Weapons of War – Part 3

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Weapons of War – Part III

Warning!
The photos on this page are very GRAPHIC.
Please be cautioned.
Here are scenes of war through the lenses of the 3rd Signal Company photographers.
Some of these pictures were published after the war in the weekly news magazines.
War is not pretty, and is very painful for those caught up in it.

Bill Mauldin Cartoon
“I’ll let ya know if I find th’ one wot invented th’ 88.”

-Bill Mauldin


3rd Signal Company Truck knocked out by 88 shell
One man killed, Two men Wounded
 

A destroyed Panzerspahwagen SdKfz 232 near Hornbach, Germany with a Panzerfaust by its side. The eight-wheelSdKfz 232 was usually used as a communication car and was rigged with a 20-mm cannon.

Photo courtesy of Denis Toomey
www.dogfacesoldiers.org

French Resistants getting into position...

...ready, aim, fire!

Two French Resistants, using WWI Berthier Rifles, advancing and firing at German soldiers that were hiding in a building.

 

 

 


Engineers Looking for Mines

 



V1 Rocket, displayed in Germany

Captured V-1 Rocket on display in Germany 1945

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