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Speaking of interesting uniform mash-ups.. Unternehmen Leopard: here’s a shot taken aboard a Kriegsmarine vessel on the morning of November 18th 1943, after the victory on Leros. From left to right, a Brandenburg coastal raider (note the standard steel helmet), a Kriegsmarine sailor, a Brandenburg paratrooper from the 15th (Parachute) Coy and a Luftwaffe para from I/FJR2.
Just look at that font..
Robert Gysae’s crew of U-177 scanning the S. Atlantic from the conning tower.
Korvettenkapitän Robert Gysae
Lothar-Gunther Buchheim, author of “Das Boot,” captures the moment a depth charge explodes alongside U-96.
U-96 (in the foreground) encounters U-572 in mid-Atlantic.
U-96 under repairs before setting out.

Gonna continue with some photos from Lothar-Gunther Buchheim of crew of U-96 on her seventh patrol in the Battle of the Atlantic in the Autumn of 1941.