Waffen SS troops

[Johnny_H02]

Ya i wish i had a scanner as well i have two books about the ss troops on the eastern and western fronts just fulll of great photos.SS the secret Archives.

I have tons more, of Waffen SS and Heer and para's

[v-twin]

Johnny I'd be extremley gratefeul if you could email them to me at radubv@gmail.com.

He, please remove the photos of the Einsatztruppen. They have nothing to do with the topic and I find them extremley offensive. Heck the whole post is racist and offensive. We could all find pictures and stories of NKVD killing people.

Thanks again everyone for your photos and info.

[Kilgor]

guy on the far left looks very familiar.

[Kekkonen]

Sad to see fantassin being banned Hopefully he will return to the forums when his temp ban is over.

pics of SS-Kampfgruppe Nord later to be 6th SS-Division Nord
in Karelia area (finland) 1941

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._nord__1_1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._nord__4_1.jpg
climbing

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._nord__6_1.jpg
resting time

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1..._nord__9_1.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v1...nord__11_1.jpg

Thanks for these photos, they were new to me.

It could also be pointed out that Waffen-SS in Finland, and well the German troops in general deployed to the Finnish-Soviet front performed poorly. The Finnish chief of command Mannerheim called the German soldiers "spoiled big city boys". The Germans also got beaten back with heavy losses in 1941 up north. They mastered warfare on the open fields, but couldn't fight as well up north in the dense forests, their main problem was their Preussian chain of command, the soldiers didn't do anything unless ordered to. Finnish soldiers took more own initiatives and were more succesful.

[DANJANOU]

A good general info site on the Waffen SS including orbats on the various divisions incluiding the foreign ones

http://www.feldgrau.com/ss.html

[Big Lebowski]

Enough talk I have more then Made my point, its up to you wether you want to hear it or not.

that guy is a reanactor

the soldiers in the kampgruppe nord pics are mostly finns but there where also german ss men in finland, i'll try to find some pics.

[Johnny_H02]

that guy is a reanactor

More then likely, I found it in my waffen SS pics folder, so I couldn't tell you where I found it.

[Vandervahn]

..., their main problem was their Preussian chain of command, the soldiers didn't do anything unless ordered to. Finnish soldiers took more own initiatives and were more succesful.

Actually the "Prussian" doctrine was known for its flexibility

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission-type_tactics

[AIRBORNEJOCK]

guy on the far left looks very familiar.

the guy on the laft is in another photo taken from a diffrent angle thats well publicised.

[East Scout II]

They loved those Amerikan smokes and rations didnt they?

[Big Lebowski]

Waffen SS in Finland 1941

[Cabbage]

the guy on the laft is in another photo taken from a diffrent angle thats well publicised.

Is that guy on the left holding a Colt pistol in his hand? Were they taken as souvenirs just as Luger's were taken by the allies? Interesting...

[Crassus]

Is that guy on the left holding a Colt pistol in his hand? Were they taken as souvenirs just as Luger's were taken by the allies? Interesting...

No, it is FN Browning, widely used in German forces after Belgia fell.

And this picture is quite famous. The Men belong to KG Knisspel during the Battle of Bulge and it is still a mystery who the man in left is/was.

[AIRBORNEJOCK]

Is that guy on the left holding a Colt pistol in his hand? Were they taken as souvenirs just as Luger's were taken by the allies? Interesting...

its a browning 9mm manufactured in belgium,but they are smoking lucky strike cigarettes probobly looted out the greyhound behind them.

oh looks like you got it in ahead of me,the 9mm browning is still in service with the british army today.

[Big Lebowski]

could also be a Norwegian Colt M. 1914 ?