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From: milano!fugate@roma.sw.mcc.com (Bryan Fugate)
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Subject: Re: History of Grenades
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Date: 12 Jul 89 01:24:24 GMT
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From: milano!fugate@roma.sw.mcc.com (Bryan Fugate)


The word 'Panzergrenadier' in the WWII German Wehrmacht originally meant the
motorized infantry that operated organic to the Panzer divisions (the
word 'Panzer' means 'armor'.  As far as I can tell the term became
generic to all motorized infantry whether or not they operated within
a division or corps that carried the 'Panzer' designation.  At any
rate, the Panzergrenadiers were a Wehrmacht designation, quite
distinct from the Waffen SS motorized infantry.