in the Third Battle of Kharkov, blunting the Soviet offensive. During this campaign, Theodor Eicke was killed when his spotter aircraft was shot down. Hermann Priess succeeded Eicke as commander. The SS Panzer Corps, including the division, was then shifted north to take part in Operation Citadel, the offensive aimed at reducing the Kursk salient. It was during February 1943 that the 3rd SS Panzer Regiment received a company of Tiger I heavy tanks. The attack was launched on 5
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Panzer IV


saw combat in the 1967 Six-Day War. 8,553 Panzer IVs of all versions were built during World War II, a production run in Axis forces only exceeded by the StuG III assault gun with 10,086 vehicles. The Panzer IV was the brainchild of the German general and innovative armored warfare theorist Heinz Guderian. In concept, it was intended to be a support tank for use against enemy anti-tank guns and fortifications. Ideally, each tank battalion in a panzer division was to have three medium companies of Panzer IIIs and
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Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory


Panzer Elite Action: Fields of Glory (sometimes just "Panzer Elite Action") is a video game, developed by ZootFly and published by JoWooD Productions. It was released in Europe in 2006, yet has not yet been given a North American release date. This game is distinguishable from the original Panzer Elite, a 1999 realistic WW2 tank simulator, which has a separate modding community devoted to it and was first published by Psygnosis. "Panzer Elite" was developed by Wings Simulation and first published by Wing's parent company
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Sturmgeschütz III


-four were rebuilt on older StuG III chassis of which twelve vehicles saw combat in the Battle of Stalingrad, where they were destroyed or captured. The remaining 12 vehicles were assigned to 23rd Panzer Division. Due to the dwindling supply of rubber, rubber-saving road wheels were tested during 8–14 November 1942, but did not see production. Bombing raids on the Alkett factory resulted in significant drops in StuG III production in November 1943. To make up for this loss of production, Krupp displayed a substitution StuG on a Panzer
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Battle of Kursk


preliminary bombardment and Red Army counter bombardments, the 9th Army opened its attack at 05:30 on 5 July. Nine infantry divisions and one panzer division, with attached assault guns, heavy tanks and tank destroyers, pushed forward. Two companies of Tiger tanks were attached to the 6th Infantry Division and were the largest single grouping of Tigers employed that day. Opposing them were the 13th and 70th Armies of the Central Front. The 20th Panzer and 6th Infantry Divisions of the XLVII Panzer Corps, spearheaded the advance of the XLVII Panzer Corps
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Battle of Villers-Bocage


Schwimmwagen to return to Point 213. Kauffmann ordered Hauptmann Helmut Ritgen to block the northern exits of the town with 15 Panzer IV, mainly from 6th Company, 2nd Battalion Panzer-Lehr Regiment 130 and ten from a workshop south of Route Nationale 175. Ritgen rendezvoused with the Panzer-Lehr Division commanding officer, Generalleutnant Fritz Bayerlein, at Villy-Bocage. As Ritgen's tanks moved towards Villers-Bocage they ran into a British anti-tank gun screen and lost a tank. Four Panzer IVs entered the town from the
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Battle of Arracourt


Division. With better intelligence, tactics and use of terrain, CCA of the 4th Armored Division and the XIX Tactical Air Command defeated two Panzer Brigades and elements of two "Panzer" divisions over eleven days of battle. For the battle, German units had 262 tanks and assault guns. It initially comprised two panzer corps headquarters, the 11th Panzer Division and the 111th and 113th Panzer Brigades. The experienced 11th Panzer Division was short of tanks, having lost most of its complement in earlier fighting; the two panzer brigades had
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Battle of Borowa Góra


Borowskie hills, and the fighting lasted for several hours, until the night. The Wehrmacht was supported by the Luftwaffe, which bombed Polish positions, and as a result, some soldiers of the Polish Army abandoned their posts. In the evening of September 3, leading units of the German 1st Panzer Division captured Rozprza, to be pushed back after some time. At app. 15:00 tanks of the 4th Panzer Division attacked Góry Borowskie, but after a fierce battle with Polish 3rd Battalion of Major Żelazowski, they retreated and regrouped
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133rd Armoured Division Littorio


losses in men and material. The Italians fought to the last man." Private Sid Martindale, 1st Battalion Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders, wrote: Harry Zinder of "Time" magazine noted that the Italians fought better than had been expected, and commented that for the Italians: The German records after the Battle for the 28 October reveal the three divisions most affected, 15th Panzer, 21st Panzer and "Littorio", were 271 tanks down on the total with which they had started the battle on the 23 October. This
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Battle of Kalach


