A captured 8,8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 also known as the Puppchen.(rudeerude)

A captured 8,8 cm Raketenwerfer 43 

G Company, 10th US Cavalry Brigade, parade at Fort Riley, Kansas, April 1942.  The US Army started WW2 with 2 horsed cavalry divisions (1st and 2nd), 2 horse-drawn artillery regiments, and 2 mixed horse and motor transport regiments.  Total authorised equine establishment was 16,800 horses and 3,500 mules.  By 1943, ongoing mechanisation of the Army had largely eliminated the horse element; by the end of the war, only a handful of horses was being taken up by the US armed forces.  Best regards, JR.

She wore it for her True Love in the US Cavalry...

Men of the US 1st Army taking a rest in a foxhole on the front lines near Stolberg during the push into Germany.(rudeerude)