A MG34 troop mans its machine gun position (SchOtzenloch for leichtes
Maschinengewehr), which the Landser more commonly called a "machine
gun hole" (Maschinengewehrloch). Note that the bluing has been worn
off the barrel jacket from long, hard use. US metallic linked machine
gun belts were of the "disintegrating" type with the individual links
falling apart when the cartridges were extracted and loaded. German
belts remained intact with the individual links fastened together by
small wire rings, making them easier to reuse. In the background are
two knocked out Soviet KV-1 tanks.
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