." At the day's end, XIV Panzer, LI, and XXIV Panzer Corps were ranged shoulder to shoulder on the Stalingrad axis, but the Russians were still holding a forty-mile-wide and twenty-mile-deep bridgehead from Kalach to Nizhniy Chir. The German forces experienced continuing ammunition shortages, caused by the extraordinarily large numbers of Soviet tanks they were meeting in the Kalach bridgehead. XIV Panzer Corps alone claimed to have knocked out 482 Soviet tanks in the last eight days of the month, and the
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4th Panzer Army


Army guarded the outside perimeter of Stalingrad while the 6th Army was engaged in the battle to capture the city. For over two months, the 6th Army was embroiled in vicious fighting in the city; though it was able to take over 90% of the city, it was unable to destroy the last pockets of resistance. On 19 November 1942, the Red Army launched Operation Uranus, a counter-offensive which encircled of the entire 6th Army and the 24th Panzer Division of the 4th Panzer Army. Under General Hermann Hoth
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Battle of Borowa Góra


at night, to attack the hills from the east in the morning of September 4. On September 4 in the morning, German infantry of the 31st I.D. attacked along the road to Bełchatów. They were pushed back, but near Rozprza, where Panzer divisions were present, Polish defenders faced more danger. The 1st Panzer attacked Rozprza, and the 4th Panzer concentrated its efforts on capturing Jeżów. In the afternoon of September 4, whole Polish frontline was attacked between Góry Borowskie and Rozprza. Fighting lasted into the night, and
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Heuschrecke 10


to commence in February 1945, but none were produced. The Nazi high command thought that the production of the Heuschrecke would disrupt the production of the needed Panzers. The quantity of materials required for the construction of weapon-carriers were so great that companies like Krupp were told to halt production. The majority of weapon-carriers never left the production stage. The Heuschrecke was seen as interesting by the General Inspector of the Panzer Troops, Heinz Guderian, however, Guderian agreed that their development was not worth the disruption to tank
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Kurt Eggers


widely used in Nazi ceremonies and events. Following the invasion of Poland, he headed for the Front, joining the staff of a Panzer company, but he later returned to writing, as editor-in-chief of the SS's newspaper "Das schwarze Korps (The Black Corps)" and as a member of the SS propaganda company. In mid 1942, working as a writer for the Party Chancellery, he expressed a desire to return to battle, and was transferred to the Panzer reserve. He then joined the
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3rd SS Panzer Division Totenkopf


the training Battalion of the 3rd Panzer Division Totenkopf took part in the suppression of the uprising. The Le Paradis massacre was a war crime committed by members of the 14th Company, SS Division "Totenkopf", under the command of "Hauptsturmführer" Fritz Knöchlein. It took place on 27 May 1940, during the Battle of France, at a time when the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) was attempting to retreat through the Pas-de-Calais region during the Battle of Dunkirk. Soldiers of the 2nd Battalion, the
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Wednesday Theatre


production, by Ron Callanderbr 35. "Almost a Honeymoon" (aired 31 Aug. 1966). Previously aired in the UKbr 36. "The Stag "(aired 7 Sep. 1966) Previously aired in the UKbr 37. "The Interior Decorator" (aired 14 Sep. 1966) Previously aired in the UKbr 38. "A Crack in the Ice" (aired 21 Sep. 1966). By Ronald Eyrebr 39. "Hamlet" (aired 28 Sep. 1966) British production, starring Laurence Olivier.br 40. "Flight into
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Battle of Kursk


Hörnlein), was the strongest division in the 4th Panzer Army. It was supported on its flanks by the 3rd and 11th Panzer Divisions. The Panzer IIIs and IVs of the "Großdeutschland"had been supplemented by a company of 15 Tigers, which were used to spearhead the attack. At dawn on 5 July, "Großdeutschland", backed by heavy artillery support, advanced on a three-kilometre front upon the 67th Guards Rifle Division of the 22nd Guards Rifle Corps. The Panzerfüsilier Regiment, advancing on the left wing, stalled
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Battle of Kursk


, consisting of III Panzer Corps and Corps "Raus" (commanded by Erhard Raus), was the 7th Guards Army, dug in on the high ground on the eastern bank of the Northern Donets. The two German corps were tasked with crossing the river, breaking through the 7th Guards Army and covering the right flank of the 4th Panzer Army. The 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion, equipped with 45 Tigers, was also attached to the III Panzer Corps, with one company of 15 Tigers attached to each of the corps'
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Battle for Caen


, two Tiger detachments, two "Sturmgeschütz" companies and "Nebelwerfer" mostly from the 10th SS-Panzer Division, with elements of the 9th SS Panzer Division and the 12th SS-Panzer Division "Hitlerjugend" in reserve. The attack was intended to capture the villages of Baron-sur-Odon, Fontaine-Étoupefour, Château de Fontaine and recapture the top of Hill 112 by After the first phase, positions on Hill 112 were to cover an advance on Éterville, Maltot and the ground up to the River Orne
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Sturmgeschütz IV


