WH080 Standing Firing Panzer Grenadier American Revolutionary War Black bearskin roaches were applied

Black bearskin roaches were applied running from front to back on the crown of the hat

Although the crucifixion of Jesus is the most famous example of this form of lethal punishment it was a fairly common execution method for thieves

in the then new ERDL* Pattern camouflage which was only issued to elite reconnaissance and special operations units in early 1967

This belt-fed machine gun was so well-designed and manufactured that a direct derivation of it is still in use with the German Bundeswehr (Army) today

Outside of combat

WH080 Standing Firing Panzer Grenadier American Revolutionary War Black bearskin roaches were appliedThis Panzer Grenadier is armed with the standard German rifle of WW2 The Mauser K98, a bolt action rifle firing the 7. 92mm cartridge. First issued in 1935 it saw continuous action until the end of the war in 1945.