The Anshluss is just done, and these new German troops, already with the nazi eagle and the German shield on the Austrian helmets, anyway still show the Austrian uniform with its ranks. Austria, 1938. DVX

Austrians just Germans

Special stg 44 IR for night purpose, delivered to the best snipers units. Only about 300 were built, the most of them used in the battle of Berlin. DVX

Vampir, infra-red stg 44

Soon-to-be Generalfeldmarschall Erich von Manstein surveys the remains of Sebastopol following its capture by German and Romanian forces, 1942.  (I couldn't stop myself thinking the he might have been wondering whether they might have gotten away with using a bit less ammunition ...)  Best regards, JR.