Soviet Naval Brigade medium machine gun team german Early Saxon

Early Saxon

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Iwo Jima and beyond

It has been said that mortars accounted for more casualties in World War II than any other single weapon type

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Soviet Naval Brigade medium machine gun team german Early SaxonWith the Soviet navy largely bottled up in harbour, many sailors were pressed into service as frontline infantrymen, often still dressed in their black naval uniform with its distinctive cap and striped telnyashka undershirt. A number of specialised naval infantry units were formed: forty brigades and five regiments. They won a reputation for tenacity and daring both in defensive fighting and in coastal landing operations on the Baltic and Black Seas.