MG08 Jacket Armor Photo - 1916
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Roscoeturner
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MG08 Jacket Armor Photo - 1916
Somme 1916.
Last edited by Roscoeturner on Fri Jul 04, 2014 7:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: MG08 Jacket Armor Photo - 1916
Why would a group of soldiers on the Somme be using a blank adapter for pictures? This is probably a posed shot from training or something....who knows.
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Roscoeturner
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Re: MG08 Jacket Armor Photo - 1916
That was the caption that came with the photo.
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alpencorps
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Re: MG08 Jacket Armor Photo - 1916
Intresting is the Typ of trenchmount..
Never seen bevor...
Never seen bevor...
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MarkFinneran
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Re: MG08 Jacket Armor Photo - 1916
I wish the German machine gunners did have BFA's fitted in battle!
Seeking all items, large or small, to the Imperial MG08, MG08/15 & T Gewehr.