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I have made contact with a volunteer platoon commander veteran on the Norwegian side who participated in the battles around Narvik (Grasvatnet, Raudvatnet, Naeverfjell, Kuberget and Holmvattnet) between 11 of May and 9th of June 1940. I would be very interested to find out anything concerning their ...

Hi I am preparing a visit to northern France which incorporates battlefield studies covering operation PERCH, EPSOM, MARTLET, WINDSOR, CHARNWOOD and JUPITER. Concerning the German side I'm looking for period (preferably battlefield)photos of SS-Stubaf Scappini (CO II./SS-Pz.Gren.Rgt.25), SS-Ostubaf ...

Thanks Jerry,

I'm ever so grateful!!!

In order to save some research work for me, could someone name each and every commander for the Deutsches Afrikakorps from it's formation in Feb -41 until it was finally disbanded in May -43.

Patrick, I'm aware of Jason's problems but I'm afraid this issue is much older than his computer breakdown. Maybe I'm overreacting but other than in the "Soldatenheim" section I find it a bit tedious constantly getting exposed to an ever increasing mediocre cocktail of all sorts of unprofe...

Timo & Christoph,

Don't respond to this post.
I've moved my post to the "Comments and Suggestions" section for a public discussion on the general state of the Feldgrau forums.
Please give me your opinions there!

I haven't posted, nor have I visited the Feldgrau Forums for a while but having now been ploughing through some forum sections and reading some threads I get a very disturbing feeling. What has happened to this forum? I get the feeling that the quality is going down in certain aspects. It seems that...

Timo and Christoph, I haven't posted, nor have I visited the site for a while but having now been reading some threads I get a very disturbing feeling. What has happened to this forum? I get the feeling that the quality is going down in certain aspects. It seems that the forum is beig flooded by a l...

Shadow, Nice to see some progress on the "ultimate" Tank Ace List. I thougt the subject was since long forgotten. I am looking forward to an easily accessible data base when the list is "complete". I can see a lot of effort being put into the work, I will contribute if I see that...

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Regards,
~Sigurd Helge

Charlie! I have one of the better books about the FG42: "Death from above -The German FG42 Paratroop Rifle" by Dugelby & Stevens (Collector Grade Publications, 147 pages). Though there is a lot of information on the different versions, trial versions, sights and mountings, nothing is m...

Chris, The only version of the P 08 with a "short" barrel (very short, about an inch or so!) is the custom made "Baby lugers" made by John Martz (California) in the 70:ies. They are, as stated, custom made aftermarket barrels and not factory issue ones. There is a picture of one ...

OK, some answers...

Swedish=Min ära heter trohet
Norwegian=Min ære kaller trofast
Spanish=Mi honor se denomina fiel
French=Mon honneur est nommée fidèle
Italian=Il mio onore è dato un nome a fedele
Dutch=Mijn eer heeft trouw genoemd
Portuguese=Minha honra é nomeada fiel

Regards,
~Sigurd

Macke, After World War I, Germany was totally disarmed (as you may know). In the beginning of the 30:ies Germany re-armed. This had to be done in secrecy (mostly because of the Versailles treaty but also to maintain security for the factories and plants). Manufacturers and sub-contractors were assig...

behblc, Neither was I until I recently came across some information about 6X30 "Dienstglas" binoculars and Kriegsmarine bic's (no info on the specific type) apparantly made by Steiner during the war. I haven't been able to find ANY info on Steiner wartime optics so it maybe a false rumour....