Kurt meyer, nicknamed panzermeyer, 23 december 1910 23 december 1961. Panzermeyer lssah div mariupol 1941 4 5 dragon dragon. Kradschutzenabteilung 1 1st motorcycle batallion was an element of this division and. Tunisia 1943 boxless the americans enter the desert war, along with the french, british, italians and germans. The following is a compilation of the panzer leader question boxes from the general and various rules questions that were sent into and answered by avalon hill but never published. The abbaye ardene case, trial of kurt meyer, case no. Note that the word panzergrenadier literally translated is tank grenadier, but the correct term nowadays is mechanized infantry or even armored infantry, but in world war 2 most panzergrenadiers were actually motorized infantry. Panzer leader clarifications and question box by alan arvold th. Ss corps transport would come from dedicated transport battalions. Archived from the original pdf on 12 september 2008. Known for his bold and aggressive leadership, kurt panzer meyer was on.
Additionally, the openended design of the panzer leader game system allows players to design and. Kurt meyer 23 december 1910 23 december 1961 was an ss commander and war criminal of nazi germany. Panzer iv tank during world war ii, the use of tanks revolutionized the way war would be fought. Thanks christoph, that site concurs with the info i have, with ten troops to each antitank section along with four panzerschrecks seems like a lot of cargo to fit in one sd. Known for his bold and aggressive leadership, kurt panzer meyer was one of the most highly decorated german soldiers of world war ii. Panzer grenadier headquarters tracks and collects all clarifications so you dont have to. The armored reconnaissance units were the spearheads of the panzer divisions, moving stealthily ahead of the tanks to locate the enemy. In addition to covering the historical events of these. Kurts mother was alma weihe and had one sisrter, melanie. Follow meyer with the 1st sspanzer division leibstandarte and the 12th sspanzer division hitlerjugend, from the. As an alternative, the kindle ebook is available now and can be read on any device with the free kindle app.
Introduction panzer leader is a realistic game simulating tactical level combat on the western front during world war two. Pa n z e r gr e n a d i e r fo u r t h edition ru l e s. Kurt meyer 23 december 1910 23 december 1961 was an ss commander and war criminal. Panzer general is turnbased, set on operational level hex maps. Otto hennings armored car unit of the elite panzerlehrdivision fought throughout the campaigns in the west in. The kokoda campaign boxless known as australias thermopylae, the battles along the kokoda track raged up and down the single trail crossing the junglecovered mountains. Panzer division in normandy upon the death of the division commander.
Reprint of the classic world war ii memoir german general kurt panzer meyers autobiography is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of germanys most highly decorated and successful soldiers of world war ii. The wehrmacht did not form mixed battalions if this could be avoided for maintenance and logistics reasons. These are five scenarios dealing with the early war. Panzer grenadier headquarters library panzer grenadier hall the heart of panzer grenadier headquarters is the database. Over the years the panzer grenadier universe has steadily grown to include 1,672 different units. He served in the waffenss the combat branch of the ss and participated in the battle of france, operation barbarossa, and other engagements during world war ii. The story of waffen ss general kurt panzer meyer by. Ever your faithful servant, pghq maintains counter art, data, scenario appearances, and errata notes for all of them. The story of waffen ss general kurt panzer meyer stackpole military history series meyer, kurt on. Each section is identified by a letter a,b, c, or d located just above the fold line. Since the story of guderian and the story of the panzers are interwoven.
The overall firepower of the regiment was slightly raised as compare with previous one table 8. Panzergrenadier company 3 x panzergrenadier platoon, 1 x pg support platoon, 1 x pg inf, 1 x inf. If you love smallunit actions, this is the book for you. All corps and army support assets would be provided with rail, wheeled, or tracked transport as necessary. Panzergrenadier deluxe rules cover company to battalion sized actions, where players field sections and platoons as their tactical units, providing straight forward yet comprehensive rules for ww2 tactical combat. Panzer leader clarifications and question box by alan. Panzer general manual pdf panzer general is a computer wargame published by strategic simulations in 1994 and set in world war ii. It was known as blitzkrieg, and the german panzer tank was the key vehicle in this new style of war.
