German Infantryman (1) 1933-40 by David Westwood

Author:David Westwood
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: German Infantryman (1) 1933–40
ISBN: 9781782005124
Publisher: Osprey Publishing

The troops march past with weapons slung, showing that this is a unit on the way to war.

Marching

As the tanks and mobile infantry sped ahead, the infantrymen concentrated on their main task: much marching and some combat. Although trained to march long distances, they nevertheless became more and more tired: ‘The weight of the equipment we were carrying was also a burden, one which we could not relieve. Machine gunners felt that their weapons were wearing a permanent groove in their shoulders, ammunition carriers felt their arms were getting longer, or their necks were worn raw from the carrying straps for the ammunition boxes.’ Their feet began to swell with the heat, the sweat and the marching.

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