1943 because it was too heavy. Plans for the StuG IV were halted. During the Führer Conference of 19 to 22 August 1943, after the Battle of Kursk, Hitler had seen reports of the StuG III outperforming the Panzer IV when used in an infantry support role and tactical defence. Convinced that a tank-hunter version would be superior to the tank version, Hitler planned to switch Panzer IV production to "Panzerjäger IV" production as soon as possible. It was to mount the same 7.5 cm L/70 used for the
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George Hairston


b. 21 Feb 1801, d. 16 Mar 1826; Marshall HAIRSTON+ b. 4 Jul 1802, d. 20 Jan 1882 and Ruth Stovall HAIRSTON+ b. 6 Sep 1804, d. 20 Sep 1838. Through his mother, George was the fourth-great-grandson of Christopher Newport and a distant cousin of Illiam Dhone and Fletcher Christian. He was the captain of a company of Col. Abram Penn that, in March 1781, hurried from Beaver Creek Plantation to the assistance of Gen. Nathanael Greene at the Battle of Guilford Court House near Greensboro
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1st Panzer Army


1944. By that time German troops had been pulled out from the Ukraine. In March 1944, crisis hit the First Panzer Army as it was encircled by two Soviet fronts in the Battle of Kamenets-Podolsky pocket. A successful breakthrough was made, saving most of the manpower but losing the heavy equipment. That same month Hitler, who insisted his armies fight an inflexible defense to the last man, dismissed von Manstein. In October 1941, when the First Panzer Army had been formed, it was a large army consisting
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Battle of Sedan (1940)


tanks, which were vulnerable to their fire. The French artillery concealed in wooded areas proved more potent than the tanks. The German 1st Panzer Company was wiped out by French artillery, and pulled back with just one battleworthy tank. The Company retreated under the cover of part of the ridge, and moved its single tank back and forth, simulating the presence of many German tanks. Diverted from their success at Gaulier, near Sedan, the 2nd Panzer Company was rushed to the spot and managed to delay the French armoured advance
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4th Panzer Army


The 4th Panzer Army () (operating as Panzer Group 4 () from its formation on 15 February 1941 to 1 January 1942, when it was redesignated as a full army) was a German panzer formation during World War II. As a key armoured component of the Wehrmacht, the army took part in the crucial battles of the German-Soviet war of 1941–45, including Operation Barbarossa, the Battle of Moscow, the Battle of Stalingrad, the Battle of Kursk, and the 1943 Battle of Kiev. As part of
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7th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)


Loses in August for the 7th Panzer division were even higher than in July. The replacement battalion was disbanded as all capable leaders were needed at the front. Losses in heavy infantry weapons and motor vehicles reduced the division's combat value. Remaining operational tanks were amalgamated into a single company. The battered division withdrew to the Dnepr position, crossing the river at Kremenchug. The division then fought in the defensive Battle of Kiev and the German counterattack at Zhitomir. During these battles, the division was twice cited for distinguished conduct.
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Battle of Kursk


three panzer divisions. At the Milkhailovka bridgehead, just south of Belgorod, eight infantry battalions of the 6th Panzer Division crossed the river under heavy Soviet bombardment. Part of a company of Tigers from the 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion was able to cross before the bridge was destroyed. The rest of the 6th Panzer Division was unable to cross further south due to a traffic jam at the crossing, and remained on the western bank of the river throughout the day. Those units of the division that had crossed the river attacked Stary Gorod
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Battle of Villers-Bocage


anti-tank gun at the Tilly-sur-Seulles road junction. Wittmann wrote that his tank was disabled by an anti-tank gun in the town centre. In fewer than 15 minutes, two anti-tank guns and vehicles had been destroyed by the 2nd Company, "schwere SS-Panzer Abteilung", many by Wittmann. Wittmann and the crew made their way to the Panzer-Lehr Division headquarters at Cháteau d'Orbois, north of Villers-Bocage. Major Werncke of the Panzer-Lehr Division conducted a reconnaissance
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Panzer II


-five were built by Daimler-Benz and MAN in February and March 1937. As the last of the developmental limited production series of Panzer IIs, the Ausf. c came very close to matching the mass production configuration with the replacement of the six small road wheels with five larger independently sprung road wheels and an additional return roller. The tracks were further modified and the fenders widened. Total length increased to and width to . At least 25 of this model were produced from March through July 1937. The first true production
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Historiography of the Battle of France


of western Europe. The number of German tanks in May 1940 showed that output of armoured vehicles had not been the priority of the German armaments effort since 1933 but without the tank production drive of autumn 1939, the position would have been far worse. After the invasion of Poland there were only 2,701 serviceable vehicles, most being Panzer I and Panzer II, only the 541 Panzer III and IV tanks being suitable for a western campaign. Had these tanks been used according to the October 1939 plan, the Germans would have been
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Tiger II


