Owing to the limited amount of individual equipment lying in front of
the position these appear to be service troops. They have created a
dugout shelter (Unterschlupfe) under a burned out Soviet 45mm
gun-armed BT-5 fast tank. The Landser called this a "dwelling bunker"
(Wohnbunker) or a "small house" (kleines Haus). Such bunkers would be
made as comfortable as possible with straw or evergreen boughs
covering the floor. Candles or soldier-fabricated lamps were used for
light.
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