A few days in the Hurtgen Forest

Beautiful!

 

I certainly would not have wanted to be there during the fighting. But standing in the forest, with only the sound of birds singing, made it hard to imagine the battle that ensued on the very same ground that I was stood upon.

No problem at all, thank you for taking the time to look at my photographic efforts...

Thank you, Halldin.

 

Hi Guys, hear it is the granade launcher was not found wth the rifle but looks great fitted





the cleaning rod and bayonet lug still inplace


the granade launcher






its hard to make out in the picture but its stamped GGG




Notice the damage to the side of the mag area I thing this is probebley where US soilder broke it round a tree or somthing large, as you can see the bolt is also missing


the sight is set for the closest range as you would expect just before being over run


the launcher still fits very well





its a nice find (my best to date) but I wounder how many lives it took before it ended up like this

 

JP44 and pegasus certainly know how to 'twist the knife'.....a battlefield K98 ! My hands itch to start digging.......

 

Martin, you know you are more than welcome to accompany us on our next relic hunt.

That 'Mk1 eyeball' of yours would be a great asset.

 

very nice items!! thanks for sharing!

 

Very well done, great find from the Hurtgen Forest and congratz on the cleaning job.
Nice pictures, thanks for sharing!!!