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I have a CZ 27 in .32ACP with nazi eagle on it.
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08-26-2009 11:41 AM
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Originally Posted by
edlmann
Sgt. Schultz carried a
Krag!
Someone here revealed it was because in real life he was Jewish and refused to carry a German weapon, even for TV.
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He wasn't the only one. The germans took over several thousand Norwegian Krags, had some of them barreled in 8x57, even. I understand most of those stayed in Norway, but some found their way to home front units as well.
I wouldn't mind finding a norwegian in 8x57, actually.
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The SMLE wasn't a typical bolt action
It had twice the magazine capacity of the 98K and in the right hands was a formidable weapon. The Japanese were in much the same predicament as the Germans and the culture of the common Japanese soldier being valued as a worthless pawn didn't help them either. The Russians realized the value of fire power and made the PPSH in quantity. Those and the Tokarev were used to great effect later in the war.
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The germans also used some Italian Beretta submachine guns and were manufacturing their own copy of the Sten.
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Originally Posted by
mike webb
As far as I know the U.S. was the only nation in WW2 to use a semi-automatic as a main battle rifle.
Germany, Great
Britain,
Japan,
U.S.S.R. and
all the other combatants all used bolts.
The Garand was already well along in development by December/41.
The other nations were already at war and it's very difficult to change your
main armament while maintaining a flow of weapons into service.
The U.S. transition from Springfield to Garand was quite smooth but their
war production was just ramping up at that point.
By 1945 U.S. production had reached astounding levels.
It really was the " Arsenal of Democracy".
There was also a prevailing opinion in senior military ranks of all nations that an infantryman could not be trusted with an automatic rifle
as he would expend all of his allotted ammo in no time. Wasn't true but that was the opinion.
Actually the Soviets did use semi auto tokarev rifles and made a lot of them, I have seen numbers over a million. The Germans used G43s and made around 500,000 of them. The US just had a better rifle in production sooner. The Tokarev was prone to breaking and the G43 did not enter into much service before early 44. The Germans had the first true assault rifle the MP44. They made a fair number and most went to the Eastern front.
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I had a worn FN 1922 but don't know the story on the German markings.
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