'RESTRICTED' German Infantry Weapons Special Series No 14. - Dated May 25, 1943
'RESTRICTED' German Infantry Weapons Special Series No 14. - Dated May 25, 1943
190 pages.
This 'RESTRICTED’ booklet was published in 1943 by the Military Intelligence Service, United States War Department. The booklet title ‘German Infantry Weapons’ is a manual created in order to enable U.S. troops to identify and, when the opportunity exists, to operate them. Sections include information on pistols, rifles, and grenades, machine guns and mortars, antitank guns and infantry howitzers, and ammunition. This book is extremely detailed with illustrations of German weaponry, detailed photographs of German weapons and guns, as well as pictures of German soldiers operating the guns in real life. The book still maintains its unique stamp on the back detailing it's dispatched date of ‘13 Jul 1943’. While it is unclear the name or division of the soldier who specifically owned this book and studied it, it most likely one of the most looked at manual that U.S. soldier looked at before the D-Day landing and fighting German on the European front.