German &quot;trench plough&quot; in action towed by Raupenschlepper Ost. Near Vitebsk/Belorussia, March 1944. (Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-279-0938-24)

The trench plough

MG42 gunner of 12th SS-Panzer-Division &quot;Hitlerjugend&quot; during the fierce fightings at Caen/Normandy, 1944. (Bundesarchiv, Bild 146-1983-109-14A)

12th SS MG42 gunner

Small briefing between Company CO (1st Lieutenant) and Platoon leader (2nd Lieutenant) in the Kalmyk steppe near Stalingrad. Late summer, 1942. (Bundesarchiv, Bild 169-0952)