There are some pictures of Thai marked '03's in Brophy however i think his dates are off. At the beginning of WW2 Thailand was officially in the Japanese orbit. There was I believe a resistance movement and perhaps even a government in exile. But under those circumstances it is hard believe the US was sending weapons and they were in turn being marked in a foreign arsenal. I think most if not all of the Thai marked US Equipment is post war issue.
The markings on the receiver aren't Thai or Japanese, they are Chinese. It's the marking of the Nationalist Chinese army under General Chiang Kai-Shek. I have a Chinese Mauser and a Japanese Nambu with the same markings in my collection.
well.
i can only tell you the man who said they are Japanese, is Japanese, and lives in Japan.
said that they are old script, if that means anything.
could have a China Japan connection,
same person helped me with some WW2 Japanese officers swords.
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I agree with JGaynor - the only way the Thai rifles could date to WWII is if they received captured M1903s from the Philippines or some other source through their (then) allies, the Japanese.
People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf.
Identical markings on my Chinese Mauser and my Japanese Nambu Type 14. If these markings arent of the Chinese Nationalist Army as mentioned on Nambu World, does anybody know what they are and what is the source of your information?
I asked Shane O'Keefe "a friend from the old neighborhood" if he knew what it says. No, but his buddy Bernie Goldstein has a tattoo in Japanese writing and he thinks it reads "Crouching Tiger, Flying Dragon." in KOREAN.!!!...:mad smile:
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