BILDER TATT AV TYSKE SOLDATER I NORGE 1940 - 1945

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 falkenberg010.jpgSetermoen2113 viewsNot quite sure what these guys are doing..drawing straws?? Gun maintenance, Setermoen. My grandfather in the middle.
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 falkenberg025.jpgSentry duty! This is in Narvik, could it be in front of the old Hotel Victoria? 2113 viewsSoldaten står ved inngangen til bakgården i Kongens gt 58 i Narvik. Det ser likens i dag1 comments
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 falkenberg040.jpg2094 views"Lotter". Wherever the battery was emplaced, local women would feed the soldiers, doing their part for the war effort. Southern Norway, around April 20-25.
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 falkenberg028.jpgClose-up. Note reflector sight on the Bofors.2088 views
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 falkenberg019.jpgCentral sight.2024 views
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 falkenberg034.jpg2010 viewsWho said army duty wasn`t fun? During firing practise, this jolly fellow wears a necklace of 7,62 mm belts..
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 falkenberg017.jpgSetermoen2007 viewsOptical rangefinder. Not quite sure, but possibly of Swiss manufacture. These were very expensive pieces of equipment at the time.
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 falkenberg035.jpg1975 viewsAll those who have served in the armed forces know this situation..after gun practise, the inevitable cleaning. Colt M/29 machine guns.
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 falkenberg018.jpgThe 4 guns of the battery with protective tarps.1966 views
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 falkenberg030.jpgRjukan1953 viewsAt the range, Rjukan. Colt pistols en masse.
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 falkenberg031.jpgRjukan1940 viewsClose-up
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 falkenberg033.jpg1935 viewsWAR!! A lone sentry on the plateau above Rjukan has wrapped himself in white blankets for camouflage, not having access to proper snow suits. Note mountain Gaustadtoppen in the background.
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 falkenberg022.jpg1918 views"Open day", demonstrating the equipment and guns for the local civilian population.
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 falkenberg023.jpg1814 viewsActually, it does get quite hot during the summer in the far North. Gun exercise is less exhausting when you can shed some kit! Now, the mosqitoes...
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 falkenberg036.jpg1799 viewsThe final dinner.... This was to mark the end of the NCO training undertaken at Rjukan. This is the evening of April 8th. During this very dinner, the phone would later ring, announcing the German invasion of Norway...
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