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Originally Posted by tomcat
i have never actually found a picture of the weapon in combat only in still pictures like your one do you know any?
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Photos of the MP44 in use can be found in various books about the Ardennes Offensive ( eg Parker's
'Battle Of The Bulge' ) and late-war Ostfront ( eg Carell's
'Bildband' ) etc, and even in Normandy in various Heimdal/Armes et Militaria publications.
One needs to bear in mind that by the time the MP44 was issued, the Germans were losing/in retreat and there weren't so many
PK-Berichter on hand to take photos, and if there were ( eg in the Ardennes ) the photos were often captured/destroyed fairly quickly ( like the legendary photos of the MP44-toting
Waffen-SS man at Poteau ).