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Landesschützenbataillon 416
What would you call this battalion in proper English?
| 4 | 416th (German Guards') National Rifles Battalion |
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416th (German Guards') National Rifles Battalion
It's a Battalion rather than a Brigade, Regiment, Platoon or Unit - different sizes that need not be canvassed here.
Otherwise, (UK RAF) Air Squadrons tend to have the number following as an extension or suffix e.g. Squadron no. 416.
The Guards Rifles Battalion (German: Garde-Schützen-Bataillon; French: Bataillon des Tirailleurs de la Garde; nicknamed: Neuchâteller in High German; Neffschandeller in Berlin German dialect) was an infantry unit of the Prussian Army.
The evolution of German military rifles is a history of common and diverse paths followed by the separate German states, until the mid-19th century when Prussia emerged as the dominant state within Germany and the *nation was unified*.
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philgoddard
: The question is about Landesschützenbataillon, not Garde-Schützen-Bataillon, a unit of the Prussian army disbanded after the first world war.
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Marion Linssen
: Exactly, with Phil. We are in WW II, 1941/1942. See my first link below.
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= territorial forces
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THE GERMAN OCCUPATION OF WESTERN POLAND, ...
Imperial War Museum
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Troops of the 1st Company, 476th Territorial Army Battalion (Landesschützen Battalion 476) drinking schnapps and dancing during a mock funeral of a foal in ...
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https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?t=102908
As you said Landesschützen units got their personnel from older age classes and soldiers not totally fit for frontline duties. They were used to protect installations (depots, POW camps, concentration camps, bridges etc..) of all kind in the Reich and in some cases also in occupied territory.
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ORGANIZATIONS AND ENTERPRISES INDEX
DOI
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Austrian Home Guard (Landesschützen), ... 397, 408, 409, 410, 416, 424, 426, 427,. 432, 433, 445, 448, 459, 468, ... Territorial Guardsmen (Landesschütze),.
| Thank you! If you post this as an answer, I will happily give you the points. I now understand that the "territorial aspect" refers to the Rear Area. So it's an infantry or rifle battalion for Rear Area security. |
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philgoddard
: I would give the German name followed by whatever is the Russian for "territorial battalion" in brackets. You should have posted this as an answer.
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Here is some more historical background information, hope this helps.
https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/LandschtzB...
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