Early war German Air Force infantry company*
*
The Luftwaffe mistakenly assumed that many*
heavy weapons could compensate for a basic lack*
of infantry strength (only four battalions*
per division)*
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Thus, these companies have three times as many*
heavy machineguns as their army counterparts*
*
The ruthless combat of the Ostfront soon proved*
this assumption to have been false*
*
The Luftwaffe divisions were practically*
destroyed and later incorporated into the army*
