[Parte II] 2GM, una Compagnia Motociclisti della Wehrmacht

[Acrostico]

Photo of a Heinkel He 111’s waist gunner manning a 7.92mm MG 15.

After an unexpected high number of losses during the Polish Campaign, in 1940 the He 111’s defensive armament was increased to a new total of 5 defensive MGs with the addition of two waist MG 15.

Unfortunately for the crew, due to the lack of space there was only one waist gunner operating both the port and starboard machine guns. This restriction made defending the aircraft against simultaneous attacks from port and starboard an impossible task.

Below him is the ventral MG position. Also of interest is the side view of the Luftwaffe’s back type parachute.