Don't have any information on this picture, but always find period photos fascinating.
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Don't have any information on this picture, but always find period photos fascinating.
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This picture has been posted before. If I remember correctly, a few opinions were this rifle was used by indigenous fighters with modification done to save weight.
I don't remember seeing this one...but I can't imagine the Japanese allowing their troops to do that to issue kit. It sure looks like it's part of that grouping observed though.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-ROD
Agreed, I highly doubt any Japanese solder would do this and based on the photo, it was probably recently captured and being shown off and not modified by an allied solder.Quote:
Originally Posted by browningautorifle
Not sure where this was taken, I could see Pilipino, Borneo, or southeast Asia fighters getting rid of extra weight.
I just noticed this was on the milsurp forum, the discussion I referenced was on gunboards. Since I mainly access forums on my cellphone Tapatalk app, I assumed this was gunboards.
Looks like Bubba was on vacation on that island.....
That was my thought originally, maybe one of the local fighters that wouldn't even want a bayonet and would use it for hunting after the war.Quote:
Originally Posted by J-ROD
:rofl::rofl:Quote:
Originally Posted by Singer B
Is this even WWII? Could be Vietnam, it is in color which is unusual for WWII.
35 mm still Kodachrome film came out in 1936 so it did exist before WWII. It was easier to develop black and white film especially in an "in the field" situation. More often than not Kodachrome was developed into slides as the photo paper itself was very expensive at the time. This photo was more than likely developed from a slide sometime after the war.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aragorn243
It looks colorized to me.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aragorn243
Looks like it was buddy's little collection of Japanese trophies: the axe, the gas masks, the rubber shoes, "thongs" as we would call them, shell, entrenching tool etc.
https://fotoweb.airforcemuseum.co.nz...%3Fq%3Dsawmill
"An RNZAF sawmill worker poses with captured Japanese military souvenirs. Possibly Arundel Island or Guadalcanal , 1943
Items in view include a rifle, bayonet, helmet, gas masks, toed sandals (tabi) and ammo belts.
RNZAF Photo via the Air Force Museum of New Zealand"
Here's a couple of links to some info on the RNZAF Sawmill Units....if anyone is lucky enough to have an N^Z marked Remington M1903, these were some of the boys who were using them overseas in WW2.
https://rnzaf.proboards.com/thread/2...awmill-solomon
No. 1 and No. 2 (Islands) Works Sawmill Units, RNZAF
You beat me to this comment, and it is a good one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Singer B
I've got Bubba on my mind....I've had 3 victims of Bubba cross my bench in the last couple of months. I would thank him for the business but I don't charge for my services.Quote:
Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY
Bubba is creative..
That Bubba ruined a perfectly good wrench.....Quote:
Originally Posted by HOOKED ON HISTORY
Just be glad he didn't work on the cocking piece safety as well. :rolleyes:
Just like Bubba to use a standard wrench on a metric firearm......
Looks like a .22.