84 #Ukraine / Russia 1942 ▶ Battles of Siverskyi Donets / Don in Colour (June 42) Heeresgruppe Süd

Ukraine / Russia 1942 ▶ Battles of Donez / Don in Colour - Siverskyi Donets River Army Group South Heeresgruppe Süd “Fall Blau / Case Blue“ (June 1942) @GERMANHISTORYARCHIVE Playlist ▶ “After successful battles south of Kharkov and on the Donets front in May, members of the Army Group South march over a muddy road to their attack positions on the Don for the large-scale offensive on Stalingrad on 28 June.“ 4: The kurzer 8 cm Granatwerfer 42 (kz 8 cm GrW 42) was a mortar used by Germany during World War II. It was developed as a lightened version of the standard German 8 cm GrW 34 medium mortar with a shorter barrel for use by paratroopers, but replaced the ineffective 5 cm leGrW 36 as that weapon’s shortcomings became apparent. The kz 8 cm GrW 42 fired a bomb over 3 and a half times heavier twice as far as the smaller mortar, but was less than twice as heavy. It broke