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| German Luftwaffe Field Marshal Albert Kesselring testing a MP43 assault rifle, Germany, circa 1940s | German MG42 machine gun crew in Russia, Jan 1944; Sturmgewehr 44 assault rifle | German soldier surveying the field, Russia, summer 1944; note Model 24 grenades and Sturmgewehr 44 rifle | Fallen German Panzerschreck rocket launcher crew, 1944-1945 |
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| German mountain trooper carrying a StG44 assault rifle, circa 1944-1945 | Waffen-SS soldiers near the end of the war. Camouflage uniforms are clearly shown. The rifle the soldier is holding is the Sturmgewehr 44. | German child playing with abandoned weapons, Berlin, Germany, 1945 | German child playing with abandoned weapons, Berlin, Germany, 1945 |
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| East German Army troops marching, circa 1950; note StG44 assault rifles and M-54 helmets | Mkb-42(H) assault rifle on display at the West Point Museum, United States Military Academy, West Point, New York, United States, 22 Sep 2007 |
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