MKB 42 (H) on photos. Russian soldier’s group photograph with MKB 42 (H).

[IHTIANDR]

My grandfather (first lieutenant, on the top) with his soldiers and captured Maschinenkarabiner. Russia.

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[paddywhack]

sweet pics! any date on it?

[IHTIANDR]

sweet pics! any date on it?

July 1944.

Sweet and rare! This is the fact that there are not a lot of the war period images of MKB 42 (H).
And I don’t know any other original pics on our territory displayed the same gun. This photograph became the start point for me of searching the original MKB 42 (H). And I found it (now in restoration).

[JWL]

Very nice, thanks for showing..!

[leibermuster]

Great photos. What Gaurds unit was he with?

[adlerfan53]

Cool. Haven't seen many pics of the Russians.

[IHTIANDR]

Great photos. What Gaurds unit was he with?

Thanks.

All of them were the troopers of 53rd Infantry/Rifle Guards Division. The picture was made by the correspondent who was making reportage for the Soviet front-newspaper “Krasnaya Zvezda” (“Red Star”) and spent one day in my grandfather’s sub-unit.