Volksbund - Grenadier

[HouweTrouwe]

On Volksbund.de sometimes you'll see at DIENSTGRAD the rank "Grenadier" could this be Waffen-SS and Wehrmacht? Because VB doens't use SS.

[Ypenburg]

I don't think so. Grenadier is a common rank within the Volksgrenadierdivision etc. If you have a good look you'll see the Volksbund also uses Sturmman etc. f.e. make a search with place of birth Amsterdam only, you'll find some Dutch ss.men with rank if I remember correct.

[Simon O.]

Grenadier was used by all Grenadier regiments, in other words, all the infantry after the 1942 name change.

the volksbund does use SS ranks, they just leave out the SS.

[HouweTrouwe]

No, I mean that they don't use SS-Sturmann or SS-Panzergrenadier they just put Grenadier.

/Bart

[Simon O.]

So if you already knew that, what are you asking?