Photo request Gebirgsjager 1941-45

[42gunner]

Does anyone have a larger version of this color plate? or any other Handschar illustrations from the book, if that's the only one Id still appreciate it.

from this book

[Heeresbergführer]

The Jäger on the cover of the Osprey book is not Hanschar, but regular pre-war army Gebirgsjäger with a MG-13 and is wearing a non-regulation WWI cap Edelweiss.

[42gunner]

Yes I was hoping someone could've photocopied that color plate for me out of that book.
Gebirgsjager books usually mention 7.SS and 13.SS

[Franz repper]

Yes I was hoping someone could've photocopied that color plate for me out of that book.
Gebirgsjager books usually mention 7.SS and 13.SS

There was a 6th SS Gebirgsjäger Division and it realy grips me that all the books over look this

[jonboy 85th]

The Jäger on the cover of the Osprey book is not Hanschar, but regular pre-war army Gebirgsjäger with a MG-13 and is wearing a non-regulation WWI cap Edelweiss.

Its a MG-30

[Peiper]

Yes I was hoping someone could've photocopied that color plate for me out of that book.
Gebirgsjager books usually mention 7.SS and 13.SS

Here's the pic for you, for more info on the Handschar there is a thread on this forum
under the "Foreign volunteers section" with plenty of real photo's, good luck

Handschar colour plate 2.jpg (13.1 KiB) Viewed 6474 times

Regards Peiper.

[Heeresbergführer]

The Jäger on the cover of the Osprey book is not Hanschar, but regular pre-war army Gebirgsjäger with a MG-13 and is wearing a non-regulation WWI cap Edelweiss.

Its a MG-30

Grüß Di' Jonboy...good catch! I should have known better since the Jäger is too close to the breech when compared with the MG-13. By the way, the Osprey book caption identifies it as a MG-34! Here's the same shot but from an original color postcard from my collection:



And a shot of a Gebirgsjäger with a MG-13:




Franz...the Osprey book does mention the 6th w-ss Gebirgsdivision NORD.

42gunner....a better book on the subject is "Himmler's Bosnian Division" by George Lepre.

http://www.books.co.uk/george_lepre/him ... 764301346/


Berg Heil und Horrido!
PK

[Franz repper]

Papa I have read two books that over look Nord or just calls them a Kampfgruppe and even calls the SS Gebrigsjäger substandard .

[42gunner]

Papa I have read two books that over look Nord or just calls them a Kampfgruppe and even calls the SS Gebrigsjäger substandard .

I hate those books, you can find that much info online today. It's just a couple of paragraphs per division. Its also always the same crap, thats just parotted, very little deeper research was done.
I love Osprey books, I think the authors are very knowledgeable, but it's like WW2 for dummies sometimes, due to the space limit. Everything has to be summarized.

that MG doesnt even seem loaded to me, probably a training field op.
I love the fact that Gebirgs MG gunners were fewer in number but got alot more ammo.

here's the color plate I was looking for, downloaded a free pdf version