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Hello,

Several times during my reading I have encountered instances where a landser has fired his machine gun without deploying it. Does anyone have a picture of a soldier firing a machine gun while standing?

-Spandau

Ritter,

Thank you so much, you have no idea how important this information is to my research. Where did you come by this information? Can I obtain access to this archive? Thanks again for responding.

-Spandau

Hello, I recently visited the Bundesarchiv in Aachen, searching for "K. Schwedt" of the Afrika Korps. I found Karl Adolf Schwedt, who may have served in North Africa. Here is the information I obtained from his rather incomplete file. Name: Karl Adolf Schwedt Date of Birth: May 18, 1920 Mo...

Hello, I was glancing through "Red Army Resurgant," when a little story clip caught my eye. A Feldwebel called Esser and a few of his fellow soldiers went on a rampage and captured 80 prisoners, an antitank gun, and 16 heavy machine guns. Does anybody know of Esser's fate? Since he was in ...

Danke,
If you don't mind, what is his story? What are your sources?

(I am attempting to compile as much information on successful German snipers as I can)
-Spandau

I pay my respects to him.
If he kept a tally, what was his record?
Alles ist das

-Spandau

!ACHTUNG! By now, I am sure everybody is familiar with the Russian Snipers like Ziatzev. However, does anybody know of any German Snipers who earned the RK or had hundreds of kills? I have seen the "Snipers of Normandy" article, and have read various other accounts of German sniping, but I...