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03-29-2020 03:53 PM
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Interesting, saw one of these recently before quarantine. Also how much did you pay for both? Raul
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After doing some digging, I found out that they allegedly did. Although I could not find a picture of a German soldier wearing one, I found a Wikipedia page on soviet "steel bibs", that said they did. Heres a link to the Wikipedia page I found: Steel Bib - Wikipedia
I will also post a screenshot of the quote from the page here (click on the image to see it better, I don't know why it is so small):
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Wow papastalin,
I understand that there was body armor produced by the German army for assault troops. Would be interesting to encounter that with a Krupp factory stamp or ET stamp.
Thx Paul
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Interesting info
You would expect that many Red Army soldiers wore these fighting in the ruins of Stalingrad
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
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The Soviet Armed Forces used several types of body armor, including the SN-42 ("Stalnoi Nagrudnik" is Russian for "steel breastplate", and the number denotes the design year). All were tested, but only the SN-42 was put in production. It consisted of two pressed steel plates that protected the front torso and groin. The plates were 2 mm thick and weighed 3.5 kg (7.7 lb). This armor was generally supplied to SHISBr (assault engineers) and Tankodesantniki. The SN armor protected wearers from 9×19mm bullets fired by an MP 40 at around 100 meters, and sometimes it was able to deflect 7.92 Mauser bullets (and bayonet blades), but only at very low angle. This made it useful in urban battles such as the Battle of Stalingrad. However, the SN's weight made it impractical for infantry in the open.
No SS in Stalingrad but I'm sure German troops would have worn them taken from fallen Soviet troops
Nick
"In all my years as a soldier, I have never seen men fight so hard." - SS Obergruppenfuhrer Wilhelm Bittrich - Arnhem
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I think there was a reference that SS troop at the Narva front used them. I'll try to find the info.
Paul
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