Weapons of West German Panzergrenadiers in the '60s

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Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
0:57 - Army Structure 1
2:02 - Infantry Carrier Doctrine
4:10 - HS.30 IFV
6:16 - Army Structure 2
6:57 - HS.30 Squads
8:25 - HS.30 Platoons
9:01 - HS.30 Company
10:01 - HS.30 Battalion
10:43 - M113 Squad to Battalion
12:35 - Motorized Company
13:12 - Brigades & Divisions

Sources:
• Blume, P, Suhany, V. "Fahrzeug Profile 97 - Panzergrenadierbrigade 13 Wetzlar 1959 - 1993"
• Bundesarchiv Invenio for brigade/division orders of battle
• Deinhardt, A. "Panzergrenadiere – eine Truppengattung im Kalten Krieg: 1960 bis 1970"
• "Die Unvollendete" on Der Spiegel (Nov 1967)
• http://www.panzerbaer.de/
• https://www.bw-duelmen.de/