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Introduction.
5
Jul 1942, Berlin, according to
Allg.Heeresmitteilungen 581/42 all Schützen-Regimenter
in Panzer-Divisionen were renamed and reorganized Panzergrenadier-Regimenter
for boosting
morale and extending tradition
of the Prussian Army. The transformation was not title only, with the increased
providing of SPW into Schützen-Regiment after 1942 the weapons and
fighting technique of them also had been changed. However,
the production of SPW still could not catch up with the need so most of
Panzer-Divisionen had only one battalion equipped with SPW, some of them
had only one company equipped with SPW and few of them even did not have
any SPW before the Operation Blau in 1942. No matter they were equipped
with SPW or not, they were all named Panzergrenadier-Regimenter.
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