An ongoing and ever growing collection of World War Two photographs, striving to provide as much information into the origins of the photos. Thank you all for your service fallen soldiers and surviving veterans.
Tuesday, 13 December 2016
Captured Soviet soldier dressed in SN-42 body armor - 1944
Stalnoi Nagrudnik - the steel bib, designed to stop the 9mm pistol round and potentially even a round from a rifle as long as it did not hit directly front on.
In this photo three non-penetrating bullets have hit the front of the vest and have been successfully stopped, saving this young soldiers life.
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