The first combat use of the Tiger II was by the 1st Company of the 503rd Heavy Panzer Battalion (s.H.Pz.Abt. 503) during the Battle of Normandy, opposing Operation "Atlantic" between Troarn and Demouville on 18 July 1944. Two were lost in combat, while the company commander's tank became irrecoverably trapped after falling into a bomb crater created during Operation "Goodwood". On the Eastern Front, it was first used on 12 August 1944 by the 501st Heavy Panzer Battalion (s.H.Pz.
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Battle of Sedan (1940)


Regiment had now penetrated into the French defences. On Hill 301, further west, the First Rifle Regiment under Col. Hermann Balck had helped take the position by nightfall. With help from two platoons of the 3rd Company of the 34th Assault Engineer Battalion, it had succeeded in knocking out the bunker positions. The regiment inched westward and was able to see the 2nd Panzer Division on the extreme west flank of the 1st Panzer, attacking the bunker position near Donchery. Several Panzers were knocked out. The First Rifle Regiment,
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Operation Epsom


12th SS Panzer Division from the Rauray area, Tiger tanks from the 3rd Company 101st Heavy SS Panzer Battalion and armour from the 21st Panzer Division. More tanks from the 11th Armoured Division arrived but determined German resistance halted any further advance and by the end of the day the division had lost twenty-one tanks. At 1800 the 227th (Highland) Brigade of the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division, was committed to the battle. The Highlanders were delayed by fighting in support of the rest of the division and only two
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CipSoft


product, which became available in 2011, but was discontinued during its beta release due to massive lack of player's staying interest - despite a massive marketing campaign. It was an interactive 3D comic, where players entered a parallel comic universe. The players acted and interacted only in comic strips. Panzer League is mobile multiplayer online battle arena for tanks. To win the game you have to destroy your opponents and defense systems before blowing up. Matches last 5 to 10 minutes. The game is available for the Android and iOS
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Battle of Białystok–Minsk


The Battle of Białystok–Minsk was a German strategic operation conducted by the Wehrmacht's Army Group Centre under Field Marshal Fedor von Bock during the penetration of the Soviet border region in the opening stage of Operation Barbarossa, lasting from 22 June to 9 July 1941. The Army Group's 2nd Panzer Group under Colonel General Heinz Guderian and the 3rd Panzer Group under Colonel General Hermann Hoth decimated the Soviet frontier defenses, defeated all Soviet counter-attacks and encircled four Soviet Armies of the Red Army's Western Front near Bialystok and Minsk
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Sturmgeschütz IV


Panzer IV chassis 7, with a box compartment for the driver added. Combat weight was 23000 kg, lighter than the 23900 kg for the StuG III Ausf. G. Between 16 and 17 December 1943, Hitler was shown the StuG IV and approved it. To make up for the large deficit in StuG III production StuG IV production was now given full support. From December 1943 to May 1945, Krupp built 1,108 StuG IVs and converted an additional 31 from battle-damaged Panzer IV hulls. While the number is smaller than
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15 cm sIG 33 (Sf) auf Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf B


divisions in the Battle of France as follows: As part of the 5th Panzer Division, assigned to the German XIVth Motorized Army Corps, the 704th company participated in Operation Marita, the invasion of the Balkans. Later in 1941, the same assignment was maintained for Operation Barbarossa, the invasion of the Soviet Union. The 705th and 706th belonging to the 7th and 10th Panzer Divisions respectively, were destroyed at this time. Of the remaining companies, only the 701st participated in the opening stages of the subsequent Case Blue in 1942
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Battle of Gembloux (1940)


an anti-tank battalion. At 11:30, Eighth Company, 35th "Panzer" Regiment with some 30 tanks attacked from Baudeset toward the rail line south of Ernage but was stopped with the loss of nine tanks by enemy artillery fire and withdrew. The 6th Company was unable to aid it because of the "annihilating defensive fire". At 13:30, the 4th "Panzer" Brigade ran into enemy positions between the rail line and the highway from Wavre to Gembloux. The Dyle position was defended. The action of 3rd "
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Battle of Arracourt


