Bolt Action - Panzer Lehr Squad British & Canadian Infantry (Winter) The men of the Charlemagne

The men of the Charlemagne Division

and the French infantrymen found themselves all too often fighting off German armoured units which had outmanoeuvred them as the Blitzkrieg rolled across Europe

including US

and led by experienced officers

was intended to replace the M1891 – the shorter barrels being far more practical for the infantry to carry and manoeuvre

Bolt Action - Panzer Lehr Squad British & Canadian Infantry (Winter) The men of the CharlemagneThe Panzer Lehr Division (armoured training division) was built in 1943 from the veterans of the North Africa, Sicily and Italy campaigns. These highly experienced troops formed the core of this training and demonstration unit and as such was considered an elite formation from its inception. In 1944, the Panzer Lehr Division took part in the invasion of Hungary before moving to France to await the Allied invasion of Europe. Unlike other panzer