very neet story, thats a minty (T) sniper he is holding. I wonder if its his because of the UK laws or if its a deac...
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Hi JL, the reason they were asked to turn in their weapons was that most were worn out and potentially defective due to a lack of proper maintainance and non availability of spare parts due to the nature of the battle. Some soldiers did not even take their weapons back over the Rhine with them, as they destroyed them before swimming the river.
One soldier I know from the unit, Laurence "Solly" Scott GM, carried a Bren during the battle; he wore out all the spare barrels and so had to switch to a No.4 .303. When ammo ran low he picked up a K98. He used this for the last few days of the battle and accounted for several of the enemy with it. Solly brought it back over the Rhine with him. Again he had to turn it in. Solly thought it was a good rifle.
Hi Justen, the rifle is a deact. and is a Canadian made No.4
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do they have any more deact no. 4 Ts around England? I would like to get one lol. Its a shame to do that to a nice peice but, the rig is worth somthing.Comment
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Hi Justen, they are around but hard to find. I cannot remember what my friend paid for this one?
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Hi Guys, if you want to read more about my weekend with the Vets of the XXI please have a look in the Living history forum here as I have just written a thread:
http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...d.php?t=101405
Cheers, Ade.
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