Scouts Out: A History of German Armored Reconnaissance Units in World War IIScouts Out is the definitive account of German armored reconnaissance in World War II, essential for historians, armor buffs, collectors, modelers, and wargamers. The first extensive treatment of the subject in English, it features: • Profiles of the armored reconnaissance vehicles that performed vital functions for the Third Reich's war machine • Capsule histories of the reconnaissance elements of panzer and mechanized infantry divisions, including those of the Waffen-SS and Luftwaffe • Firsthand accounts from reconnaissance soldiers • Hundreds of photos, the majority of which have never been published before • Color illustrations of uniforms and insignia |
Contents
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Chapter 2 Organization 67 | 67 |
Chapter 3 Armored Reconnaissance Vehicles 145 | 145 |
Chapter 4 Uniforms Insignia and Ephemera 247 | 247 |
Chapter 5 Major Reconnaissance Formations 287 | 287 |
Rank Table 503 | 503 |
Notes 504 | 504 |
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Acknowledgments 517 | 517 |
Back Cover | 519 |
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Scouts Out: A History of German Armored Reconnaissance Units in World War II Robert J. Edwards No preview available - 2022 |
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1943 Antecedent Formations 1943—Headquarters 1945 Organization 1st Armored Scout 1x Light 2./Kradschützen-Bataillon 2./Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung 2nd Armored Scout 2nd Light Armored 2nd Motorcycle Infantry 3rd Armored Reconnaissance 3rd Company 4th Armored Reconnaissance 4th Motorcycle Infantry 5th Company heavy 5th Heavy Armored Abteilung April armored car armored reconnaissance battalion Armored Reconnaissance Company Armored Scout Company Armored Scout Troop Army Aufklärungs-Abteilung August Bataillon brigade Campaigns combat Commanders December enemy equipment February Feldwebel German Cross Großdeutschland Hauptmann headquarters Heavy Armored Reconnaissance Hermann Göring Infanterie-Division insignia January JIM HALEY July Knight’s Krad Kradschützen Kradschützen-Bataillon KStN lärungs-Abteilung leichte Division Leutnant Light Armored Reconnaissance main gun Major March Motorcycle Infantry Company Motorcycle Infantry Troop naissance November Oberfeldwebel Oberleutnant Oberstleutnant October pany Panzer-Aufk Panzer-Aufklärungs Panzer-Aufklärungs-Abteilung Panzer-Division patrols personnel platoon radio reconnais reconnaissance assets Reconnaissance Company half-track reconstituted redesignated regiment reorganized Replacement Detachment Rittmeister schützen-Bataillon Sd.Kfz September 1943 Soviet Union SS-Sturmbannführer Submachine Gun Truppen Unteroffizier Waffen-SS Waffenfarbe