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Eastern Front Bofors antitank gun of cavalry troops. Taman bridgehead, May 1943. 10 October 1941. SMR Regele Carol I sinking. Forcing the Prut River. Romanian soldiers in offensive. Bessarabia, July 1941. Romanian cavalry in Cernauti Romanian R-35 tank from the 2nd Tank Regiment Soviet prisoners Romanian peasants welcome the troops A 75 mm Vickers/Resita gun near Tohan in May 1943. The barrel is painted in camouflage colors, a rare procedure of the Romanian Army in WWII Camouflaged 75mm Schneider-Putilov gun model 1902/36 on the front line Romanian AA gun guarding a bridge over the river Dniester; note the gunners' Adrian model 1916 helmets Romanian soldiers firing a 60 mm Stokes Brandt mortar on Soviet positions Infantry in defensive positions near Odessa, firing the ZB-53 machine-gun R-2 tanks from the 1st Armored Division near Odessa Romanian motorized cavalry column Machinegun position in Yaila Mountains during the winter of 1941/1942. Waiting for a Soviet attack Romanian troops firing a 81.4 mm Stokes Brandt mortar model 1931, in July 1942, near Sevastopol Maxim Gorki II Fort Sevastopol under bombs Sevastopol General Pantazi inspecting the 5th Mechanised Squadron of the 8th Cavalry Division in Crimea, 8 August 1942. Two R-35 tanks tow a captured BT-2 in Bessarabia. July 1941. R-35 with French painting scheme. R-35 tanks of the 2nd Tank Regiment. Bucharest, 1940. T-38 at maneuvers. Karpovo (Odessa), 18 August 1941. R-2 hit by the Soviet antitank artillery. TACAM T-60 at the parade. Bucharest, 10 May 1943. "Vanatorul de care R-35 (transformat)" light tank A 37 mm Rheinmetall gun model 1936 near Brasov A searchlight near Brasov in October 1943 A 37 mm Rheinmetall battery in the Battle of Odessa A 75 mm Skoda model 1928 from the 1st Guard Artillery Regiment in one of Bucharest's train stations on return from Odessa A battery of 150 mm Skoda model 1934 howitzers near Odessa A 105 mm Schneider model 1936 towed by a Skoda 6STP6L truck, from a motorized heavy artillery regiment 120 mm De Bange model 1878 howitzer, used in 1944. SMR Regele Carol I Romanian soldiers from a motorized cavalry recon unit lined up for lunch Soldiers from the 2nd Rosiori Regiment in Hungary. One can observe the large variety of submachine-guns used by the Romanian cavalry at that date: MP 40, MP 41, PPSh-41, Orita, Beretta 38 A Romanian cavalry in action, probably in a propaganda photo Bridge over the river Dniester, built by Romanian engineers in 1941 Convoy leaving Sevastopol Convoy under air bombardment Military of 2nd Frontier-guards Regiment in the march at Kapalieva (east Odessa), on 18 August 1941. Romanian pioneers equipped with Pignone model 1937 flame-throwers at the parade on 10 May 1942 (the national day then) Romanian cavalrymen in the Kuban in 1942 Mountain troops lined up for an inspection April 1942, in Crimea. Note the white socks (a characteristic of the mountain troops' uniforms) only on the officer up front A skier patrol from the 25th Mountain Battalion during the winter of 1941/42 Romanian soldiers near Kishinev, July 1941. Romanian soldiers killed during the battle of Odessa. 15 October 1941. Aerial view of Odessa, October 1941. Odessa railroad station. Odessa harbor. Schneider antitank gun. Usatovo, 17 October 1941. Soviet heavy artillery battery captured in the center of Chisinau by the 3rd Tank Company King Mihai I and gen. Ion Antonescu during an inspection on the front, July 1941 Romanian infantry attacks under the protection of a smoke grenade Romanian motorcyclist on a break by the side of the road. Note the white scarf around his arm, worn so that the German allies won't confuse him with a Soviet soldier Romanian infantry crossing the river Donetsk. One of the soldiers is carrying a ZB 30 LMG Infantryman in the 1941 campaign uniform Romanian paratroopers near a Potez 56 transport airplane Paratroopers at the burial of the fighter ace cpt. av. Alexandru Serbanescu on 19 August 1944. Note the German model 1938 helmets The 102 mm Bofors gun on the NMS Delfinul submarine The NMS Mihail Kogalniceanu monitor on the Danube The NMS Dacia mine-laying ship in mission Two Romanian torpedo-boats and a German submarine at Constanta Romanian R-2 tank crew together with an instructor from the German Military Mission in June 1941 Romanian and German military advancing in Bessarabia during July 1941. The first public