A's dispositions around Arracourt consisted of a thinly held salient, using an extended outpost line of armored infantry and engineers, supported by tanks, tank destroyers, and artillery. At 0800 on 19 September, company-sized elements of the 113th Panzer Brigade penetrated CCA outposts on the east and south faces of CCA's salient. Two tank destroyer platoons and a medium tank company engaged the panzers in a running fight that extended into the vicinity of CCA's headquarters, where a battalion of M7 Priest self-propelled howitzers engaged the
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Battle of Hannut


two tank battalions ("Panzer-Abteilungen"); each tank battalion had, apart from a staff company, two light companies of nineteen battle tanks, in theory mainly equipped with the "Panzerkampfwagen" III, and a medium company of fifteen battle tanks using the "Panzerkampfwagen" IV. Due to a shortage of these types, the positions were actually in majority filled with the light "Panzerkampfwagen" II and even "Panzerkampfwagen" I. The exact numbers of each type on 10 May available to the German armoured divisions are
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SIG 33 Self-Propelled Artillery


The German sIG 33 howitzer was mounted on a number of mounts to produce a self-propelled gun. The first appeared in 1940, and improved versions were still in production in 1944. The Invasion of Poland had shown that the sIG 33s assigned to the infantry gun companies of the motorized infantry regiments had difficulties keeping up with the tanks during combat. The easiest solution was to use a spare tank chassis to carry it into battle. It was first mounted on a Panzer I chassis and given a lightly armored superstructure. This
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Panzer IV


IV tank destroyer, the "Wirbelwind" self-propelled anti-aircraft gun, and the "Brummbär" self-propelled gun. The Panzer IV saw service in all combat theaters involving Germany and was the only German tank to remain in continuous production throughout the war. It received various upgrades and design modifications, intended to counter new threats, extending its service life. Generally, these involved increasing the Panzer IV's armor protection or upgrading its weapons, although during the last months of the war, with Germany's pressing
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Panzer Division Marduk


the Bathory album "Blood Fire Death"). "Panzer Division Marduk" was the last Marduk release by Osmose Productions. The original album cover features a photo of the Swedish version (Stridsvagn 104) of the British Centurion Mk5 tank. The 2008 reissue of the album featured a Panzer VI E "Tiger" on its cover, reinforcing the Germanic World War II theme of the album. The internal sleeve pictures a tank column triumphant across a city in ruin: this is the Red Army across a destroyed Berlin in 1945
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October 1949 lunar eclipse


126: 1859 Aug 13, lasting 106 minutes. Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1931 Sep 26 Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2003 Nov 09 Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2346 Jun 05 Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2472 Aug 19 1901-2100 1913 Sep 15 1931 Sep 26 1949 Oct 07 1967 Oct 18 1985 Oct 28 2003 Nov 09 2021 Nov 19 2039 Nov 30 2057 Dec 11 2075 Dec 22 2094 Jan 01 A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros)
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November 2021 lunar eclipse


: 1805 Jul 11 Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 126: 1859 Aug 13, lasting 106 minutes. Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1931 Sep 26 Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2003 Nov 09 Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2346 Jun 05 Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2472 Aug 19 1901-2100 1913 Sep 15 1931 Sep 26 1949 Oct 07 1967 Oct 18 1985 Oct 28 2003 Nov 09 2021 Nov 19 2039 Nov 30 2057 Dec 11 2075 Dec 22 2094 Jan 01 A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by
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November 2039 lunar eclipse


Saros 126: 1859 Aug 13, lasting 106 minutes. Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1931 Sep 26 Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2003 Nov 09 Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2346 Jun 05 Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2472 Aug 19 1901-2100 1913 Sep 15 1931 Sep 26 1949 Oct 07 1967 Oct 18 1985 Oct 28 2003 Nov 09 2021 Nov 19 2039 Nov 30 2057 Dec 11 2075 Dec 22 2094 Jan 01 A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar eclipses by 9 years and 5.5 days (a half saros
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Panzer Grenadier series


77 counters and requires other games to play. "Panzer Lehr: The Panzer Lehr Division in Normandy, 1944" covers the battles of Panzer Lehr Division in Normandy 1944, adds 27 scenarios, 102 counters but requires other games to play. "Kokoda Trail" covers the battles in New Guinea for control of Port Moresby with Australians and Japanese battling it out. Adds 30 scenarios and 2 maps but requires other games to play. "Worker and Peasants the Red Army at War" Focuses on the Germans initial battles in Russian
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Lunar Saros 126


Partial Lunar Eclipse: 1625 Mar 24 First Total Lunar Eclipse: 1769 Jun 19 First Central Lunar Eclipse: 1805 Jul 11 Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 126: 1859 Aug 13, lasting 106 minutes. Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1931 Sep 26 Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2003 Nov 09 Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2346 Jun 05 Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2472 Aug 19 1901-2100 1913 Sep 15 1931 Sep 26 1949 Oct 07 1967 Oct 18 1985 Oct 28 2003 Nov 09 2021 Nov 19 2039 Nov 30 2057 Dec
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October 1985 lunar eclipse


