Super rare Monte Cassino used German Fallschirmjager recoilless gun ammunition box for 2 projectiles & 2 cartridge cases. Acquired from a museum in the Monte Cassino area upon its closure in 2015

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Super rare Monte Cassino used German Fallschirmjager recoilless gun ammunition box for 2 projectiles & 2 cartridge cases. Acquired from a museum in the Monte Cassino area upon its closure in 2015.

Box is in good condition with working hinges and locking catch. Some age splits to the wood. Pretty much all original paint and stencilling remaining - a fantastic display item!

The LG 40 first saw use during the Battle of Crete where it apparently equipped 2. Batterie/Fallschirmjäger-Artillerie-Abteilung (2nd Battery/Parachute Artillery Battalion). It saw widespread use by German parachute units, both Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS for the rest of the war. The 500th SS-Fallschirmjäger Battalion used four examples during its airdrop on Josip Broz Tito's headquarters at Drvar.

The gun was also used by the German Gebirgsjäger (mountain infantry) in the Caucasus, as well as by Luftwaffe and Waffen-SS units elsewhere. One source states that a second version was developed for the mountain troops which had an increased weight (270 kg) and was used in Italy and the Carpathian Mountains.