9mm for Tropical Use

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Vlim

Here is a German 9mm box you don't see every day.
It was produced and packaged for use in tropical conditions.

Gerben, the pic says the soldier (with one sock) wears an Italian helmet; supposedly he is one of the Ethiopian troops in 1935 (can we call that the beginning of WW II?)...

I was curious as to why the Germans would produce 'Tropical' ammunition in 1942 (or 1943?)...

I leeched a map off Wikipedia showing the tropics...I don't see any areas of German interest that I can think of...

Where would you suppose the German military would think that 'Tropical' ammunition would be used??? I originally thought that maybe the Middle East would qualify, but they are farther North (and mostly desert)...

(There was a Johnny Weissmuller/Tarzan movie about Nazis in the Congo, but I don't think that qualifies either)...