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#1261

Post by Sbf.Koch » 14 Oct 2004, 17:41

Let's get back to topic plz, I want questions :cry:
Me wanna research :D :D :D

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Post by Harri » 14 Oct 2004, 19:45

Goldfish wrote:The Chinese designation was ZB-26, this was the most common Chinese LMG in WWII.
I think ZB-26 or ZB26 is an older verision of the ZB30.

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Sbf.Koch wrote:Let's get back to topic plz, I want questions
Me wanna research
:? The quiz is all the time going. Just start digging asked information. :)

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Steady, Mauser pistol is not correct. Besides I need clear designation of the weapon and the German company which is somehow related to that weapon. This relation existed already before the war.

Hint #2: This weapon was used in many countries. Before and during the Finnish-Russo Winter War it was also tested in Finland.


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Post by Juha Tompuri » 14 Oct 2004, 20:44

Swiss Solothurn s18-100 20mm AT-rifle family? (s18-1000, -1100, -154...?)
German designation AFAIK, 2cm PzB 785
The link to Germany is via the company Rheinmetall, which more or less owned the Swiss company.
http://www.ankkurinvarsi.com/jaeger/AT_RIFLES2.htm

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Post by Mark V » 14 Oct 2004, 20:47

Semiauto: Solothurn S-18/1000 AT-Rifle
Full-auto: Solothurn S-18/1100 AT-rifle

An giant German weapon manufacturer (already then :wink: ) Rheinmetall-Borsig held control of this Swiss company.

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???????

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Post by Mark V » 14 Oct 2004, 20:49

(/(&%¤%&¤%&¤#(/=))?

Juha - this is not funny anymore :x :|

Second time in few weeks. I really should answer immediately - with one line - when i assume i know the answer - knowing that somewhere there is Juha T also online - there is no time to waste....

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Post by Mark V » 14 Oct 2004, 20:53

OOPSS.. :wink:

Harri asked name of the German company and I named it correctly.

It was Rheinmetall-Borsig since 1933...(after acquiring August Borsig GmbH - large locomotive producer)

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Post by Juha Tompuri » 14 Oct 2004, 21:23

(/(&%¤%&¤%&¤#(/=))? Mark....

But...I correct my answer as Rheinmetall-Borsig AG

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Post by Harri » 14 Oct 2004, 21:36

Correct!! Swiss 20 mm Solothurn S-18 AT-rifle it was. Damn, you guys don't need too many hints to KNOW! :D

Because only one can win then I must name Juha #2 the winner. I would have accepted company name Rheinmetall alone because my source book Military Small Arms in Finland 1918 - 1988 by M. Palokangas uses only this name, but I would have also accepted other variants of the name.

So, nothing personal Mark V, but I have no choice, Juha was faster. Maybe next time. Your turn Juha! :)

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Post by Mark V » 14 Oct 2004, 21:37

Juha Tompuri wrote:
Regards, Juha the nitpicker
But Juha, we all knew it was an stock company...

Anyway - we don't still know was i right... :wink:

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Post by Mark V » 14 Oct 2004, 21:46

Harri wrote:
So, nothing personal Mark V, but I have no choice, Juha was faster. Maybe next time. Your turn Juha! :)
OK, i'll accept.

(murmurmurmurmurmurmur)

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Post by Juha Tompuri » 15 Oct 2004, 22:35

A new one:
At what official designation did the guy at right call his weapon?
Mark V wrote:(murmurmurmurmurmurmur)
does this mean harder negotiations if trying to buy new mobile phones for me and my better half from a certain place at a certain city (Pearl of Kymi valley)? :)

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Post by Mark V » 15 Oct 2004, 22:56

Juha Tompuri wrote:A new one:
At what official designation did the guy at right call his weapon?
Kg m/39 ??
Juha Tompuri wrote:does this mean harder negotiations if trying to buy new mobile phones for me and my better half from a certain place at a certain city (Pearl of Kymi valley)? :)
Ofcourse not. It would had ment tough negotiations even before... :D

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Post by Juha Tompuri » 15 Oct 2004, 23:15

Mark V wrote:Kg m/39 ??
Sorry but no.
...but you are at the right tracks.

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Post by Mark V » 15 Oct 2004, 23:23

An m/40 then...

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Post by Juha Tompuri » 15 Oct 2004, 23:59

Mark V wrote:An m/40 then...
...and I thought this would be a hard one... :(
From where you instantly knew the nationality???
Kulsprutegevär m/40 (also used and manufactured in Germany by company Knorr-Bremse as MG 35/36)
Not very popular among it´s users, Ian Hogg writes at his "Encyclopedia of Infantry Weapons of WWII" following:
One dangerous feature was the safety catch; if carelessly applied it could hold the bolt three-quarters cocked without the sear being engaged, so that subsequent release of the safety catch with a magazine in place would release the bolt and load and fire the gun
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The butt tended to come loose and fall off while the gun was firing; which is upsetting to the firer, to say the least.
a pic of this elegant LMG can be found here, as well as technical data by clicking "back"
http://www.mtek.chalmers.se/~m95perm/va ... g_m40.html
The pic I posted is from a Swedish book "Krigets största händelser i bilder I 1939 -1943"

Over to you, Mark

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