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Re: Does anyone know these men?
The German Sniper 1914-1945 by Peter Senich (1982) devotes an entire chapter to FG 42 sniper rifles (ZF 4 optics.) Now imagine coming up against a company of paratroopers armed with THAT setup...
Notice how often the Fallschirmjager were photographed with optics hanging around their necks? They knew before anyone else that optical magnification is *essential* for infantry operating on a desert-mountain-steppe-bocage battlefield. (It's literally shocking how, for twenty straight years, the majority of Marine/army units in Afghanistan went on patrol with a single pair of low-end Bushnell 7x35 binos--or no field glasses at all.
That's Hauptmann Walter Gericke (KC) below with one of his guys.
They knew what they were doing...
Last edited by Broncazonk; 8th July 2021 at 01:53.
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