An officer, probably a Kompaniechef, of 389th lnfanterie-Division
issues orders to his troops during a pause in the fighting for the
factories.
With the high casualty rate junior NCOs were often leader platoons and
Gefreiter leading groups. An NCO in the center holds a 9mm MP-40
submachine gun, known as a Kugelspritze (bullet-squirter). The soldier
to the left carries a Soviet 7.62mm SVT-40 semi-automatic rifle, which
the Germans designated the SI.Gew.259(r).
Road To Destruction-
Operation Blue And The Battle of Stalingrad 1942-43
Ian Baxter
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