Photograph by Simon Patrick © 2009. No un-authorised use.
 ..and make time for a quiet smoke and a catch up with the high life in cosmopolitan Berlin.

Photograph by Simon Patrick © 2009. No un-authorised use.

Factory fresh grenades packed in transit cases are distributed after the counterattack; the rifles are reloaded and ready for action.


Photograph by Simon Patrick © 2009. No un-authorised use.
Each K98 rifle held five rounds, no wonder that a captured PPSh41 and a healthy supply of ammunition for it was a prize to be sought.

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The Hauptfeldwebel and Unteroffizier make their rounds of the front positions ensuring that food and ammunition are getting through to the men in their charge.

Photograph by Simon Patrick © 2009. No un-authorised use.
The Hauptfeldwebel and Unteroffizier make their rounds of the front positions ensuring that food and ammunition are getting through to the men in their charge.

Photograph by Simon Patrick © 2009. No un-authorised use.
The Company command post....quiet now, but soon to be a hive of activity...