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    G.33/40 Unit Markings?

    A 1940, 945 code, G.33/40 rifle has the following stamped on the buttplate, " III 3 ". Anyone have a good source for WW II Germanicon unit markings. These rifles were used by mountian units, paratrooper units, and were furnished to their allies. Romania, Hungery, and Finlandicon all had mountian units that at one time were issued German equipment.
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    I do not believe 'unit markings' were used by Germanyicon during WW11.

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    As evidenced by the photo, there are unit markings on this G.33/40 buttplate. the weapon has no post war use history. The marking were applied during WWII,... By?????

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    They do not look like Germanicon Unit markings to me, however I can only compare them with WW1 German Unit marks. If they are unit marks then they changed their system. I have many WW11 German rifles and a few WW1 and none of the WW11 rifles have unit marks.

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    The Germans did not unit mark their rifles durring the WW 2 period.
    IF that is a unit mark, I have no idea from what country. 33/40s were used post war. You know where that 33/40 has been since WW 2?
    I've never read anywhere that the Germans sold/gave rifles to Finlandicon. I'd be interested in your source.
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    No, I can not remember exactly were I obtained the information on German equipment to Finlandicon. At my age, I'm doing well to remember what I had for breakfast. However, somewhere in the last sixty plus years of WWII interest, I read it, or had conversations with persons who were there. But it is a historical fact that Germanyicon provided arms to Finland in their "War of Continuation" against the Sovieticon Union. I don't remember where I read that B.H. Obama was elected president either, but it did happen. Yes, I do know where the rifle has been since its 1945 surrender to American forces in Czechoslavakia.

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    Germanyicon did provide arms to Finlandicon, including Italianicon Carcanos. I have no idea if any G.33/40's were included.

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    A considerable number of 33/40 Mausers were imported to Germanyicon in recent years from Norwayicon. These usually have a police stamp. I have never seen a 33/40 with a German unit mark.

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    i got a g33/40 all numbers match from a vet ,he brong back,theres no unit mark on mine

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    The unit marking on the G33/40 were IMHO Romanian. Their mountain units were equipped with Germanicon equipment in 1942, and had it taken away when Romania signed a separate peace with the Sovieticon Union. The rifle in question was taken from German troops in Czechoslovakiaicon in 1945.

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