appearance of the TACAM T-60 on 10 May 1943 A T-4 (here a Pz IV G) tank at the parade on 10 May 1943. It was the only survivor out of the 11 with which the 1st Armored Division went on the front in September 1942 A Potez 633B2 from the 74th Squadron at the Don Bend on 14 November 1942 IAR-80Bs from the 6th Fighter Group on the Popesti-Leordeni airfield in November 1943 A formation of BF-109Gs from the 53rd Squadron prepairing to take off; note the unit's mascot, Mickey Mouse on a horse with a lance Effects of a USAAF bombardment of Ploesti An IAR 39 from the 17th Observation Squadron Group of mountain troop officers of one of the battalions The inscription reads: 12 May 1943, 1st Squadron in Dnepropetrovsk, "the riders that come from far away". To our beloved brave commander of the 52nd Recon Group 47 mm Breda antitank gun on the shore of Azov Sea. June 1942. Motorized artillery from a divisional battery; the towed piece is a 150 mm Skoda model 1933 howitzer Romanian infantry advancing through marshlands. The soldier up front is carrying a ZB 30 LMG Moving a 37 mm Bofors model 1936 AT gun to a new firing position Mountain troops in the Caucasus Soviet T-34/76 hit by AT guns and used as observation by Romanian soldiers during the fights in the Taman Peninsula To keep warm during winter at Stalingrad one would do almost anything Lt. gen. Constantin Pantazi, the minister of defence, visiting troops on the Stalingrad front 105mm Skoda model 1939 (D9) mountain howitzer in action. Infantry in trenches at Don's Bend, October 1942. Note the particular caps the soldiers are wearing; these were standard for 1942. Romanian R-2 tank from the 1st Armored Division at Stalingrad 60mm mortar in firing position at Don's Bend. Meal at Don's Bend, October 1942. 47mm Bohler anti-tank gun in Kalmuk Steppe. General Avramescu, the CO of the Mountain Corps, together with officers from his staff. Note the caps, which were used during the first two war winters Romanian troops attending a commemoration of their dead comrades Mountain troops observing the Soviet positions, before an assault Mountain troops in Crimea, in 1941. Note their specific berrets Generals Dragalina (left) and Avramescu (right) on a hunting trip General Avramescu, the CO of the Mountain Corps, inspects the troops General Avramescu and staff near a Horch 901 in Crimea in 1942 Romanian troops in Sevastopol LMG nest on Hill 42. Sablokova, September 1941. Crossing an antitank ditch. October 1941. The battlefield northeast of Vygoda with the fallen command team of Major Filimon (R. 2 Inf). 10 October 1941. Romanian mountain troops during the first battle of Sevastopol. Romanian assault troops in action. Firing a mountain gun. Romanian troops using camels for crossing the Caucasian wastelands. Artillery observers. Romanian military cemetery at Dalnik. Mountain troops during training. Reconnaisance team. NMS Delfinul NMS Delfinul NMS Marsuinul NMS Rechinul (S1) and NMS Marsuinul (S2) in port Officers of the 15th Battalion from the 2nd Mountain Division, in 1942. T-4 (Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf H), at a repairing workshop behind front. This tank has the original camouflage scheme, being delivered by 23rd Panzer Division. 50 mm Pak 38 AT gun firing on the front in the Kuban during the summer of 1943 Romanian and German soldiers on a break ... Romanian Pak 97/38 battery in Crimea in December 1943. Notice the special winter cammouflage 'Ford rusesc de captura' artillery tractors at the parade. Bucharest, 10 May 1943. Komsomolets artillery tractor captured by Romanian troops in Crimea, 1942. Mountain troops posing on a T-38 tank. Gunners operating a 150mm Skoda M1934 heavy field howitzer. They are wearing Adrian M1916 helmets, specific of auxiliary troops. Bessarabia, July 1941. ZB-53 machine-gun emplacement. Kuban, May 1943. R-35 tanks of the 2nd Tank Regiment returning from Odessa on rain. October 1941. Romanian soldiers firing a ZB 30 LMG during the fights in the Taman Peninsula in the summer of 1943 Romanian AAA crew in Bessarabia in 1941. Note the Adrian model 1916 helmets wore by the second line troops Elements of the 1st Armored Division near Chisinau. Note the white band on the left arm of the officer in the command vehicle, which the Romanians wore in order to avoid being taken for Soviets by the German allies Romanian cavalry marching to the front in Bessarabia. Note the swords The commander