Waiting with the MG34
This machine gunner has stopped, but the weapon is still with him. The figure represents the interval between movement and deployment, when a support gun's next position depends on the orders and progress of the surrounding infantry.
The MG34 was a general-purpose design that could be used with different mounts and assignments. Carrying it on foot was therefore one part of a much larger service life. The standing pose brings the gun back to its human scale: before it became a firing position, it was a substantial object somebody had to move.
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