Supported by a Pz.Kpfw IV Ausf.F2 infantrymen rest before resuming the
attack in a former Soviet antitank trench, most likely dug by
Stalingrad's citizens. The Ausf F had thicker frontal and side armor
plus a longer barreled 7.5cm gun than earlier models giving it a
reasonable chance against the T-34. By the appearance of their
uniforms the soldiers seem to be relatively fresh. The three standing
men in the foreground include an Unteroffizier and two Gefreiter. An
lnfanterist (infantryman) was variously known as a
FuBiappenindianer (moccasin Indian), Sandlatscher (sand
traipser) , or Stoppelhopser (stubble-hopper) . Infantrymen
suffered and the neglect they endured that called SchOlze Arsch
(rifleman's neglect_
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