Machine gunner

system · August 8, 2021, 10:55am

An American soldier gives a great big smile for the Signal Corps photographer. He's manning an air-cooled M1919A4 .30-caliber machine gun from an improvised bunker. The thirty-one-pound machine gun was mounted on an M2 tripod that weighed fourteen pounds. - France, 1944.

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_JR · March 27, 2012, 2:18pm

Nice 'photo. Just trying to work out what the improvised bunker was improvised from - some sort of wrecked vehicle involved, perhaps ? Best regards, JR.

system · August 8, 2021, 10:55am

brummbar · March 27, 2012, 5:21pm

There seems to be a house in the background(blurred brick wall? and window).So perhaps he used a door/windowframe.Looks like wooden boards in front under the ammo.Above his head,could be metal sheets who knows :)Not much for protection unless it’s for keeping rain out of his neck.