An 8-cm mortar team of german paratroopers in their foxhole at Monte Cassino. Maximum range of this weapon was 2800 meters (about 1.74 miles). (Bundesarchiv, Bild 101I-577-1917-08)

Fallschirmjäger mortar team

'Diggers' guard a group of captured german paratroopers waiting in front of a Sherman tank for egress to  the POW camp.

Captured Fallschirmjäger

A german paratrooper with MG 42 in the prefield of the Monte Cassino. Next to the machine gun three handgrenades, two german and one american.