At the attached Youtube link is a biography of Heinrich Himmler. At the 44:48 mark in the video is a Nazi Waffen SS soldier using a 1914 or 1917 Enfield. The soldier might have been a member of the British Free Corps, members of which joined the SS to fight the Soviets.
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There's a piece of footage showing the Volkssturm marching out to meet their doom at near war's end wearing civilian attire and carrying captured allied weapons. Not a mixed bag but well equipped. I don't think there was a shortage of allied hardware in their coffers...
Interesting article and well researched. Look at 28:23 the soldier top right in the black & white photo. Looks almost like a Sterling / Sten he's holding!! Can't think of a side magazine fed German weapon in 1938 like that.
'Tonight my men and I have been through hell and back again, but the look on your faces when we let you out of the hall - we'd do it all again tomorrow.' Major Chris Keeble's words to Goose Green villagers on 29th May 1982 - 2 PARA
MP18 Bergman first produced in 1918. British Lanchester was a copy of the later version. Sten magazines too, as it was already in production for the Lanchester. Sten and MP38/40 magazines should interchange.