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Officially designated Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring, the Hermann Goering unit was an elite Luftwaffe ground combat formation, made up of German air force personnel, and fought in Mediterranean and Eastern Front theaters. Having air force personnel to fight as regular ground troops is akin to having US Air Force possessing its own armored divisions, artillery, and assault troopers. Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallschirm-Panzer_Division_1_Hermann_Göring
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With German inter-service rivalries and political posturing, some Nazi-era combat formations carried nuance of personality cults, such as Waffen-SS divisions named after German Chancellor Adolf Hitler and Reichsführer-SS Heinrich Himmler, along with Luftwaffe Commander-in-Chief Hermann Goering. Heinrich Himmler - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himmler
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Horch PKW is a standard cross-country transport used by Germans during early war years, it was lightly armored and had a differential axle enabling very tight turning radius. But this mechanism became too complicated to maintain in the field, thus standard gear systems were introduced in late war years. PKW in German stands for Personenkraftwagen (personnel craft wagon).
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