Captured US Truck of the Afrikakorps

Captured American Ford 3T truck armed by the Germans with a Flak gun 20mm on the back of the truck. Mareth area, Tunisia, March 1942.

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ECPAD Archive

88 Flak Guns Towed by Sd.Kfz.7

The 8,8-cm-Flak 36 / 37 anti-aircraft gun is towed by Krass-Maffei's 8-ton Sd.Kfz 7 tractor. This tool was effective weapons against air and ground targets. 1st Battery of the 33rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment (1./Flak-Rgt.33 (gem.mot.)) Arrived in Cyrenaica on February 10-11, 1941 from France. The 33rd regiment was formed on October 1, 1939 in Hull as part of five batteries with 20 guns. In North Africa, the regiment included three 8,8-cm batteries guns and three batteries of light 2-cm guns Flak 38. During the French campaign in the Battle of Arras, one of the 8,8-cm batteries destroyed five heavy British Matilda tanks, which determined his future fate. 8,8-cm guns became the most important anti-tank weapon in the African campaign. Their shells with an initial speed of 810 m / s could penetrate at a distance of 500 m 110 mm armor mounted at an angle of 60 degrees. This was enough to penetrate 78 mm of the frontal armor of British tanks Matilda from a distance of 1,5 km. They themselves remained outside the reach of their guns, which also had no high-explosive shells.

Source :
https://en.topwar.ru/135723-rommel-v-afrike.html
https://warshistory.ru/raznoe-2/rommelya-formula-10.html

Painting Luftwaffe Helmets

 

From shiney helmets into a Matt finish: nice photo showing a Luftwaffe flak unit (circa 1940/41) painting their helmets to come in line with the 1940 order on helmet paint and decals. The sprayers is wearing HBT reed green Luftwaffe worksuits. It is also a very good photo depicting depot repaints of helmets.

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https://www.facebook.com/LuftwaffeFD/photos/a.114470297207428/314601447194311/

Generalleutnant Oskar Bertram with Luftwaffe Soldier

Generalleutnant Oskar Bertram (hand on pocket) chatting with a Luftwaffe soldier, possibly on the day that the soldier received the Eisernes Kreuz II.Klasse (note the ribbon with medal on his button, and also the document in his hand).

Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=14230&start=7140

Generalmajor Walther Leuze with Visiting Hitler Youths

ECPAD Archives (LFT3 F2848 L21)

Generalmajor Walther Leuze (Festung Kommandant Le Havre) with a visiting detachment of Hitlerjugend (Hitler Youth), summer of 1943. The Luftwaffe soldiers belong to a Flak battery on the coastline (Atlantikwall). Leuze becoming the Fortress Commander of Le Havre from 15 February 1943 to 10 March 1944.

ECPAD Archives (LFT3 F2848 L18)

ECPAD Archives (LFT3 F2848 L17)

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ECPAD Archives