Panzergrenadiers of the SS "Viking" Division readying for the battle for Kovel (Volyn region, Ukraine). The soldier in the foreground carries on his shoulder an MG-42 machine gun, turned away, looking toward the tank, an other soldier carries the latest at the time, the assault rifle (automatic) StG-44. -  In the background - a PzKpfw V "Panther" tank.

SS Viking

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German soldiers collecting US Thompsons and Garand rifles.

Collecting duty

A German soldier inspects captured anti-tank weapons PTRD-41 at a house in a Russian village.