Original German WWII Luftwaffe Gefreiter HBT Reed Green M43 Service Tunic Dated 1944 - Removed Branch Insignia Fusee Spring & Cover The DP machine gun was

The DP machine gun was supplemented in the 1950s by the more modern RPD machine gun and entirely replaced in Soviet service by the general purpose PK machine gun in the 1960s

Indiana on Jan 30

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Purchased directly from collector in Europe

Original German WWII Luftwaffe Gefreiter HBT Reed Green M43 Service Tunic Dated 1944 - Removed Branch Insignia Fusee Spring & Cover The DP machine gun wasOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is a very good service used condition Luftwaffe Mannschaften (Enlisted Man's) M43 "Drillich" fabric Herring Bone Twill cotton tunic, as introduced later in the war. It looks to have seen a good amount of use during the war, and at some point the branch of service insignia were removed from the collar, and we can see areas that are less stained at the edges where they used to be. These were depot issued, and we