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Hello Jeff 1) Officially with the change to the KStN Schtz.Kp. neuer Art 01.10.43 but because of the low efficiency it was not used long before. I can´t give you an exact date if there was any at all before. 2) 5 ammo boxes á 10 rounds \Christoph Thank you! Follow up: Is that 5 boxes, 2 rounds a bo...

sniper1shot wrote:50mm? Do you mean 60mm as we still use them today.

No, German forces entered the war the 50mm mortar in the infantry company.

Jeff

Doesn't look like you can fall through the bomb bay.
http://www.kiwiaircraftimages.com/lanc.html


Jeff

1. When was the 50mm mortar taken out of the Infantry Companies?

2. What was the basic load (number of rounds) that the crew carried with the weapon?

3. What was the basic load for the 81mm mortar?

Jeff

1. When was the 50mm mortar taken out of the Infantry Companies?

2. What was the basic load (number of rounds) that the crew carried with the weapon?

3. What was the basic load for the 81mm mortar?

Jeff

Same style of stripes, but in crimson, NOT RED.

German Officers also had piped unifrom trousers, whcih has a single band of piping along outside seam in waffenfarbe.


Jeff

Don't forget, Germans AF bombed Warsaw during the Polish Campaign, didn't the final attack occur after the surrender? Don't forget The bombing of Guernica (an attack conducted on April 26, 1937, during the Spanish Civil War by planes of the German Luftwaffe "Condor Legion" and Italian Fasc...

Have just acquired a mess kit with the following marking; OLHM 39, does anyone know who the maker is?

Jeff

Look at http://www.germanmilitaria.com/

Jeff

Handzar wrote:I was trying to decide for weeks.

Yes the P08 is legendary but the P38 is more expensive .

One of the reason Germany switched to P38 is that the P38 was LESS expensive than the P08.

Jeff

. . . but the Americans' feeling of ostentation also extends to things like college degrees, so they'd just rather not have them. Goes along with the general anti-intellectualism that still resides in the Red States to this day. After all this time away from this forum I was glad to see that substa...

That's a start! I would like to eventually be able to recreate the qualification "table." x rounds, at y meters, z hits (score) = level of award. Reason, our reenacting units holds several live fires a year, at one I would like to run a qualification range for our members based on the actu...

I asked this in December 04 and had no responses, so I ask again.

Anyone know of the standards that equate to an awarding of a Heer (rifle) markmanship lanyard, e.g 1st Class, 4th Class, 9th Class etc?

Thanks,

Jeff

Tom:

My thoughts exactly. In the "zillions" of photos I have looked at I have found one Lanser with what looks like a US GI M1916 45 Auto holster and pistol, and scores of PPs, Browning Hi-powers, Lugers and P38s, all on a waist belt, even the tankers.

I think this is a made up item.

Seeing on several websites and in Shotgun News adds for a "Panzer crewman Luger Shoulder Holster [color=red]http://www.ima-usa.com/product_info.php/cPath/16_17/products_id/860 [color=#444444] [/color] for an example. I have never seen a picture of one of these, which tells me something. Did the...