A german paratrooper who was part in the liberation of Benito Mussolini on the Gran Sasso mountain in Italy. He's wearing the long paratrooper coat('Knochensack' =bone bag) and his Fallschirmjäger-Gewehr 42 (paratrooper rifle), an excellent weapon -sometimes issued with scopes- but too costly to produce. (Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-567-1503A-01)

Fallschirmjäger with FG42

A german paratrooper NCO with an MP 40 on his back. The right soldier is an officer. The paratroopers are wearing tropic paratrooper uniforms.