German things
German bomber, Dornier Do 217, World War II! Color scheme courtesy of the respective authors.
A German soldier looks through a rifle periscope, World War I! Colored by Henrique M.
A crew member of a German Tiger II shows bullet marks from Allied 75 mm guns on the lower frontal armor of his tank.
German Bf 109s use a row of trees for camouflage.
Defensive position of a German Panzer unit in a village in western Hungary, in the province of Pannonia, during the protracted fighting in the winter and spring of 1945.
German equipment dug out of the ground.
Inspection of a German Me 262 jet aircraft.
A German Goliath remote-controlled miniature tank, photographed on one of the invasion beaches (probably Utah Beach) shortly after the Normandy landings in June 1944.
German half-track vehicle Sd.Kfz. 104 from World War II.
German M3 half-track and Sd.Kfz. 263.
German Nebelwerfer 41 rockets firing their rockets. This system was originally used to create smoke clouds. Later, however, it was also used with explosive grenades. The range was approximately 2 kilometers.
A Wehrmacht soldier fires his MG 34 on the Eastern Front, winter 1942–1943. The wooden roof of his foxhole is noteworthy.
German airborne mine defused in Glasgow on March 18, 1941. The mine was dropped by parachute. When it landed, a clockwork mechanism was activated, detonating the mine after 25 seconds.
200 German helmets unearthed in Hel, Poland.
German sniper team, World War II!! #2661
German and Russian helmets found along with Mosin rifles.
German troops on Rhodes hand over their gas masks, steel helmets and other military equipment following the unconditional surrender of the German armed forces on the Dodecanese Islands.
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