Consultation with avalanche press and hundreds of volunteer hours have resulted in pghq presenting to you the most comprehensive data possible on every single aspect of panzer grenadier without providing too much you still have to own a scenario to be able to play a. It was a first division of that type in the german army. Financial data wehrmacht salaries table of salaries paid to ncos and officers of the wehrmacht. Basic organization of grenadierregiment mot in type 43 panzergrenadierdivision. His father otto being employed as a factory worker, was as a oneman band the main attraction on every wedding, village dance or holiday gathering. Asl is not attracting a lot of new players due to cost, complexity and rather dull graphics. Currency exchange rates exchange rates of the second world war. A true story of world war ii by hans schmidt one hardly knows where to begin in summarizing this magnificent book by hans schmidt who was born in germany in 1927 and died as american citizen for 55 years in 2010. Panzer grenadier regiment, in violation of the laws and usages of war gave orders.
The story of waffen ss general kurt panzer meyer stackpole military history series. The mapboard the foursection mapboard represents a varied sampling of typical terrain in france and germany. Basic organization of panzergrenadierregiment in panzer. Otto hennings armored car unit of the elite panzerlehrdivision fought throughout the campaigns in the west in 1944 and 1945, arriving in normandy a few weeks before dday and finally surrendering in the ruhr pocket in midapril 1945. Grenadiere panzermeyer grenadiere panzermeyer ea erstausgabe 1. The panzer medium tank had a number of major modifications during the course of the war.
Meyers nickname, panzermeyer, had nothing to do with his. Basic organization of grenadierregiment mot in type 44 panzergrenadierdivision the firepower of the regiment were at the same level as compared with that of the type 43 regiment except the motorized antitank guns table 19. Basic organization of panzergrenadierregiment mot in type 44 panzerdivision. The heavy grenadier company no longer contained heavy machine guns and distributed them among the other three grenadier companies. Meyer, kurt adolph wilhelm panzermeyer, born 23121910 in jerxheim, sachsen anhalt, came from a lower class family. German panzergrenadierdivision 44 and motorized infantry. One plays lone scenarios from either axis or allied side and against a computer or human opponent. Panzer warrior panzer blitzpanzer leader rules consolidation consolidated by fred schwarz incorporating optional rules by byron henderson, and some new rules by fred schwarz developed by byron henderson and keith plymale v1. Panzer leader rules pdf panzer leader rules pdf panzer leader rules pdf download. Its antitank guns were given over to the panzer jaegerabteilung but the panzergrenadiers were equipped with panzerschrecks and panzerfaust anti. In this video i will cover a german panzergrenadierdivision setup and also its precursor the motorized infantry division from 1939. This is a pdf scan of a copy of the magazine from steve coles personal archives. Wwii jagdpanther tank destroyer amarillo design bureau.
Afrika 1944 is a panzer grenadier supplement based on a 1944 allied invasion of morocco and the canary islands. The point of view of one of the best and youngest generals of the waffenss a valuable insight in german military tactics in these times. Panzer battles user manual introduction panzer battles is a series of games covering the major campaigns of world war ii. The firepower of panzergrenadierregiment in 1944 was reduced due to removal of all antitank guns as compared to previous one table 19 and table 20. Panzer leader rules pdf panzer leader rules download as pdf file. Panzerregiment, meyer was selected to command the young grenadiers of. Panzergrenadier deluxe ww2 rules are now available. Meyer commanded the 12th ss panzer division hitlerjugend during the allied invasion of normandy, and was a recipient of the. He then applied to join the schutzstaffel, commanded by heinrich himmler. Panzer leader clarifications and question box by alan arvold taken from the boardgamers special panzer leader issue, published in 2002, by bruce monnin. Grh grenadiere 1st panzer division was created in 1935. Reprint of the classic world war ii memoirgerman general kurt panzer meyers autobiography is a fascinating insight into the mind of one of germanys most highly decorated and successful soldiers of world war ii. Panzer general iii campaigns, scenarios, utilities, equipment files, patches, links and more for panzer general and other ssi games.