German Heer MMG team (Winter) 0326-week-1 It was a reliable and

It was a reliable and popular vehicle with good performance on both roads and cross-country

50 calibre heavy machine gun would see extensive service with US forces throughout the Second World War – the Airborne Divisions were no exception

whether by serving as objectives to fight over

It’s the 5th December1944 and SS-Obersturmbannführer (lieutenant Colonel) Otto Skorzeny desperately tries to gather men and equipment for the offensive due to start just a few days later

German Heer MMG team (Winter) 0326-week-1 It was a reliable andGermany's aggressive campaigns of conquest ensured that her armies would fight in many countries far from the fatherland and in starkly contrasting terrain and weather conditions. German soldiers were well equipped for their venture into Europe, and later North Africa, but found themselves ill prepared for the bleak, freezing and unforgiving Eastern Front. When the Russian armies failed to collapse, the Wehrmacht found itself caught out on the Russian