| Caption | German He 111 bomber of Kampfgeschwader 1 taking off, France, summer 1940 ww2dbase | ||||
| Photographer | W. Wanderer | ||||
| Source | ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives | ||||
| Identification Code | Bild 101I-385-0560-31 | ||||
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| Photo Size | 800 x 562 pixels | ||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||
| Licensing | Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).
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26 Sep 2016 02:56:49 PM
Heinkel He-111H powered by 2 x Junkers Jumo 211 liquid cooled engines. Aircraft looks like its taking off armed with 3 x 7.92mm machine guns in the nose, dorsal and ventral position.
FIRE CONTROL:
As the war continued the He-111 was upgraded with two added 7.92mm's located in the port and starboard beam positions. Later added 20mm cannon's and 13mm machine guns were added, even 1 x 7.92mm machine gun was installed in the tail cone.
SIGHTING IN:
Luftwaffe ground crewmen in left of photo, looks like an S.F. 14Z.Gi H/6400 Artillery Periscope/ Rangefinder Binoculars. Usually called (Rabbit Ears) w/tripod and was introduced and accepted by the German Army in 1905. What does S.F. mean
(Scherenfernrohr) or Scissors Telescope...don't you just love these German Compound words!
Equipment was issued to self-propelled artillery, assault gun crews and artillery batteries.
IF IT AIN'T BROKE DON'T FIX IT:
Did you know the last army in Europe to use this type of field equipment, was the (NVA) the East German Army up to 1990...
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