Bundesarchive Picture Database

[Stecal]

A good resource for German photos is their Federal Archive which is now online.

http://www.bild.bundesarchiv.de

 for example type "schutztruppe" in the search brings up 220 photos, most of which I have never seen before.  "deutsch-Ostafrika" works well too.


I need to get my own rocket battery now:

[ushistoryprof]

Thanks for the heads up.

[Plynkes]

You could have chosen a pic out of those 220 that isn't in the Osprey book. 

Only joking. Cheers, Stecal.

[Gluteus Maximus]

You could have chosen a pic out of those 220 that isn't in the Osprey book. 

Only joking. Cheers, Stecal.

Osprey Elite no 597 "German Colonial Rocket Troops" ?

 

[former user]

no, Osprey "warrior" no 0815

"german colonial fireworks entertainement specialist"

[answer_is_42]

no, Osprey "warrior" no 0815

"german colonial fireworks entertainement specialist"

Are you sure? I'm pretty certain that image is in Osprey 'Essential Histories' no.381, The Prusso-Selenite War. Described as a method for supplying canned food to the German troops on the moon...
 

On a serious note, that photo site is pretty damned good, thanks for the link.

[former user]

or it is a still from "myth busters 1910", "increasing the range of a potato masher"