Russian farmers are allocated farmland by the german army in the Kursk-Orel area. The german soldier is carrying a looted russian SVT 40 Tokarew rifle. An excellent semi automatic rifle oftenly used by snipers - russian and german.

Appropriation of farmland

An advance party of the 3rd Panzer-Division south of Brest-Litowsk on June 22nd 1941. Within eight weeks Hitler wanted to reach the goal of the campaign the line of Astrachan-Archangelsk.

Into Russia! June 22nd 1941

A german Gebirgsjäger (mountain trooper) on guard in a trench near the Kuban river in southern Russia, summer of 1943. Rifle K98 and Stielhandgranate are on the ready.