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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/

Wednesday, November 16, 2022

Visit of V. SS-Gebirgskorps to SS-Panzergrenadierschule Kienschlag

The picture was taken in the summer of 1943 and it shows the visit of V. SS-Gebirgskorps staff - formed in Milovice - to SS-Panzergrenadierschule Kienschlag (now Prosečnice, about 60 km away from Milovice in Czech Republic). The Ritterkreuzträger facing the camera is SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Artur Phleps (Kommandierender General V. SS-Gebirgskorps). The officer standing next to Phleps is SS-Sturmbannführer Erich Eberhardt (Ia Erster Generalstabsoffizier SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen") and the one with his back turned is SS-Standartenführer Otto Kumm (Chef des Stabes V. SS-Gebirgskorps), who is facing SS-Sturmbannführer Hans Kempin (Kommandeur SS-Panzergrenadierschule Kienschlag). The vehicle parked with a Kübelwagen in its side is Opel Kapitän 1938.

The Ritterkreuzträger facing the camera is SS-Obergruppenführer und General der Waffen-SS Artur Phleps (Kommandierender General V. SS-Gebirgskorps). The officer standing next to Phleps at left is SS-Sturmbannführer Erich Eberhardt (Ia Erster Generalstabsoffizier SS-Freiwilligen-Gebirgs-Division "Prinz Eugen")

Source :
Lohengrin photo collection
https://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?p=2441048#p2441048
https://reibert.info/threads/geroji-vijsk-ss-helden-der-waffen-ss.117/page-32
https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/german-photographs-postcards/post-your-ss-photographs-122946-20/