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A little of everything...M40s stick grenades, the guns, a rifle.... Looks like it was an enemy position and I wonder if they're actually examining things?
I'd like to own that camouflaged German helmet to the left of the foxhole.
Interesting that it would have 2 MG42s and I can see why the feldtelefon is there, but why a radio?
There's lots of gear there and from what I see, that hole has had lots of use, extended... 2xMGs, two or three helmets, a rifle and another possible SMG there, grenade plus...it speaks of a position that's got substantial manning and permanence... I think these guys are having an Int. search...Quote:
Originally Posted by matthanne1
granted, there is a good observation possibility
Agreed, give the interest given to the radio in particular.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
i really wouldn't want to be tasked with coming up that gully against 2 MG42's.
I wonder what happened to the original occupants. is that blood down the wall between the two guys? either way it doesn't look like they were expecting trouble and there isn't brass everywhere.
Hard to say, I do see cartridge brass there though.Quote:
Originally Posted by henry r
The emplacement is dug out as per "The book" too. A horseshoe shape.
I'm wondering if there's more to it, as if it goes back to the right. The overhead protection could just be a door into a bunker. This could be a fighting post only and the edge of a large fortification...Quote:
Originally Posted by WarPig1976
More than likely. That's how they liked to play defense, supporting strongpoints.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
That is the overhead protection for where those off watch slept at night while one squaddie pulled 'stag' or sheltered when receiving incoming Arty.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Yes...I spent 35 years in the infantry. I just suspect this isn't a stand alone trench. I think it may be a fighting post on the edge of something bigger. On a proper defensive position, only the fighting holes are left open. The whole rest is covered, if you have time...Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul S.
Weather is warm, maybe late spring 1945? War is over, so just leave everything and go home?
wonder where this was taken at its a great image
I talked to a lot of guys that did that very thing.Quote:
Originally Posted by bob seijas
It is definitely one of a number of fighting positions along an in depth defensive line. The Germans had the siting and tactics of mutually supporting fighting positions down to a fine art during both wars.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle