The most Skilled German Infantry in WW2

Added: 2026-05-16

[00:00:00]And [music] regular infantry on foot cannot keep up with tanks. They get left behind. The solution was the panzer [music] grenadier, mechanized infantry who rode in armored vehicles right alongside the tanks. They rode [music] in half-tracks.

[00:00:15]They could drive over rough ground. They had armor to protect the soldiers inside from bullets [music] and shell fragments. When the tanks broke through, the panzer grenadiers jumped out and secured the area. The team worked together like a fist. The tanks [music] punched the hole. The panzer grenadiers poured through it, and they were at the very tip of Germany's most powerful attacks. [music] They fought in France in 1940. They fought in the Soviet Union. They were in [music] North Africa. They were wherever Germany's armored fist was swinging. But here is something interesting. As the war went on and Germany started losing vehicles to enemy fire and fuel shortages, many panzer grenadiers ended up fighting on foot just like regular infantry. The vehicles disappeared. The men