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Volkswagen Schwimmwagen - 7/11/2021 9:41:11 PM   
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Status: offline 		I don't see these anywhere in the German OOB.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Schwimmwagen

I could not determine what units they were in. Would they have been directly attached to divisions
or would they have been in Support Units like Pioneers or Reconnaissance Units? I don't see
Reconnaissance Units in game either.

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RE: Volkswagen Schwimmwagen - 7/12/2021 12:46:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		They were part of the equipment of one of the companies of the armoured reconnaissance battalions (Panzeraufklärungsabteilung) of the armoured divisions of Wehrmacht and SS from 1942 onward. Unfortunately I only have German sources as prove.

Picture of a Volkswagen of SS Leibstandarte winter 1943/44




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RE: Volkswagen Schwimmwagen - 7/12/2021 4:48:46 PM   
OberGeneral

 

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Status: offline 		Thanks for the information and picture.

Here is a picture of my 1/35th scale model.

http://puu.sh/HVNJZ/99fd3e2373.jpg

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RE: Volkswagen Schwimmwagen - 7/12/2021 8:00:38 PM   
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RE: Volkswagen Schwimmwagen - 7/15/2021 6:51:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		To Developers. Can reconnaissance battalions be simulated in the game?

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