German Infantry

[Louis]

In photos like this, of one or a few characters, I always ask myself: What has become of them? Have they survived the war? Will someone still live?

 

[Louis]

German formation on the streets of Paris, 1941.

 

[Louis]

Heinz Guderian (1888/1954) aboard a transport aereal in route to the eastern front, 1943.

 

[Louis]

Erwin Rommel on top of a Panzer III, N. Africa, 1942.

 

[Louis]

France, Oct 1941.

 

[Gunner]

The older I get the younger they look.

 

[Aurelius]

What happened in France in October 1941 that required regular troops to intervene?

 

[Louis]

Fallschirmjäger in the Italian mountains, Febr 1944.

 

[Nort]

 

[mTk]

Badass 3.0!

 

[Rico]

As badass as that looks (and it does) -- I think that's a re-enactor, not genuine WW2 pic.

 

[mTk]

Could be.
When I first saw it I thought "What para would shoot that MG standing up?"

 

[HOA_KSOP]

Could be.
When I first saw it I thought "What para would shoot that MG standing up?"

A re-enactor para????

 

[Rico]

On sentry duty...somewhere late war in the Med.

(dunno if it's colourised)

 

[Nort]

Could be.
When I first saw it I thought "What para would shoot that MG standing up?"

Firing from a standing position might not be as rare as you may think.

 

[mTk]

Pictures anyway.

 

[Redwolf]

Firing from a standing position might not be as rare as you may think.

Trying to solves LOS problems "reverse slope, no aim point".

 

[Nort]

Trying to solves LOS problems "reverse slope, no aim point".

Too many photos for me to believe it was a rare occurrence.

 

[Gunner]

Then there was Two Gun Sam....

 

[Nort]

Another post over at the Vietnam thread: