This is Lt Johann Muhr, who received the Knight’s Cross on November 22, 1943, and one of his men stand idly next to their rather successful 8.8cm FlaK gun. There are silhouettes of eight destroyed enemy tanks on the Schützschild (splinter shield) and many more 'kill rings' on the sectional gun tube. The two cylinders situated side-by-side below the gun tube housed counter-balance springs, while the cylinders arranged horizontally above and below the gun tube were part of the recoil system. Isthmus of Perekop, Crimea, winter 1943/44.
