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Kampfgruppe

This term is often used in the literature and ppl do not know it so it has potential for attracting users to Wikipedia. The room for improvement includes

• links with battle group article
• more strategy / tactics
• examples of kamfgruppen in action
• multimedia - maps and such.

--Jinxs 12:14, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

• Please see automated peer review suggestions here. Thanks, APR _t 15:49, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Here's a few comments that I hope are of some use:

• This article is quite short and is in need of further development. The introduction mentions that the term was used during World War I, but then no further discussion is made of that conflict. For example, who developed this tactic and why did it become practiced by the German General Staff during that conflict?
• Was this taught in the German military schools, or did it just get employed on a whim? I think it is important to explain why this term is notable to warfare, perhaps by comparing kampfgruppen to the more inflexible formations used in other armies.
• Didn't the U.S. armor divisions during WWII employ combat commands that were somewhat similar in functionality? I.e. they could be tailored to a specific requirement.
• "batalion" should be spelled "battalion"
• German words such "komponent" should be in English where possible, or else (as in the case of "panzer") should be explained to the reader.
• "It has to be understood that" seems like extraneous text that could be removed without harming the sentence.

Thanks. — RJH (talk) 20:42, 31 January 2007 (UTC)