What caught my initially was (on a quick glance) the oddity of US troops manning a Brit anti-tank gun, combined with the Bren gun and probable ex-french Hotchkiss machinegun in the foreground. As I paused to look closer, I realized it was the Nijmegen bridge and thus Market-Garden. Then I saw the berets and everything became clear. The Hotchkiss was probably taken from some german "ersatz" infantry unit in the area. German second-line formations were routinely equipped with captured foreign kit, which must have kept their supply weenies hopping, trying to keep up with ammo and parts.
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Mar 18 2012, 10:27 AM
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