Bolt Action - Gebirgsjager Squad Deck Sleeve and the men were grateful

and the men were grateful for every piece of winter clothing they could get their hands on

with an Officer to lead them

the QF 2-pdr (QF stands for ‘quickfiring’) was the standard anti-tank gun of the British Army

later to be renamed the Charlemagne Division

American Paratroopers found the M1919 perfectly suited to their needs with its light weight and high rate of fire

Bolt Action - Gebirgsjager Squad Deck Sleeve and the men were gratefulSpecialist training bred hardened fighters and the Gebirgsjger (mountain infantry) were regarded as elite alongside Fallschirmjager. Gebirgsjger originated from the Alpenkorps of WWI, where they were used to defend the mountain passes from their Italian equivalent, Alpini. Their symbol was the edelweiss, a flower that they also traditionally wore in their caps and collars, adopted in 1907 it eventually became the universal emblem worn by all mountain