The Soldier at the Western Front – The Use of Automatic Weapons
Source 6: Leader of an assault squad with a submachine gun MP 18

The submachine gun clutched casually under the Arm, the burning cigarette in the left hand and a challenging expression on the face – this photograph of an assault squad member from the western front fits to the heroic picture painted by Ernst Jünger in his novels.


German assault squad member with submachine gun MP 18, Northern France (1918)


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