Veteran landsers.

Perhaps they have survived a hundred deadly skirmishes and larger battles. Wonder if they had any hearing left? Their tinnitus must have been unbearable.

Veterans

Picture taken by Hans Eckle, and showing Leutnant Klaus Vogt's 9. Kompanie from Oberst Willi Winzer's Inf.Rgt.578 inside the grounds of the Tractor Factory. A group of assault guns move up on the left. In the rear is the factory's main gate and technical buildings. The building on the right is a workhall containing forges and other stamping machinery. 15 October 1942. — in Stalingrad, Volgograd.



Stalingrad

Killed SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer SS next to his car.  Probably the car with  the German officer got ambushed by the Americans. Photo taken January 18, 1945 by   US army Sgt C. Tesser of the 167th Signal Photo Company. 
See the snow chains on the car. In the background is an American jeep with, most likely,the photographer's colleagues.