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| | Responsibilities |
 | | The rank title for a private in the infantry was Schütze; in late 1942 this was changed to Grenadier by order of Hitler, who wanted to associate the Army with the forces commanded by Frederick the Great, a personal hero of his. |
 | | In the German Army, all Mannschaften were considered private soldiers, not non-commissioned officers, and as such had no command responsibilities, generally speaking. |
 | | In badly shattered units even a Leutnant might be found commanding the remnants of a battalion, or battalion-sized battlegroup. |
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