This is what the Germans did in WW2 when they Capture Tommy Guns from the French.Information
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This is what the Germans did in WW2 when they Capture Tommy Guns from the French.Information
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Pose for a determined looking piccy. In reality, they wouldn´t have had .45 ammunition in their supply chain.
They also used captured Brens too. There are photos of twin Brens used in the AA role at the submarine pens in Northers France. My neighbour was an Officer POW and they had Brens on the watchtowers. He knew they were Brens because when they were hauling up a mag box loaded with full mage, one fell and broke open and it was .303" mage and ammo that spilled out - not 7.92mm German/Czech.
Talk about rubbing salt into the wound.
Fallschirmjäger Division, at Anzio in Italy, January 1944
The trooper shows off a captured British ‘Bren’ Light Machine Gun and is leaning on a wooden case marked: “Luftdichter Patronenkasten” (Air tight sealed ammunition boxes, for 1500 x 7.92 Mauser or 9mm cartridges).
Photo to follow
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
Here's a pic of a captured Bren ..
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
The first photo is a Colt Model 1921 that was captured from the French - as all Savage and Auto Ord Model 1928A1 Thompsons had the Cutts muzzle compensator (the Model 1921 could be either way)
That pic needs a caption like:
"You have to be quick to get the bargains at these gun shows".
or.............."dis is a serious subject showing off the oppositions captured veapons, but my jock strap is zo tight, it is making me grin like a cheshire cat"
Last edited by Gil Boyd; 05-12-2016 at 02:32 AM.
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
If you watch the footage of the end of the war, you'll see entire units of the old soldiers Volksturm....marching off to defend Berlin using almost exclusively captured weapons...rifles, light MGs and heavies... They sent everything back to be used. They'd have sent the ammo too. No, they didn't make it, they had all they could handle being sent through our supply.
Regards, Jim