This is a nice condition battlefield relic which is a German MG 34/42 machine gun drum ammunition basket with white snow camouflage paintwork very clear to see and is empty of all ammunition.
The basket is complete and is a nice condition relic it is rusty but solid but has no rust holes. The lid does not open it is locked solid but still retains its carry handle which still moves. It has been carefully cleaned and is very solid, not breaking up or falling apart, and is perfect and a nice one for display or inclusion in any collection. The basket was recovered rom Suhaya Mechetka Ravine in Stalingrad which was heavily fought over during battle in the Russian City of 1942-1943.The basket comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map and many pictures..
The clash at the Sukhaya Mechetka Ravine on August 23–24, 1942, was a desperate Soviet delaying action that successfully blocked the German 16th Panzer Division from capturing the vital Stalingrad Tractor Factory and seizing the Volga River banks. Having rapidly outpaced their own infantry support across the open steppe, General Hans-Valentin Hube's tanks arrived at the northern rim of the steep, natural gully, only to face an improvised defensive line consisting of the 1077th Anti-Aircraft Regiment—uniquely manned by young female volunteers—alongside elements of the 10th NKVD Rifle Division and civilian factory worker militias. Lacking proper infantry protection and standard armor-piercing ammunition, the women lowered their high-velocity anti-aircraft guns to fire directly into the oncoming panzers, while factory laborers drove newly assembled, unpainted T-34 tanks straight off the assembly lines and directly into the battle lines. This fierce, unexpected resistance shredded German transport vehicles, forced the enemy tanks to take cover inside the ravine, and successfully blunted the German advance; though many of the Soviet gun positions were eventually overrun and destroyed, the stand at the Sukhaya Mechetka bought the Soviet High Command the critical hours needed to ferry regular reinforcements across the river and secure the northern sector of the city.
This is a nice condition battlefield relic which is a German MG 34/42 machine gun drum ammunition basket with white snow camouflage paintwork very clear to see and is empty of all ammunition.
The basket is complete and is a nice condition relic it is rusty but solid but has no rust holes. The lid does not open it is locked solid but still retains its carry handle which still moves. It has been carefully cleaned and is very solid, not breaking up or falling apart, and is perfect and a nice one for display or inclusion in any collection. The basket was recovered rom Suhaya Mechetka Ravine in Stalingrad which was heavily fought over during battle in the Russian City of 1942-1943.The basket comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map and many pictures..
The clash at the Sukhaya Mechetka Ravine on August 23–24, 1942, was a desperate Soviet delaying action that successfully blocked the German 16th Panzer Division from capturing the vital Stalingrad Tractor Factory and seizing the Volga River banks. Having rapidly outpaced their own infantry support across the open steppe, General Hans-Valentin Hube's tanks arrived at the northern rim of the steep, natural gully, only to face an improvised defensive line consisting of the 1077th Anti-Aircraft Regiment—uniquely manned by young female volunteers—alongside elements of the 10th NKVD Rifle Division and civilian factory worker militias. Lacking proper infantry protection and standard armor-piercing ammunition, the women lowered their high-velocity anti-aircraft guns to fire directly into the oncoming panzers, while factory laborers drove newly assembled, unpainted T-34 tanks straight off the assembly lines and directly into the battle lines. This fierce, unexpected resistance shredded German transport vehicles, forced the enemy tanks to take cover inside the ravine, and successfully blunted the German advance; though many of the Soviet gun positions were eventually overrun and destroyed, the stand at the Sukhaya Mechetka bought the Soviet High Command the critical hours needed to ferry regular reinforcements across the river and secure the northern sector of the city.
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