... Those are Fallschirmjäger troops on that King Tiger, by the way.
Reading about the Fallschirmjager troops and the weaponry they used is very interesting. Especially the developement of the FG 42 rifle and its impact on modern rifles, notibly the M-14, M-60 and variants like the M-39 EMR and the M1941 Johnson machine gun. The FG 42 is the basis of todays assault rifle designs.
Interesting research if you care to follow through.
There has to be a conection to the Gibson Custom Shop T-Bird in there somewhere!!!