Recon

Summer 1942-in the Kuban-Kalmyk Steppes. Armored soldiers standing on Panzer IV (short) in front of thatched House asking for water-According to full translation this photo was taken near the town of Elista near the Caspian Sea leading one to believe this unit belonged to 16th Motorized Infantry Division who was doing reconnaissance in the vast no-man's land between Astrakhan and the Terek river.