#1/MK3 rifles used by the German army?
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Topic: #1/MK3 rifles used by the German army?
Posted By: Canuck
Subject: #1/MK3 rifles used by the German army?
Date Posted: May 08 2023 at 2:01pm
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I have seen a #1/MK3 rifle that was purported to have been used by the German army. To anyone's knowledge here, is there any evidence for this? German markings stamped onto the rifle? Thx. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
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Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: May 08 2023 at 2:21pm
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I have seen a No1 Mk3 with German police marking from the early post war time. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: May 08 2023 at 2:26pm
Is the marking like a very small crest? The rifle I have seen has a small crest and a serial type# of 101-H stamped beside the small crest. The stamping is so small a magnifying lens is needed.  ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: paddyofurniture
Date Posted: May 08 2023 at 2:45pm
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You are correct. ------------- Always looking for military manuals, Dodge M37 items,books on Berlin Germany, old atlases ( before 1946) , military maps of Scotland. English and Canadian gun parts. |
Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: May 08 2023 at 3:59pm
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There was a period right after the end of the war where German paramilitary police "Gendarmerie" were issued them as everything had been surrendered. Is that what you're thinking of? ------------- Don't shoot till you see the whites of their thighs. (Unofficial motto of the Royal Air Force) |
Posted By: Sapper740
Date Posted: May 08 2023 at 4:11pm
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Posted By: Shamu
Date Posted: May 08 2023 at 6:18pm
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Austrian, not German! OK I knew it was something like that!
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Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: May 08 2023 at 8:14pm
| german use after the war by police - the brit rifles were used by a lot of police forces after the war and many countries as secondary military service |
Posted By: A square 10
Date Posted: May 08 2023 at 8:26pm
| im not sure how many no1 rifles were used but im thinking there were probably a lot available at that point in time - the no4 was now the service rifle |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: May 09 2023 at 7:32am
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So much history abounds with these rifles!Thanks guys! ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |