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I think ZB-26 or ZB26 is an older verision of the ZB30.Goldfish wrote:The Chinese designation was ZB-26, this was the most common Chinese LMG in WWII.
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The quiz is all the time going. Just start digging asked information.Sbf.Koch wrote:Let's get back to topic plz, I want questions
Me wanna research
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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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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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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
Regards, Juha
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Correct!! Swiss 20 mm Solothurn S-18 AT-rifle it was. Damn, you guys don't need too many hints to KNOW!
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!
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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A new one:
At what official designation did the guy at right call his weapon?
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At what official designation did the guy at right call his weapon?
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)?Mark V wrote:(murmurmurmurmurmurmur)
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Kg m/39 ??Juha Tompuri wrote:A new one:
At what official designation did the guy at right call his weapon?
Ofcourse not. It would had ment tough negotiations even before...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)?
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...and I thought this would be a hard one...Mark V wrote:An m/40 then...
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:
also: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
a pic of this elegant LMG can be found here, as well as technical data by clicking "back"The butt tended to come loose and fall off while the gun was firing; which is upsetting to the firer, to say the least.
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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