at6
1st Sergeant
O K Fritz. I'll throw the stick, you pretend to be a dog and go fetch it.
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michaelmaltby
Colonel
The Germans' archive
Looks like he is carrying a Russian machine gun, no?
michaelmaltby
Colonel
... very common for the Germans on the E.F. ... performance in the cold and grit plus ammunition availability
michaelmaltby
Colonel
The Germans' archive
Although it looks like the soviet PPSz-41 but it is not the one. That's the Finnish Suomi M31 machine gun. It can be clearly seen in the enlarged pic. The barrel is protruding from the perforated jacket without the recoil compensator that was built into the barrel cooling jacket for the PPSz.. Also the perforated jacket has three apertures there while the PPSz one had them four excluding the one for the muzzle brake. Also the mount of the barrel jacket under the gun chamber at the round catrige magazine looks different for both MGs. Here shots...
The Suomi M31
The PPSz-41 ..
pic source: the Internet.
michaelmaltby
Colonel
Thank you for the clarification, Wurger ... soviet PPSz-41s were nonetheless carried by Germans as stated.
The Finnish gun predates the design and production of the PPSz-4 (it was designed and manufactured in Moscow starting in 1941) and the Soviets had been contemptuous of the utility of sub machine guns until they experienced what the Finns could do with them in the 1939 - 40 Winter War.
The Finnish gun predates the design and production of the PPSz-4 (it was designed and manufactured in Moscow starting in 1941) and the Soviets had been contemptuous of the utility of sub machine guns until they experienced what the Finns could do with them in the 1939 - 40 Winter War.
michaelmaltby
Colonel
Greek ELAS partisans [Wikipedia]
Shortround6
Lieutenant General
Glider
Major
I have to say she was a good looking ship
Shortround6
Lieutenant General
She looked good from that angle, from others????
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GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
Flight of Soviet Petlyakov Pe-8 bombers
One guy has his wheels down. Wonder if it was intentional.
GrauGeist
Generalfeldmarschall zur Luftschiff Abteilung
I've always wondered what the story was, myself.
They're at such an altitude that it pretty much rules out landing or takeoff...may have been a mechanical failure or battle damage.
IMHO there can be a couple of reasons for lowering wheels down. Apart from these mentioned above the reason could have been quite prosaic. The pilot neede to slown down in order to let his wingmen get the correct position at the formation.
German landing craft evacuating troops enters Pillau harbour March 1945.
Lots more photos, HISTORY IN IMAGES: Pictures Of War, History , WW2: September 2011
