patches Posted April 19, 2022 Share #1 Posted April 19, 2022 Troops of the 325th Security Division (325. Sicherungs-Division) pose outside of what has been identified as the Café de Flore in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district. The division was considered a 2nd Line Division, a Garrison type division, most troops not having been to the Fronts by the summer of 44, at least two seem though to have War Merit Crosses right. https://www.lexikon-der-wehrmacht.de/Gliederungen/SichDiv/325SichDiv-R.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Keith Posted May 8, 2022 Share #2 Posted May 8, 2022 Neat photo. Since they are carrying grenades, I suspect they are headed to the front soon. You don't issue out grenades until your pretty sure your going to need them. Is that a small mortar in the front left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted May 8, 2022 2 hours ago, Brian Keith said: Neat photo. Since they are carrying grenades, I suspect they are headed to the front soon. You don't issue out grenades until your pretty sure your going to need them. Is that a small mortar in the front left? This photo is of the Paris based 325th Security Division, the main combat garrison unit there, the photo taken during the uprising of the FFL and the approach of the Allies., they will do battle in the streets of Paris. Good catch on the mortar, it is the 5_cm_granatwerfer_36-1, by 1942 this weapon became obsolete in the Army and SS and was used still by Second Line units such as Security Divisions, there doesn't seem to have been a newer mortar to replace this one, so the Germsns seem to went without a light mortar for what remained of the war, guess they used some foreign light types? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preppy Picker Posted May 8, 2022 Share #4 Posted May 8, 2022 What a grisly looking bunch. I might have choked on my coq aux vin had they walked up on me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikie Posted May 9, 2022 Share #5 Posted May 9, 2022 On 5/7/2022 at 5:03 PM, Brian Keith said: Neat photo. Since they are carrying grenades, I suspect they are headed to the front soon. You don't issue out grenades until your pretty sure your going to need them. Is that a small mortar in the front left? In Paris in August 1944, the front was heading to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patches Posted February 17 Author Share #6 Posted February 17 Another photo, this time one of them basically by himself, gives a good view of the mortar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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