German paratrooper with MP 40 submachine gun, France, summer 1944

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Caption     German paratrooper with MP 40 submachine gun, France, summer 1944 ww2dbase
Date  Aug 1944
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Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   Bild 101I-680-8254-10A
 
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Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bundesarchiv According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 19 Jul 2023, "You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives on Wikimedia Common free of charge".

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Added By C. Peter Chen
Photo Size 515 x 800 pixels



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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
10 Jan 2015 02:29:26 PM

FALLSCHIRMJAGER:

Let's see what our para Gunther has been issued
he carrying the MP40 submachine gun in 9mm, the M1938 Fallschirmjager helmet was lighter in weight than the standard issue Stahlhelm, ammo pouches for his 32 round magazines, camouflaged smock in splinter-B pattern w/Luftwaffe eagle insignia

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