German guns/ artillery/ self-prop arty

[Gunner]

I was wondering what that piece was hanging below the gun.
At first I thought it some sort of counter weight or even an extended magazine(?)

Did a search and found out I wasn't even close.

It's a canvas shell catcher.

 

[Rico]

I was wondering what that piece was hanging below the gun.
At first I thought it some sort of counter weight or even an extended magazine(?)

Did a search and found out I wasn't even close.

It's a canvas shell catcher.

Yes, the gun was designed to be used in bombers etc on defensive MG mounts, hence the brass catcher to avoid casings cluttering the cabin.

 

[jobu88]

I thought this was staged but at the end they pull some Russian prisoners out.

 

[Gunner]

One I was not familiar with.....

2.8 cm schwere Panzerbüchse 41 (sPzB 41) or "Panzerbüchse 41" was a German anti-tank weapon working on the squeeze bore principle. Officially classified as a heavy anti-tank rifle (German: schwere Panzerbüchse), it would be better described, and is widely referred to, as a light anti-tank gun.

2.8 cm sPzB 41 - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Louis]

Nebelwerfer rockets flies on Warsaw, Sept 1944.

 

[Louis]

Flak 38