Post War use of MG42/MG3 by West German Army

[mrclark303]

Norwegian Homeguard with MG 34. (Pic. taken June 1987. Courtesy of the norwegian armed forces media archive). The MG 34 was officially in service until 1993. One of the officers in my Homeguard unit told me he took a platoon leader course in 1994. They still shot with the MG34 on tripod as a heavy MG, so they were around after 1993, untill all were replaced by the MG3.

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Great picture,thanks for sharing, this has turned into a really fascinating thread. Did the G3 replace the .30-06 K98 as the standard service rifle in Norway?

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Great picture,thanks for sharing, this has turned into a really fascinating thread. Did the G3 replace the .30-06 K98 as the standard service rifle in Norway?

Not exactly. The 30-06 K98K's were mainly used by the Homeguard, but also the airforce, navy etc... But not by the army. From around 1950 the army mainly used american arms. The standard rifle for the army was the Garand, until it was replaced by the G3 around 1968. The Homeguard rearmed with G3's from 1969 - 1978. The Homeguard youth organization used the K98K until 1995. Lugers, P38's etc. was in use till the late 80's. Mp40's til early 90's.

Vincent and Sarge: Greetings to you too.

Some pics. on this page. It's from an Airforce NCO school.
Leirlivet i 50 rene - www.lutvatnskolene.com
Leiromrdet - bilder - www.lutvatnskolene.com
Sommervelsen 1967 - www.lutvatnskolene.com

[mrclark303]

Not exactly. The 30-06 K98K's were mainly used by the Homeguard, but also the airforce, navy etc... But not by the army. From around 1950 the army mainly used american arms. The standard rifle for the army was the Garand, until it was replaced by the G3 around 1968. The Homeguard rearmed with G3's from 1969 - 1978. The Homeguard youth organization used the K98K until 1995. Lugers, P38's etc. was in use till the late 80's. Mp40's til early 90's.

Vincent and Sarge: Greetings to you too.

Some pics. on this page. It's from an Airforce NCO school.
Leirlivet i 50 rene - www.lutvatnskolene.com
Leiromrdet - bilder - www.lutvatnskolene.com
Sommervelsen 1967 - www.lutvatnskolene.com

Thanks for the pictures, you can safely say Norway got plenty of bang out of Hitlers Reichsmark! I have always admired the professionalism of the Norwegian Armed forces.

A carefully considered equipment plan, like the F16, and very well trained personnel, they would have without doubt given the Russian's a very warm reception had the cold war turned hot.