"Weapons of Last Resort – The Arms and Equipment of..." Topic

… the Nazi Volkssturm.

"By late 1944, the ultimate collapse of the Third Reich was only a matter of time. After all, the western Allies were closing in on Germany from one side; the Red Army was advancing from the other. With his spent army in utter disarray and total defeat all but inevitable, an increasingly unstable Adolf Hitler insisted that salvation lay in the hands of the Volkssturm, the people's citizen militia. Comprised of nearly six million non-serving civilian males between the ages of 16 and 60, this slip-shod conscript army was expected to smash the Bolsheviks at the very gates of the German capital in some glorious epic battle. And according to the delusional propaganda minister, Dr. Joseph Goebbels, what Volkssturm formations lacked in combat experience and military professionalism, they more than made up for with their ideological zeal and fanatical loyalty to National Socialism. Accordingly, the units weren't even under military control, but were commanded by the Nazi Party itself. And while these ad hoc home guard battalions marched off to certain defeat with whatever mothballed and obsolete weapons that could be scrounged, Germany's depleted armaments industry was still able to crank out a sizeable arsenal of makeshift firearms for the Volkssturm. Consider these weapons of last resort…"
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Armand

Excellent article with general info, especially since I have a big pack of Volkssturm and Hitler Youth models coming in the mail. 8)=

Glad you enjoyed it my friend. (smile).

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Armand

So the He-162 made into action during the war. I learned something new.

Happy for that my friend. (smile).

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Armand