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mellowtopian: now would you just look at...
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A cleverly camouflaged StuG III Ausf. G in a village somewhere...
A cleverly camouflaged StuG III Ausf. G in a village somewhere in the Duena River area near Riga Sept. 1944. It is equipped with the ‘Saukopf’ gun mantlet, but features only a hand-held infantry MG42 in place of the remote-controlled machine gun mount fitted to an armored shield.
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A StuG IV knocked out in the fight for Pomerania in the spring...
A StuG IV knocked out in the fight for Pomerania in the spring of 1945. Note the camouflage pattern was applied to the assault gun’s superstructure while the hull was not camouflaged at all. This vehicle has a single armor plate bolted to the superstructure for additional protection.
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An abandoned StuG III Ausf. G in Köningsberg. The vehicles has...
An abandoned StuG III Ausf. G in Köningsberg. The vehicles has the all-metal return rollers. The number “20” on the superstructure is non-standard markings.
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An Sd.Kfz. 131 Marder II self-propelled anti-tank gun of...
An Sd.Kfz. 131 Marder II self-propelled anti-tank gun of Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment ‘Hermann Göring’ in Southern Italy in late 1943.
Mounting the 7.5cm PaK40/2. 576 Marder II’s were manufactured between June 1942 and June 1943 with another 75 converted from obsolete Pa.Kpfw.II chassis from July 1943 to March 1944. Of interest is the crew having been issued with the standard M38 Fallschirmjäger helmets.
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Another Marder II self-propelled anti-tank gun of...
Another Marder II self-propelled anti-tank gun of Panzer-Artillerie-Regiment ‘Hermann Göring’ passing through an Italian village followed by a 2cm Flakvierling 38 auf schwere Geländegängiger Lastkraftwagen 4.5t.
More simply put, this was the 2cm Flakvierling 38 mounted on the chassis of the Mercedes-Benz L4500 4.5 ton truck. The driver’s cab and radiator received light armor plating and the rear deck was fitted with folding down sides to increase the platform size. It also carries a hard-edged camouflage scheme of green stripes over the dark yellow base.
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A StuG III Ausf. G sits alongside a road near Satriano di...
A StuG III Ausf. G sits alongside a road near Satriano di Lucania southwest of Potenza in September 1943. The roof of the fighting compartment has been blown completely off as a result of an internal ammunition explosion. It is finished in overall dark yellow with a camouflage scheme of green patches. No unit markings are visible but both the 16.Panzer Division and the 29.Panzer-Grenadier-Division were operating in the area and both were equipped with StuG.III.
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One of the rarest vehicles in the Panzertruppen, assigned to the...
One of the rarest vehicles in the Panzertruppen, assigned to the 4.Panzer-Division, the Pz.Kpfw. II L ‘Luchs’. Only 100 vehicles were completed and 9. Panzer-Division was the only other unit to be allotted a full company. Three other units were assigned a very small number of the Pz.Kpfw. II L.
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Another Pz.Kpfw. II L “Luchs” of 4.Panzer-Division...
Another Pz.Kpfw. II L “Luchs” of 4.Panzer-Division in Russia 1943.
Section and platoon leader’s vehicles were fitted with the FuG12 radio set and star antenna. The rest were equipped with a FuG Spr.Ger.f which replaced the FuG.Spr.Gera in 1943. The curved sections above the drivers visor are replacement segments for the six piece rear idler and were held in place by a steel rod running through the bolt holes.
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Sd.Kfz. 131 Marder II ‘122’ of the 4.Panzer-Division...
Sd.Kfz. 131 Marder II ‘122’ of the 4.Panzer-Division in Russia 1943.
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This interesting StuG III Ausf. G, initially intended to be...
This interesting StuG III Ausf. G, initially intended to be delivered to Finland.
The armor cover over the driver’s visor is a characteristic feature of these assault guns. The StuG was caught by artillery fire in Köningsberg.
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One of the rarest late-war German flak weapons was the...
One of the rarest late-war German flak weapons was the Flakwerfer 44 Föhngeräte.
This was a mobile launcher which fired a salvo of thirty-five 73mm unguided rockets. This particular example belonged to the 900. Flak Training and Test Battalion stationed along the Rhine to defend bridges, in this case the famous Ludendorff bridge at Remagen.
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A Pz.Kpfw. II l “Luchs” of...
A Pz.Kpfw. II l “Luchs” of Pz.Aufkl.Abt.19./10.Panzerdivision preparing to move forward. Armed with a 2cm KwK38 L/55 gun and had a very good cross country speed.
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A Sturmmörserwagen 606/4 mit 38 cm RW 61 (better known as a...
A Sturmmörserwagen 606/4 mit 38 cm RW 61 (better known as a Sturmtiger) destroyed by its crew in Duren, it is perhaps the most photographed vehicles of its type.
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reparations: Pz.Kpfw.II Ausf. L “Luchs” Für mein kamerad;...
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The Sd.Kfz. 7/1 mounted the 20mm FlaK 38 and in this particular...
The Sd.Kfz. 7/1 mounted the 20mm FlaK 38 and in this particular example shows the armored cab configuration. It was captured by Patton’s Third Army and the markings appear to indicate a vehicle of the 3.Kp./Pz.Jg.Abt. 256.
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A Sd.Kfz.7/2 mounted the 37mm FlaK 36, yet another example of...
A Sd.Kfz.7/2 mounted the 37mm FlaK 36, yet another example of this vehicle type captured by Patton’s Third Army in the Saar area.
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thedevilsguard: The second model parachutist’s jump smock...
The second model parachutist’s jump smock in Luftwaffe-Splittermuster, It is seen here with the matching helmet cover, and the bandoleer for the K98 Mauser rifle. The bandolier holds 20 five-round clips of ammunition. the Fallschirmjäger at the bottom is armed with a FG42a
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Hi. Very interesting tumblr you have here. Its in my bookmarks now.I have a question about luftwaffe field divisions in Normandy. What kind of waffenfarbe would they have on their shoulder straps? Yellow? White og red? I have seen all three. Hope you an answer
I am sorry, I had no idea this was in my ask box.
The “real” color for the Luftwaffe Field Divisions is green, but due to the need of men to fill the ranks to fight in the Ost front you will see yellow(Fallschirmjaeger, Flight personal), pink (Luftwaffe engineers), Red (FlaK), as well as the green. There was around 22 LwFDs, and almost all were chewed up and spat out in the fighting in the East.
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