Eclipse: 1769 Jun 19 First Central Lunar Eclipse: 1805 Jul 11 Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 126: 1859 Aug 13, lasting 106 minutes. Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1931 Sep 26 Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2003 Nov 09 Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2346 Jun 05 Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2472 Aug 19 1901-2100 1913 Sep 15 1931 Sep 26 1949 Oct 07 1967 Oct 18 1985 Oct 28 2003 Nov 09 2021 Nov 19 2039 Nov 30 2057 Dec 11 2075 Dec 22 2094 Jan 01 This eclipse is
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September 1931 lunar eclipse


Mar 24 First Total Lunar Eclipse: 1769 Jun 19 First Central Lunar Eclipse: 1805 Jul 11 Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 126: 1859 Aug 13, lasting 106 minutes. Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1931 Sep 26 Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2003 Nov 09 Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2346 Jun 05 Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2472 Aug 19 1901-2100 1913 Sep 15 1931 Sep 26 1949 Oct 07 1967 Oct 18 1985 Oct 28 2003 Nov 09 2021 Nov 19 2039 Nov 30 2057 Dec 11 2075 Dec 22 2094
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September 1913 lunar eclipse


Lunar Eclipse: 1805 Jul 11 Greatest Eclipse of the Lunar Saros 126: 1859 Aug 13, lasting 106 minutes. Last Central Lunar Eclipse: 1931 Sep 26 Last Total Lunar Eclipse: 2003 Nov 09 Last Partial Lunar Eclipse: 2346 Jun 05 Last Penumbral Lunar Eclipse: 2472 Aug 19 1901-2100 1913 Sep 15 1931 Sep 26 1949 Oct 07 1967 Oct 18 1985 Oct 28 2003 Nov 09 2021 Nov 19 2039 Nov 30 2057 Dec 11 2075 Dec 22 2094 Jan 01 A lunar eclipse will be preceded and followed by solar
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Strategic Simulations


series, starting with "Pool of Radiance" in 1988 and including War of the Lance in 1989 (Apple II) and 1990 (MS-DOS & Commodore 64). The TSR products formed the core of games released using the Gold Box engine. By 1992 "Computer Gaming World" stated that SSI "is no longer known as, primarily, a wargame company [but] continues to publish its share of wargames". In 1994 the company released "Panzer General". Panzer General was a very approachable and
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3rd Parachute Brigade (United Kingdom)


On 27 March the division started advancing further into Germany. The 8th Parachute Battalion was the first to reach Lembeck, which was defended by two Panzer Grenadier companies. A hand-to-hand battle ensued, lasting 18 hours and eventually drawing in all three battalions; by midnight the town was secured, with around 300 prisoners taken. The brigade's next objective was Greven and the bridge across the River Ems. At 21:30 the 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion were about away from the town. Leaving what vehicles they had behind,
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Battle of Villers-Bocage


after a unopposed advance, the last of which was through German-held territory. The leading Cromwell tanks of the 8th Hussars were destroyed by a Panzer-Lehr Division Escort Company anti-tank gun which held out for two hours. Taylor wrote that the lead tank was destroyed, Forty wrote that two tanks were lost. Hoping to mislead the Germans about the objective, on reaching the vicinity of la Mulotiere north of Livry, Hinde ordered a halt for the night and the 8th King's Royal Irish and 11th (Prince
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137th Infantry Regiment (United States)


Combined Arms Battalion. Their mission is to close with and destroy the enemy by means of fire and maneuver or repel assaults by fire, close combat and counterattack. Units operate the M2 Bradley Fighting Vehicle and the Army's main battle Tank, the M1A2 Sep V2 Abrams. 2–137th Combined Arms Regiment. – Headquarters and Headquarters Company; Kansas City, Kansas. – Headquarters Company Detachment; Junction City, Kansas. – A Company; Emporia. – B Company; Lenexa. – C Company; Wichita. – Golf Co 106th
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Škoda Works


are better known under their German designation "Panzer 35(t)". These tanks were originally produced for the Czechoslovak army and were used extensively by the Wehrmacht in the Polish campaign, the Battle of France, and the German invasion of the Soviet Union. In July 1944 Škoda started production of the Jagdpanzer 38(t). In 1924, Škoda Works acquired the Laurin-Klement car manufacturer, later known as Škoda Auto. The companies were separated after 1945, when the entire Czechoslovak economy came under government control. After World War II
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47 mm Model 1931 anti-tank gun


second reserve units had to make do with older anti-tank rifles. Every infantry regiment consisted of 3 battalions of rifle infantry and a single heavy arms battalion. This in turn consisted of three heavy weapon companies, one of which was equipped with 12 47 mm guns. Given its good armor penetrating capabilities, the 47 mm could penetrate the armor of the German Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks from a range of over . Reports of panzers knocked out by the 47 mm during the Battle of Belgium do exist, but in
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Panzer brigade


