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ireload2 Clashing styles in this photo 05-22-2017, 04:27 AM
Gil Boyd .303's? must be Austrian... 05-22-2017, 04:34 AM
tombear i Wonder how long it was... 05-22-2017, 06:59 AM
browningautorifle Austrian yes, but I can't... 05-22-2017, 10:57 AM
Peter Laidler The flag......... Looks... 05-22-2017, 11:26 AM
Gil Boyd Could be, but the sycle gives... 05-22-2017, 11:54 AM
browningautorifle It's what the eagle is... 05-22-2017, 11:55 AM
Ovidio Also the Austrian flag on the... 05-22-2017, 11:58 AM
tombear Gendarmerie (Austria) -... 05-22-2017, 01:03 PM
Promo Tom, this is incorrect.... 05-22-2017, 01:11 PM
browningautorifle Picture shown translates... 05-22-2017, 01:50 PM
Simon P Not an Enfield but Austrian... 05-22-2017, 02:11 PM
tombear Ah well, that's what comes of... 05-22-2017, 02:13 PM
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    Tom, this is incorrect. Austriaicon was split into four occupation zones, in which they therefore also mainly used the weapons of the occupying nation. Of course in the Britishicon occupation zone they mainly got Enfield SMLE rifles. This is also the origin of the "ÖSTERR. GENDARMERIE" marked No. 1 Mk.III rifles.

    Edit: to also answer the original question, the people shown are from the Austrian B-Gendarmerie, the first Austrian Armed Forces post WWII. The same pictures is also shown on the Website of the Austrian Military Museum treating the history of the B-Gendarmerie: http://www.hgm-wien.at/facts/geschic...ie/index.shtml
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