Saturday, April 2, 2016

StuG of Paul Dahms with Fallschirmjäger

Studying the figures in a given photo often provides a key to identifying a unit and/or location. The Fallschirmjäger (paratrooper) in the foreground is from the 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division. The Geschütz Kommandant (Assault Gun Commander) is Oberleutnant Paul Dahms, later a Ritterkreuzträger (Knight's Cross holder), the chief of the 1.Batterie / Sturmgeschütz-Brigade 286 (1st Coy commander / 286th Assault Gun Brigade). Both units met and fought together during December 1943 - January 1944, southeast of Kirovograd.


Source :
Achtung Panzer magazine No.5 - Stug III, Stug IV and SIG.33

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