and the driver of a R-2 tank in Bessarabia Romanian paratroopers at the 10 May parade, passing in front of King Mihai I 155mm Schneider howitzer M1917 towed by Skoda tractor, in march to Krasnodar, August 1942. Machine-guns captured from the Soviet troops. Artillery pieces captured from Soviet troops Soldiers of the 2nd Mountain Mounted Squadron (from the 2nd Mountain Division) CB-class submarine. Mountain troops posing around an abandoned Soviet BT-5 tank. Machineguns mounted in antiaircraft role on a GAZ truck platform. R-2 tank at the parade. Notice the aerial identification cross painted in Romanian airforce style on the hood of the engine. Delfinul submarine arriving in Romania. Navy Days at Constanta. In background: the depot ship NMS Constanta. The deck of the mine-laying ship NMS Dacia during an operation on 5 November 1942 The deck of the mine-laying ship NMS Dacia during an operation on 5 November 1942 SMR Dacia 150mm Skoda field howitzer model 1934 in operation. Horse-drawn 75mm Skoda M1928 field gun. General Pantazi (Romanian minister of defence) inspecting artillery positions on the Eastern Front. SRD Aurora in Constanta, 1940. Romanian soldiers cross a river sqimming under the protection of a ZB 30 LMG Romanian soldiers firing a 60 mm mortar Soviet aircraft destroyed on the ground by Axis bombers on 22 June 1941 Lt. gen. Dragalina (left)and lt. gen. Avramescu (right) at a hunt. Romanian soldiers in the Caucasus using a very unusual "vehicle" The mule was the "truck" used by the Romanian mountain troops and was perfectly suited for operations in difficult terrain Romanian infantry and a column of German StuG IIIEs Lt. gen. Hugo Schwab in Crimea Romanian mountain troops with a ZB-30 LMG in the Yaila Mountains Romanian mountain troops with a ZB-53 machine-gun in the Yaila Mountains General Ion Antonescu, together with Mihai Antonescu (left) and officers, during a religious service. He is wearing the "Mihai Viteazul" Order 3rd class. Romanian infantry in Odessa Romanian infantry during the battle for Odessa Soviet prisoners escorted by Romanian soldiers. Note the white bands on the left arm, used to avoid misidentification by the Germans Romanian soldiers inside Odessa Romanian soldiers crossing a small river. Note that they still have the badges with King Carol II's cipher on the helmets. Romanian soldiers on the seaside in Odessa Brig. gen. Leonard Mociulschi together with unidentified staff officers and NCOs Brig. gen. Leonard Mociulschi in 1942, wearing the Mihai Viteazul Order 3rd class and the Iron Cross 2nd and st classes Platoon of the 12th Rosiori Regiment during 1940. One of the soldiers is carrying a ZB-30 LMG Cavalry regiment preparing for inspection on the front. General Corneliu Dragalina, 6th Corps' commander, during the autumn of 1941 at Odessa Officers inspecting the front at Sevastopol in June 1942 Mountain troop officers near a telephone switching center in a command tent. Probably before the war Mountain troops parading. Infantry platoon, a week before departing for the front in 1941. One of the soldiers is carrying a ZB-30 LMG without the clip Infantry squad equipped with mannlicher M1895 rifles Romanian infantry on the front in the Ukraine General Petre Dumitrescu (left) and general Corneliu Dragalina (right) in Russia during 1942 Romanian soldiers wearing the paratrooper badge Group of Romanian paratroopers during the spring of 1944 Officers of the 3rd Border-guard Regiment KIA at Odessa 4th Border-guard Regiment lined up for the commanding colonel's inspection 4th Border-guard Regiment in campaign gear Border-guards officer Brig. gen. Grigore Nicolau, CO of the 2nd Guard Division, together with officers of the 4th Border-guards Regiment General Petre Dumitrescu (right) and maj. general. Constantin Pantazi (center) during and inspection on the Eastern Front, probably in 1942. Both wear the "Mihai Viteazul" Order 3rd class Men of the 9th Rosiori Regiment lined up for inspection somewhere in Russia. Romanian cavalryman in desert "camouflage" Officers of the 104th Artillery Regiment from the 24th Infantry Division in November 1943 Romanian infantry marching on a mud road Pontoon bridge over the Dnestr at Ovidiopol 75mm Puteaux gun model 1897/36 during march onm the Eastern Front in 1941 A group of cavalry officers in front of a camouflaged 75mm Puteaux gun model 1897/36

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