By David Westwood, Elizabeth Sharp
This 3rd quantity of a profitable mini-series examines the German Infantryman within the latter a part of global conflict II. regardless of being continually in retreat, frequently in need of apparatus, occasionally hungry, chilly and rainy, and the overpowering numbers of Soviet troops and armour dealing with him, the German Infantryman's resistance used to be continuously fierce, and even if continually relocating again in the direction of Germany, his protecting withdrawals rate the Russians dearly. in this interval shielding strategies concerned shut artillery and tank cooperation, even at small unit point. Containing formerly unpublished images and poignant first hand bills, this booklet explores in awesome aspect lifestyle, tasks and wrestle motion.
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Travelling weight was 590kg (1,298lb), allowing it to be manhandled by its crew of four. It had a traverse of 24º and elevation from −5° to +45°. 48kg (78lb). Range was 6900m (27,640ft) maximum. The rate of fire, most important later in the war when large masses of Russian soldiers were involved in attacks, was six rockets in ten seconds, and three salvos of six rockets in five minutes. Later, the Germans developed the larger 21cm version (the Nebelwerfer 42) which came into full service in 1943, but did not replace the 15cm version.
Further details are to be found in Warrior 59. In the late summer of 1944 the Germans were preparing to evacuate their forces from northern Finland. The Russians, who anticipated such a move, brought up new divisions with the intention of cutting the Kandalaksha–Rovaniemi railway line and highway west of Alakurti and the vital Alakurti–Vuorijarvi–Salla road. The German 163 Infantry Division, forming part of the XXXVI Corps, was responsible for the defence of a large salient extending from a point approximately 18km (11 miles) northeast of Alakurti to the primeval forests west of Lake On.
As a result of this attack, the Germans were pushed back to the edge of the swamp. Content with this success, the Russians took up defensive positions along the perimeter of their newly won bridgehead, which was protected in part by a river inlet and a body of stagnant water. Since neither tanks nor assault guns could be employed in the swampy country, all German counter-attacks were unsuccessful. The Russians consolidated the bridgehead during the following days, and then used it as one of the jump-off bases for their large-scale summer offensive.