Germany's First Assault Rifle Units Explained

Join us today as we cover World War II Germany's (not necessarily elite) assault platoons based around the new Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle. You can read the full article of the Grenadierkompanie (the unit these assault platoons, or Sturmzug, were a part of) here: https://www.battleorder.org/volksgren...

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Sources
• K.St.N.131V (1.11.1944) “Grenadierkompanie”: https://www.wwiidaybyday.com/kstn/kst...

• Nash, Douglas (2008). “Victory Was Beyond Their Grasp: With the 272nd Volks-Grenadier Division from the Huertgen Forest to the Heart of the Reich”

• Unterlagen zur Gliederung, zum taktischen Einsatz und zur Ausbildung des Sturmzuges einer Grenadierkompanie: http://wwii.germandocsinrussia.org/de...

Other Related Tables
• K.St.N.131V (1.9.1944) “Grenadierkompanie”: https://www.wwiidaybyday.com/kstn/kst...

• K.St.N.1114a (fG) (1.11.1944) “Panzergrenadierkompanie (fG)”: https://www.wwiidaybyday.com/kstn/kst...

• K.St.N.1114a (gepanzert) (fG) (1.8.1944) “Panzergrenadierkompanie a (gepanzert)”
https://www.wwiidaybyday.com/kstn/kst...

• K.St.N.1114b (fdbew) (fG) (1.11.1944) “Panzergrenadierkompanie (fahrradbeweglich)”
https://www.wwiidaybyday.com/kstn/kst...

Music
• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault Theme composed by Michael Giacchino

• Medal of Honor: European Assault Theme composed by Christopher Lennertz

• Medal of Honor: Pacific Assault Theme composed by Michael Giacchino