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Infantry Gun Company

Peacetime Training

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Bruce Ivar Gudmundsson
Aug 12, 2025
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Recruits train with a light infantry gun (Bundesarchiv)

In January of 1938, the very first issue of Deutsche Infanterie provided readers with a snapshot of a program to train the conscripts assigned to an infantry gun company, whether recruits enjoying their first year of service or the second-year men learning specialized skills.

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