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16:Type of German infantry in World War II
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328:105 mm gun/howitzer battalion
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322:Regimental headquarters battery
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503:German Army Handbook 1939-1945
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325:75 mm gun battalion
162:History and organization
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501:Davies, W.J.K. (1981).
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414:Operation Market Garden
319:Regimental headquarters
290:Regimental headquarters
55:more precise citations.
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474:References
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176:battalions
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36:references
559:, 1944–45
455:Luftwaffe
443:Wehrmacht
215:Luftwaffe
139:militia.
127:Grenadier
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462:See also
452:and the
168:infantry
155:Ardennes
119:Normandy
113:and the
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