Editing 21. Panzer

{{Infobox division sd1
| subtitle    =Rommel’s Zirkus
| image       =21st_Panzer_Division_logo.svg
| image size  =
| icon        =
| image desc  =
| type        =Armored
| affiliation =
| nation      =Germany
| A           =85
| B           =120
| C           =125
| leader      =[[File:Feuchtinger.png|center|100px]]<br/>Edgar FEUCHTINGER
}}
'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is an Axis Armored division in ''Steel Division''.
Destroyed in Tunisia in 1943, the elite 21. Panzer division was reformed in France from surviving personnel and reserve units, and equipped mostly with modified captured French armoured vehicles. Close to the beaches, it was the only Panzer division to react immediately to the allied invasion and counter-attack on D-Day.

Feuchtinger was an able artillery officer, but without prior experience or knowledge of a Panzer Division, a prestigious command which he had secured through his Nazi connections.  A WW1 veteran, Feuchtinger fought in the Netherlands, Belgium and Russian campaigns as an artillery officer until 1943 when, thanks to well-placed connections with high-ranking Nazi officials, he was given command of a reformed 21. Panzer Division.
Having no experience in armoured warfare, he secured the posting to his division of several veteran regimental commanders, and then leant entirely on them to run his division.

On D-Day, while his division was the closest to the beaches and the only one able to react immediately, Feuchtinger was nowhere to be found, having slipped to Paris, without notifying his staff, to spend the night with his mistress! Hurrying back to Normandy, he refused to coordinate with his neighbours (even superior in rank), and launched piecemeal and therefore vain counter-attacks, before pretty much abandoning his division to fend for itself, running away when he thought he was about to be cut off.

==Tactics==
21. Panzer is the light cavalry and a good Representative of the creativeness of german engineers,  they are quite strong in Phase A with plenty of old French cavalry tanks, half-tracks, comparatively cheap and numerous Infantry and some custom-made vehicles.
But it gets winded in phase B, although in Phase C it can count on a few very welcome Königstiger.

==Battlegroup==
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|36
|6
|6
|7
|6
|4
|4
|6
|3
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==[[Recon]]==
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-->{{card pack|3|{{card Aufklärer|A|★ |4|30|{{unit SPW 221}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Spähtrupp|A|★ |3|45|{{unit Sd.Kfz. 250/1}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Aufklärer|A|★★ |2|50|{{unit SPW 222}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card SPW 231|A|★ |1|60| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card SPW 233|A|★ |1|80| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card SPW 231|B|★ |2|60| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card SPW 233|B|★ |2|80| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card SPW 231|C|★ |3|60| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card SPW 233|C|★ |3|80| }} }}


==[[Infantry]]==
{{card pack|3|{{card Pz.Gr. Führer|A|★ |3|15|{{unit Kübel.}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card Pz.Gr. Führer|A|★ |2|25|{{unit Bef. U304(f)}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Pz.Grenadier|A||3|45|{{unit U304(f)}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Pionier Führer|B|★ |4|15|{{unit Kübel.}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Pz.Grenadier|B||5|35|{{unit Opel Blitz}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Pionier|B||5|40|{{unit U304(f)}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Sturmpionier|B||5|40|{{unit U304(f)}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Pz.Grenadier|B||5|45|{{unit U304(f)}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card s.MG 42|B||3|45|{{unit U304(f)}} }} }}
==[[Tank]]==
{{card pack|3|{{card Bef. Panzer 35S(f)|A|★|1|75| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Panzer 35S(f)|A||3|75| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|1|{{card Beute Sherman|B||4|140| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|1|{{card Panzer IV G|B|★ ★ |2|130| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Bef. Panzer IV H|B|★|1|140| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Panzer IV H|B||5|140| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Panzer IV H|B|★|3|140| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|1|{{card Königstiger (P)|C|★|2|350| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|1|{{card Königstiger (P) Knispel|C|★ ★ |1|350| }} }}
==[[Support]]==
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-->{{card pack|3|{{card Sd.Kfz. 250/9|A||4|35| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Opel Blitz Mun.|A||2|50| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card Panzer IV C|A||2|80| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|1|{{card PzH. 39H(f)|A||1|130| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Flammenwfr.|B||2|40|{{unit Kübel. MG}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card SPW 232|B|★|2|45| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Opel Blitz Mun.|B||4|50| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|1|{{card Brummbär|B||2|140| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card Brummbär|C||3|140| }} }}
==[[Anti-tank]]==
{{card pack|1|{{card UE630(f) PaK|A||4|35| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card PaK 38 50mm|A||3|55|{{unit Kübel.}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card PaK 38 50mm|A||3|55|{{unit U304(f)}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card Pz.Schreck|A||4|70|{{unit U304(f) PaK}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card S307(f) PaK|A||1|80| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|1|{{card PaK 43 88mm|A||1|125|{{unit Maultier}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Pz.Schreck|B||5|30|{{unit Kübel.}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card Pz.Schreck|B||4|50|{{unit Sd.Kfz. 251/1}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Marder I|B||4|100| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card PaK 40 75mm|B||2|105|{{unit Sd.Kfz. 10}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card PaK 43 88mm|B||2|125|{{unit Maultier}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Marder I|C|★|4|100| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|1|{{card PaK 40 75mm|C||4|105|{{unit Sd.Kfz. 10}} }} }}

==[[Anti-air]]==
{{card pack|3|{{card FlaK 38 20mm|A||2|40|{{unit Kübel.}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card U304(f) FlaK|A||2|55| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Gepard|B||3|60| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card FlaK 36 37mm|B||2|75|{{unit Opel Blitz}} }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Sd.Kfz. 7/2|B||2|90| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Sd.Kfz. 7/1|C||3|80| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card FlaK 41 88mm|C||1|140|{{unit Sd.Kfz. 7}} }} }}
==[[Artillery]]==
{{card pack|2|{{card Sd.Kfz. 250/7|A||2|85| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card R.Vielfachwerfer|A||2|100| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Sd.Kfz. 251/2|B||3|95| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|1|{{card PzH. Lorraine(f)|B||1|120| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Reihenwerfer|B||2|135| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card PzH. Lorraine(f) 105mm|B||1|150| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card Wurfrahmen 35H(f)|C||2|100| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card Beo.Pz. 38H(f) (170mm)|C||1|120| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|1|{{card PzH. Lorraine(f)|C||2|120| }} }}

==[[Air]]==
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-->{{card pack|2|{{card Ju 87 D Light Bomber|A||2|110| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|1|{{card ME 109 G0 Dogfighter|A||2|120| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card FW 190 A8 Dogfighter|B||2|150| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card FW 190 A8 Pips|B|★★|1|150| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card FW 190 A8 Dogfighter|B|★★|1|150| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card FW 190 G3 Light Bomber|B||2|180| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|3|{{card ME 109 G2/BR21 Anti-tank Rocket|B|★|2|180| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card FW 190 G1 Light Bomber|B||2|200| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|1|{{card Ju 88 S Heavy Bomber|B||1|200| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card Ju 87 G Tank Buster|C||2|110| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card Ju 87 G Tank Buster|C|★|2|110| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|2|{{card Ju 88 S Heavy Bomber (70kg)|C||2|200| }} }}<!--
-->{{card pack|1|{{card Ju 88 S Heavy Bomber (500kg)|C||2|240| }} }}

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