Talk:German commando frogmen

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don't you think it would be better to split the article into a Kampfschwimmer and a WWII frogmen article?

Is this all about frogmen, and not about (badly translated) 'Marines'?

Here in Germany we don't have any Marines we only have our frogmen comperable to the SEALS. (This comment was added by me --Pentiumforever 21:02, 3 January 2007 (UTC))

The box should not state that the "Kampfschwimmer" are part of the "Bundespolizei" for they are a part of the German Navy ("Bundesmarine" in German). To be precise they are part of the "SEK M" ("Spezialisierte Einsatzkräfte Marine") which is not to be confused with the "SEK"("Spezialeinsatzkommando")-division of the "Bundespolizei" and the various "SEK"-divisions of the various federal states.

"1943: Admiral Karl Dönitz orders vice-admiral H. Heyes to create a special unit. One gives him the name of Kleinkampf Mittel Verband but it is more known under the name of Force K. Its first men, including von Wurzian, were trained by Italian Decima Flottiglia MAS men, who already had good experience. (The German SS also had a frogman section.)"

Are there any sources for the term 'Kleinkampf Mittel Verband'? Does not look like a German phrase to me, which would be 'Kleinkampf Mittelverband' since the German language tends to connect nouns. --84.75.68.205 16:36, 6 May 2007 (UTC)