bolt action fallschirmjager platoon winterThe elite paratroops of the German Luftwaffe, the Fallschirmjger, found themselves fighting exclusively as ground troops as the Second World War progressed, where their intense training and esprit de corps stood them in good stead and earned them a fearsome reputation as determined and deadly combatants. As a part of the German air force rather than the army, their equipment was unique and highly specialised, from their uniforms to the iconic FG 42