IrishGunner Posted September 30, 2013 Share Posted September 30, 2013 With what type of panzer/weapon would these Gebirgs-Panzer-Jäger Abteilungen be equipped? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernhard H.Holst Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 With what type of panzer/weapon would these Gebirgs-Panzer-Jäger Abteilungen be equipped? Hello Rick. I suspect a misconception of your part but perhaps I read your post wrong. The term is Panzerjaeger ,changed from Panzerabwehr to give that arm a more agressive, offensive connotation by naming those troops tank hunter (Panzerjaeger) rather than defense against tanks (Panzerabwehr). The term does not imply of containing any armor based weaponry. Bernhard H. Holst Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IrishGunner Posted October 1, 2013 Author Share Posted October 1, 2013 So these would be anti-tank troops... Armed with anti-tank guns? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odulf Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 (edited) IG, 5-cm-Pak, 7,5-cm-Pak Edited October 1, 2013 by Odulf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Boonzaier Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Hi, concerning the change from panzer Abwehr to Panzer Jäger, it is worth including that part of the reason of the name change was the offensive capabilities that were given with the introduction of the Jagdpanzer models. This gave them the ability to bring the fight to the enemy as opposed to passivley waiting for the enemy to come to them, as in the earlier Abwehr days... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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