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Kurt Student Inspecting FJ Unit in the Italian Front

Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. In this picture, Student is inspecting a Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 (FG 42), automatic rifle developed specifically for the use of the Fallschirmjäger airborne infantry. Standing at right with monocle is Major Harry Herrmann (Kommandeur Fallschirmjäger-Lehr-Bataillon). The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. In this picture, Student is inspecting a Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 (FG 42), automatic rifle developed specifically for the use of the Fallschirmjäger airborne infantry. Standing at right with monocle is Major Harry Herrmann (Kommandeur Fallschirmjäger-Lehr-Bataillon). The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. In this picture, Student is inspecting a Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 (FG 42), automatic rifle developed specifically for the use of the Fallschirmjäger airborne infantry. Standing at right is Major Harry Herrmann (Kommandeur Fallschirmjäger-Lehr-Bataillon). The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. In this picture, Student is inspecting a Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 (FG 42), automatic rifle developed specifically for the use of the Fallschirmjäger airborne infantry. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. In this picture, Student is inspecting the trenches used by the soldiers. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. In this picture, Student is inspecting the trenches used by the soldiers. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.


Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.


Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.


Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.


Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.


Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.


Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.


Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.


Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.


Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. In the background we can see "Torre Paola" of Sabaudia, a 16th-century watchtower built by will of Pope Pius IV at the west end of the promontory, guarding the canal. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a 10,5-cm Leichtgeschütz 40 recoilless gun during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.


Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 during exercise. This gun is a mobile Italian anti-aircraft artillery used during World War II. The designation means it had a caliber of 75 mm, the barrel was 46 caliber-lengths long and it was accepted in service in 1934. After the Italian Armistice, the Wehrmacht captured some of these guns, and employed them with the designation 7.5 cm Flak 264/3(i), while modello 40 guns were given the designation 7.5 cm Flak 264/4(i). The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.


Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows the crew of a Cannone da 75/46 C.A. modello 34 during exercise. The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.



Field inspection by General der Fallschirmtruppe Kurt Student (Kommandierender General XI. Fliegerkorps) to the training center of 2. Fallschirmjäger-Division at San Felice (Monte Circeo), Italy, 26 December 1943. This picture shows a twin MG 34 anti-aircraft machine gun or Zwillings-Flak-Maschinengewehr (MG 34-Zwilling). The picture was taken by Kriegsberichter Toni Schneiders.


Source :
https://www.circei.it/student.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannone_da_75/46_C.A._modello_34
https://www.facebook.com/563920720321077/photos/a.654528901260258/730024720377342/?type=3
http://fallschirmjager.net/Bundesarchiv/General/General.html
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=29879&p=1278509&hilit=student+herrmann#p1278509
https://modernmilitaryhistory.com/2021/11/07/the-fallschirmjagergewehr-42-in-period-photography-a-photo-essay/
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/world-firearms/fg42-original-photos-6975/

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