This is a rare to find relic from the battlefield which is a German MP40 machine gun folding back stock which is in 2 parts snapped in the middle and is rare to find from the battlefield in this condition.The part is rusty but solid but is de activated by condition could not be used but is a very solid part which has cleaned up well. A highly recognizable relic, it has been nicely cleaned and is ideal for display or as part of any collection. The MP40 part was used by a soldier of Panzer-Division Müncheberg it was recovered from an old German Slip trench in the Werbig area on the Seelow heights,the area defended by them in April 1945 during the battle.The mp40 part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map.
Panzer-Division Müncheberg began forming on 8 March 1945 in Muncheberg, Germany. The majority of the division's staff and panzer troops were drawn from the 103rd Panzer brigade which had been dissolved three days before; the brigade's commander, Major General Werner Mummert, was placed in command of the division.
The Müncheberg Division received several Panther tank type G equipped with Sperber infrared (IR) systems, as well as a company of Panzergrenadiers equipped with Sperber IR systems. The division received several of the super heavy Jagdtigers, as well as several King Tigers, and the last five Tiger 1 to be sent to the front. By 12 March the division's strength was 6,836 men. On 18 March the men from an infantry battalion of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler division were used to bolster the division's strength.
This is a rare to find relic from the battlefield which is a German MP40 machine gun folding back stock which is in 2 parts snapped in the middle and is rare to find from the battlefield in this condition.The part is rusty but solid but is de activated by condition could not be used but is a very solid part which has cleaned up well. A highly recognizable relic, it has been nicely cleaned and is ideal for display or as part of any collection. The MP40 part was used by a soldier of Panzer-Division Müncheberg it was recovered from an old German Slip trench in the Werbig area on the Seelow heights,the area defended by them in April 1945 during the battle.The mp40 part comes with 2 x A5 laminated information cards with map.
Panzer-Division Müncheberg began forming on 8 March 1945 in Muncheberg, Germany. The majority of the division's staff and panzer troops were drawn from the 103rd Panzer brigade which had been dissolved three days before; the brigade's commander, Major General Werner Mummert, was placed in command of the division.
The Müncheberg Division received several Panther tank type G equipped with Sperber infrared (IR) systems, as well as a company of Panzergrenadiers equipped with Sperber IR systems. The division received several of the super heavy Jagdtigers, as well as several King Tigers, and the last five Tiger 1 to be sent to the front. By 12 March the division's strength was 6,836 men. On 18 March the men from an infantry battalion of the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler division were used to bolster the division's strength.
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