So we're the Kriegsmarine-Infanterie basically Germanys version of the Marine Corps?
>>32829898
No.
>>32829898
No, they didn't have boats for them so they used them to fill gaps in the front line. THey did the same in WW1.
>>32829924
They were cool looking though
>>32829919
>>32829924
>originally intended to be used for boarding parties/fight enemy boarding parties & provide landing parties for raids on targets onshore
>later when naval action fell out of fashion in favor of warfare on land and in the air primary role changed to fighting on land as infantry
>feel superior to Army infantry because reasons
sounds like pretty much the exact same story as what happened with Uncle Sam's Misguided Children