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    Rifles! Man, I wish I could sort through a pile like this... NON War Time of course. New Guinea in 1943

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    Can't help but think of those who carried them.
    The one in the upper left shows a hack in the stock.
    Maybe hand to hand ?
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    Is it all 1903's and BARs guys?

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    Quote Originally Posted by usabaker View Post
    I wish I could sort through a pile like this... NON War Time of course. New Guinea in 1943
    Should have bought Springfield Sporters.

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    I actually moaned when I saw that pile.
    I have a lot more experience than expertise, still have both eyes and most of my fingers though.

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    Way over on the left is something standing in the background...Jap maybe? Nambu LMG?
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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Way over on the left is something standing in the background...Jap maybe? Nambu LMG?
    I want to say Bren gun with that dial on the side of it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by browningautorifleicon View Post
    Way over on the left is something standing in the background...Jap maybe? Nambu LMG?
    im going to say it might be a ZB 26, probably a Chinese capture that the Japaneseicon then put into service. It looks like the grip has been broken off. The rear of the receiver its stepped like the ZB and is not squared off with the tube protruding out the back of the receiver like the type 96 & 99. The drum sight is further forward ( or so it seems) than on a Bren gun and the stock looks different.

    funny how some of the captured japanese combat footage some times shows Japanese using BARs and some of the footage from china or singapore shows the Japanese running around with SMLEs.

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