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Re: Photos - Germans with captured firearms

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Re: Photos - Germans with captured firearms

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Post by Hans1906 » 07 Jan 2023, 18:07

The revolver in the photo #1688 was a russian "Nagant M1895".

The Nagant M1895 Revolver: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nagant_M1895

Interesting photo, I haven't seen it in German hands like this before... :?


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Re: Photos - Germans with captured firearms

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Re: Photos - Germans with captured firearms

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Post by Poot » 16 Jan 2023, 21:03

Are those Polish marked ammunition cans?
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carius wrote:
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Do you by any chance know the model of this rifle?

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Post by von thoma » 20 Jan 2023, 23:36

Do you by any chance know the model of this rifle ?
Russian Anti-Tank Rifle : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PTRS-41
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Post by LineDoggie » 11 Mar 2023, 12:26

Not a magazine in sight
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Exactly!
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Post by ROLAND1369 » 14 Mar 2023, 18:34

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Troops playing with unfamiliar foreign weapons , sounds like a sensible safety precaution for the protection of the photographer and other innocent bystanders.

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Post by LineDoggie » 16 Mar 2023, 00:15

carius wrote:
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You've got Bren Mk 1's
Lewis LMG
Vickers MMG
Boyes AT rifles

Hotchkiss Mle 1914 machine guns (Note large cooling fins)
FM 24/29 light machine guns
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Re: Photos - Germans with captured firearms

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