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Tuesday, July 4, 2023

Artur Phleps Holding a Captured Sten Gun


SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Artur Phleps (Kommandierender General V. SS-Gebirgskorps) inspects a British submachine gun captured from Yugoslav Partisans. The weapon is of the Sten Mk-II type with the magazine well turns below for easy transport (for jumping paratroopers). It is not possible to open fire in this configuration because the ejection port is covered up and the magazine feed wouldn't be aligned with the bolt face. This photo was taken between 28 August to 1 September 1943 when Phleps on a visit to the Kroatische SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division training ground in France.


Source :
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=71&t=176767&hilit=phleps
https://www.thefifthfield.com/quiet-flows/ss-gruppenfuhrer-artur-phleps/

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