Panzer Brigades were formations in the German Army during World War II. The 1st Panzer Brigade was organized in 1934, followed by others during Germany's rearmament. Before the war, a Panzer Brigade was composed of a staff and two panzer regiments. From the beginning of the war in 1939 Panzer Brigades were present and operational in the German Order of Battle until at least the summer of 1943. Apart from the official Order of Battle, German tank forces often operated in ad hoc formations, especially after the reverse of fortunes on
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Battle of Belgium


, the 3rd and 4th were to operate in Belgium under the command of the 6th Army's XVI Corps. The 9th Panzer Division was attached to the 18th Army which, after the Battle of the Netherlands, would support the push into Belgium alongside the 18th Army and cover its northern flank. Armour strength in Army Group B amounted to 808 tanks, of which 282 were Panzer Is, 288 were Panzer IIs, 123 were Panzer IIIs and 66 were Panzer IVs; 49 command tanks were also operational. The 3rd Panzer Division
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Panzer Front Ausf.B


Panzer Front Ausf.B (German "Ausf." is an abbreviation of "Ausführung", meaning model or version) is a tank simulation game for the PlayStation 2 home console. Released in 2004, it is the third game in the "Panzer Front" franchise. "Panzer Front Ausf.B" lets the player fight as a tank commander in historic simulated tank battles. Each battle involves manoeuvring on a large battlefield, with varied terrain. Most battles involve over thirty units per side, ranging from infantry to
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113th Panzer Brigade


a Panzer Division a lethal combination of armor and infantry. On 6 September the brigade was sent to Colmar and on 16 September sent to Saarburg. Assigned to the 5th Panzer Army, it participated in the Battle of Arracourt, as the Germans attempted to stop the US Third Army's penetrations in Lorraine. By that time, the brigade had 42 Panther tanks. The battle resulted in German defeat and the virtual destruction of the 113th Panzer Brigade, leaving its commander, Oberst Erich Freiherr von Seckendorff dead in the battle as well
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101st Jäger Division (Wehrmacht)


lower Dnieper River in late 1943. It was part of the 1st Panzer Army that was surrounded in March 1944; it formed the rear guard for the XLVI Panzer Corps during the breakout of the Kamenets-Podolsky pocket. The division then retreated across Ukraine. In October 1944, it was moved to Slovakia and took part in the Battle of the Dukla Pass. During the last year of the war, it fought in Hungary and Austria; by the end of the war, it had been reduced to the size of a
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Battle of Clervaux


as "two Panzer divisions and one infantry division." Bergström identified the U.S. defenders of Clervaux as the 110th Regimental Combat Team, 707th Tank Battalion, the 630th Tank Destroyer Battalion and a tank company from the 2nd Tank Battalion. At 09:30 on the 17th, the 2nd Panzer Division attacked Clervaux, with six German Stug IIIs from a "Panzerjäger" company and Panzergrenadiers in thirty armored vehicles advancing from the south. They were repulsed by five Shermans from the 707th Tank Battalion, which knocked out two Stug IIIs, while losing
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Panzer II variants


MAN in February and March 1937. As the last of the developmental limited production series of Panzer IIs, the Ausf. c came very close to matching the mass production configuration, with a major change to the suspension with the replacement of the six small road wheels with five larger independently sprung road wheels and an additional return roller bringing that total to four. The tracks were further modified and the fenders widened. Total length was increased to 4.81 m and width to 2.22 m, while height was still about 1.99 m. At least
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Panzer IV


armor to . As the German invasion of Poland in September 1939 came to an end, it was decided to scale up production of the Panzer IV, which was adopted for general use on 27 September 1939 as the "Sonderkraftfahrzeug" 161 (Sd.Kfz. 161). In response to the difficulty of penetrating the thick armor of British infantry tanks (Matilda and Matilda II) during the Battle of France, the Germans had tested a gun—based on the 5 cm Pak 38 anti-tank gun—on a
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13th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)


1944 and destroyed in January 1945. In the spring of 1945, the division was reformed under the name "Feldherrnhalle 2". The last engagements with the Soviets were fought on the Austro-Hungarian border. The Division surrendered in Austria in May 1945. The commanders of the division:br 13. Infanterie-Division 13. Panzer-Division The organisation of the division in October 1944: In the invasion of Poland, the division used civilians as human shields in the battle with the retreating Polish Prusy Army and on September
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Panzer Battles


