A German paratrooper fires his MG 42 machine gun from hand-held position.
The MG 42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or "machine gun 42") is a 7.92×57mm Mauser general purpose machine gun, used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of World War II.

Paratrooper in action

The Ramcke Parachute Brigade was a Luftwaffe paratroop (Fallschirmjäger) brigade which saw action in the Mediterranean Theatre during World War II. 
   Hermann-Bernhard Ramcke (24 January 1889 – 4 July 1968) was a German general of paratroop forces during World War II. He led units in Crete, North Africa, Italy, the Soviet Union and France, and was captured by American forces at the conclusion of the Battle for Brest in September 1944. 

Ramcke Brigade

German paratroopers on the grounds of Tapijnkazerne barracks in the city of Maastricht, in the southern tip of the Netherlands; 1940. 
