Krag Rifles in World War I????

[kragluver]

This has been discussed to some extent on various forums and in books. Up to 160K Krags were available and used for training US troops during the war. A few early arriving units took their Krags overseas in 1917 (photos exist). I've read a couple of accounts indicating an AEF engineer unit armed with Krags came under fire in Nov 1917, so the US Krag may have seen combat during the war. This is discussed in Canfield's book US Weapons of WW1.

I might also add that the US Krag saw some limited combat on Guadalcanal during WW2. Mainly in the hands of the Japanese! See John George's book Shots Fired in Anger.

Information

Warning: This is a relatively older thread This discussion is older than 360 days. Some information contained in it may no longer be current.

[Orsogato]

interesting.

My great uncle was wounded in action (shot through the shoulder) so whatever he was carrying, he was definitely in combat.

I'll have to try to research what unit he was in, it may shed some more light.

thanks.