This picture shows a light german fla-gun serving as bridge-covering at the river desna near the city of brjansk in russia. the soldier far right is operating an Em.R.1m-Artillery-Rangefinder. Two soldiers are wearing light-gray drilling-working-uniforms, the others dark-blue one-piece worksuits. the commanding officer can be seen in the left corner standing in the trench.

German flak in Russia

A german flak-gunner (rank: private) is holding a 88mm-flak-grenade. originally developed to fight airplanes the 88mm-gun became an excellent weapons against enemy tanks. watch the soldiers special luftwaffe (air-force) uniform parts, such as helmet, collar tabs (red for artillery), luftwaffe-belt-buckle and k98 ammo-pouches in brown.

German Flak-Gunner

Russia: German soldiers are unloading artillery-ammunition from a supply-truck. Each of this 21cm-grenades is packed in a bast-container and has a weight of 113 kg (about 250 lb).