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Tango01 | 15 Feb 2021 9:37 p.m. PST |
"When in February 1941 German troops first landed in North Africa to support the Italian war effort, they had no recent experience of desert warfare and the many particular difficulties that presented. Fortunately they wore uniforms that had been designed and manufactured the previous year specifically for this mission, though these would be adapted somewhat in the light of experience. Their weapons however were the standard armoury used throughout Europe, and a key element of that was the mortar, an essential infantry support weapon that all armies used in large numbers. As a man-portable support weapon the mortar had first been developed during the last war, and was one of those weapons that would become bigger and more powerful as the Second World War went on…."
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