19th Panzer Division: Volksgrenadiers #2 (Bolt Action) (Warlord Games)

Hello!

The last entry about Volksgrenadiers is from 18.06.2022 so a new painted one soldier today! Still have one more for painting for this little unit.

Metal model from the Warlord Games box.

Volksgrenadier was the name given to a type of German Army division formed in the autumn of 1944 after the double loss of Army Group Centre to the Soviets in Operation Bagration and the Fifth Panzer Army to the Allies in Normandy.
The name itself was intended to build morale, appealing at once to nationalism (Volk) and Germany's older military traditions (Grenadier).
Germany formed 78 VGDs during the war. Volksgrenadier divisions were professional military formations with standardized weapons and equipment, unlike the unrelated Volkssturm militia.

Volksgrenadier divisions participated in battles in eastern France, the defense of the Siegfried Line, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of the Scheldt, the Battle of the Bulge, the Battle of Otterlo, the Eastern Front, and in the final battles in Germany itself.

Some Volksgrenadier divisions performed well, while others were rushed into battle with a minimum of training.
Several Volksgrenadier divisions, especially those made up of "jobless" Wehrmacht personnel drawn from the Kriegsmarine and the Luftwaffe, often displayed high motivation and morale which resulted in good cohesion and military effectiveness against the Allied forces in the last eight or so months (about October 1944 through May 1945) of the war in Europe.