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| Caption | German paratrooper with MG42 machine gun, France, 21 Jun 1944, photo 4 of 5 ww2dbase | ||||||||
| Date | 21 Jun 1944 | ||||||||
| Photographer | Toni Schneiders | ||||||||
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| Source | ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives | ||||||||
| Identification Code | Bild 101I-587-2253-17 | ||||||||
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| Photos on Same Day | 21 Jun 1944 | ||||||||
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| Licensing | Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).
See Bild 101I-587-2253-17 on Wikimedia Commons According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 21 Jul 2010, photographs can be reproduced with if these preconditions are met: - add the signature of the pictures and - of name of the originator, i.e. the photographer. ... You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives for free on Wikimedia Commons https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bundesarchiv Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
| Photo Size | 800 x 536 pixels | ||||||||
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"Since peace is now beyond hope, we can but fight to the end."Chiang Kaishek, 31 Jul 1937
16 Oct 2012 09:29:05 PM
THIS GERMAN PARA, IS READY TO FEED 7.92mm AMMUNITION FOR HIS MG42, AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF THE FATHERLAND.
WEAPON IS SET UP AS A HEAVY MACHINE GUN MOUNTED ON A TRIPOD, AND HAS THE ZEISS ZF40 TELESCOPIC SIGHT OTHER GERMAN OPTICAL SIGHTS WERE USED, BUT I'M USING THE ZEISS ZF40 AS AN EXAMPLE.