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[adrian_mociulschi]

The Romanian mountain troops used during the Second World War a variety of advanced weapons, adapted to the combat against infantry or tanks, beginning with the machine guns to anti-tank guns. The mountain troops were tasked with the most difficult missions because of their particular training. They could appear suddenly in the middle of the night, passing easily the natural obstacles like mountains or the defense works and attacking behind the enemy lines. During the winter, because of their white camouflage wear, they were almost "invisible" for the enemy. That is why the mountain troops from the Romanian Mountain Corps were surnamed "the white phantoms" both by the Axis and Soviet armies.

As far as I know, the troops of the Captain Aurelian Lupescu used the light machine gun 7.92 mm ZB (1500m range at 828m/s muzzle velocity) produced in Czechoslovakia and the German 7.92mm Maschinengewehr (2000m at 755m/s).

I have two photos with the mountain troops using these weapons on the battlefields.



Maschinengewehr 7,92mm used by a mountain troops ranger of the 21 Battalion






ZB 7,92mm light machine gun operated by two mountain troops in the Battle for Oradea

photo: GeneralMociulschi.ro

[Wilco_Vermeer]

Although this post is already from some time ago, thanks for sharing the photos and information. Nice to see some more about parts of the Second World War that are over here not so well known.

[racefiets]