Panzer Regiment 3

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf military unit
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:alliance Axis Powers
collaborated_with_Luftwaffe
gptkbp:alumni annual reunions
gptkbp:casualties high_during_Eastern_Front
gptkbp:celebrates memorials_in_Germany
gptkbp:commandStructure part_of_Panzer_Division
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1940
gptkbp:culturalImpact depicted in films and literature
gptkbp:deployedTo stationed_in_various_locations_in_Europe
gptkbp:disbanded 1945
gptkbp:engagements gptkb:Battle_of_Kursk
gptkb:Battle_of_Stalingrad
gptkb:Operation_Barbarossa
Battle of Normandy
gptkbp:equipment Panzer III
Panzer IV
significant losses in late war
gptkbp:firstGeneration Major_General_Hermann_von_Oppeln-Bronikowski
gptkbp:firstMatch Colonel_Wilhelm_von_Thoma
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:Germany
gptkbp:historicalRecords available in military archives
gptkbp:historicalResearch subject of numerous historical studies
gptkbp:historicalSignificance contributed_to_Blitzkrieg_tactics
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Panzer Regiment 3
gptkbp:insignia Panzer badge
gptkbp:legacy influenced post-war armored tactics
gptkbp:militaryRank Panzer_Regiment_3_Veterans_Association
influenced_German_armored_doctrine
gptkbp:motto “Fur_Deutschland”
gptkbp:nickname “The Iron Regiment”
gptkbp:notableFeature gptkb:Hans_von_Luck
gptkbp:operationalRange Europe
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:German_Army
gptkbp:postWarCareer disbanded after the war
gptkbp:reform reorganized multiple times during the war
gptkbp:role tank warfare
gptkbp:size regiment
gptkbp:strategicGoals key role in early war successes
gptkbp:successor Panzer_Brigade_3
gptkbp:supportRole experienced heavy combat
gptkbp:tactics combined arms operations
gptkbp:training tank crew training
gptkbp:type armored regiment
gptkbp:uniform Wehrmacht uniform