German paratrooper with MG42 machine gun, France, 21 Jun 1944, photo 4 of 5

Caption     German paratrooper with MG42 machine gun, France, 21 Jun 1944, photo 4 of 5 ww2dbase
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Source    ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archives
Identification Code   Bild 101I-587-2253-17
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Normandy Campaign, Phase 1   Main article  Photos  Maps  
MG 42   Main article  Photos  
Photo Size 800 x 536 pixels
Photos in Series See all 5 photos in this series
Photos on Same Day 21 Jun 1944
Added By C. Peter Chen
Licensing  Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0 Germany License (CC BY-SA 3.0 DE).

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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
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.

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