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Originally Posted by Sturmkreuz
After better seeing, it are bullet holes. Germans won't drop their Feldflasche, why? Because it's mostly hanged with a (lock \? this thing) on a bread bag or with a strap on the belt so it's hard to lose your Feldflasche. I think he got shot.
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Sturm, just wanted to offer a bit of 'experimental archeology' on this one. I managed to drop my feldflasche years ago, it was a reproduction one but after a couple of weeks use the weight of the water (the lock is pretty flimsy to hold 1 kg or more of water) had weaked the leather enough that the strap broke and it fell off.Talked to an ex-Bundeswehr chap who said they had the same problem with their bottles in the 50's.