XXXXVIII Panzer Corps in Russia. Upon its release in English in 1956 "Panzer Battles" was widely read both professionally and academically. The book was a staple on professional military reading lists in NATO member states and was widely cited in academia for decades. "Panzer Battles" has been extensively cited in military reading lists and professional studies since its release. David T. Zabecki called it a seminal and comprehensive work on mechanized combined arms warfare and said its lessons and principals were of immeasurable value to the post-Vietnam American military.
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1st Fallschirm-Panzer Division Hermann Göring


to full division in October 1942 as a Panzer division. While the division was in formation, the Second Battle of El Alamein had forced Field Marshal Erwin Rommel's Afrika Korps to retreat to Tunisia. The division was sent to Tunisia piecemeal, where it eventually surrendered with the rest of Panzer Army Africa. The reformed division was designated Panzer Division Hermann Göring and sent to Sicily. After the Allied invasion of Sicily was launched on 10 July 1943, the division was engaged at the Amphibious Battle of Gela and the Battle of Centuripe
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11th Panzer Division (Wehrmacht)


Group South. It participated in the Battle of Kiev and later took part in the Battle of Moscow. At the Battle of Moscow the 11th Panzer Division had its legendary encounter with Panfilov's Twenty-Eight Guardsmen. The division was engaged in retreat and defensive operations after the Soviet counter offensive in December 1941. The 11th Panzer Division's advance finally came to a halt due to the strong resistance of the 8th Guards Motor Rifle Division and the 78th Rifle Division. Harsh weather conditions were also a factor. The 11th Panzer Division
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Battle of Sedan (1940)


for the last 3 km before reaching the bridgehead. This subjected the division to fire from Donchery and the Bellevue Castle's 75mm artillery casemates, located slightly to the east of the town. Several boats were tied to the Panzers and dragged across, but the tanks were knocked out. The bulk of the 174 artillery pieces available to the French at Sedan were concentrated on the 2nd Panzer Division's front. Most were located in the bunkers on the south side of the river Meuse-Donchery sector. Some of the French
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Battle of Belgium


's armoured regiments consisted of 117 Panzer Is, 128 Panzer IIs, 42 Panzer IIIs, 26 Panzer IVs and 27 command tanks. The 4th Panzer Division had 136 Panzer Is, 105 Panzer IIs, 40 Panzer IIIs, 24 Panzer IVs and 10 command tanks. The 9th Panzer, scheduled initially for operations in the Netherlands, was the weakest division with only 30 Panzer Is, 54 Panzer IIs, 41 Panzer IIIs, 16 Panzer IVs and 12 command tanks The elements drawn from the 7th Air Division and the 22nd Airlanding Division
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502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion


in April and May 1944, then around Dunaburg, Latvia in July. The battalion only received a few Tiger IIs. The last 13 Tiger IIs built were picked up directly at the factory by crews of the 3rd Company of the 510th and the 3rd company of the 502nd on 31 March 1945. The unit received eight Tiger IIs and took the tanks into combat on 1 April 1945. The 502nd Heavy Panzer Battalion was re-designated the 511th on 5 January 1945. Due to the lack of Tiger IIs the battalion was
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Hermann Balck


of the 1st Panzer Division, with which he served during the Battle of France. The 1st Panzer Division made up a part of Guderian's panzer corps. Balck's regiment spearheaded a crossing over the Meuse, and established a bridgehead on the far side. During the winter of 1940 through the spring of 1941 he commanded a panzer regiment, and led this unit during the Battle of Greece. He later commanded a panzer brigade in the same division. He returned to staff duties with the OKH in the Inspectorate of Armoured Forces
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Battle of Sedan (1940)


1st and 2nd Panzer Divisions had reached the ridge just minutes before, having travelled in less time. But the initial clash was not in the Germans' favour. Instead of making sure the medium Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks had priority in crossing the Meuse, the Germans had sent few across, and the van of the advance contained mostly lightly armed and lightly armoured although faster Panzer Is and Panzer IIs. The initial encounters took place as the Battle of Hannut was being fought in Belgium. The results were much the same
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Prague Offensive


southeast. 4th Panzer Army had five Panzer or mechanized divisions as well as 13 other divisions or battle groups. Furthermore, 4th Panzer Army had just won the Battle of Bautzen, damaging the Soviet 52nd and Polish 2nd Armies. To 4th Panzer Army's right (eastern) flank was 17th Army. The 17th counted 11 divisions, including one Panzer and one motorized division. These were organized into three corps and deployed in an arc that began about 40 kilometers SW of Breslau and which led to the southeast in the vicinity of
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