Soldbuch with G43 entry

[Sonnenwende]

Hi,
I am considering purchasing a Heer Soldbuch with a G43 entry (13.4.45), however at the same date a matching entry was also made for a Seitengewehr 84/98. However it seems strange as the G43 (or K43 as it was officially known as this time of the war) could not be fitted with a bayonet. Of course it might have been issued all the same for other purposes as mounting on the G43, but I have my doubts the entry for the G43 was made pre may 1945.
Has anyone else come across a G/K43 entry with a Seitengewehr entry also?

NB.: I cannot post any fotos due to my current status, also they might be copyright of the owner.

Kind regards and thanks in advance

[Luft 76]

Hello

Your question is interesting : I noticed the same thing on mine :

[Lee Luke]

The 43 shown in the photo could also stand for the year the rifle was made or factory code number. I have many with that situation. I have a few that were issued semi auto rifle, a K43 or G43 being entered along with the serial number.

As for the bayonet, that was standard gear for a soldier for a personnal weapon.

[Sonnenwende]

That is very usefull information indeed, likely he was issued a k98 made in 1943 (as it does not say G or K43 only 43) with a bayonet. That would make sense. The Soldbuch itself is not that interesting, the sellers main selling point being the supposedly issued G43. With little experience in Soldbuch I was fooled by the owner previously issued weapons being marked as a 98k in the box just above).
Just out of curiosity Luke: so your G/K43 Soldbuchs also shown the issue of a Seitengewehr 84/98 on the same date? Are the G/K43 entries made in the "Fertigungszeichen"-box or in the left "Gewehr"-box in the Soldbuchs? (Probably a lot of variations exits...)

Kind regards

[Lee Luke]

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All but one is in the gewehr box. As for the bayonet, one has the same date as the k43.

[Sonnenwende]

Thank you so much, I saved some money there and know what to look out for the next time. I´ll pass on the Soldbuch

Kind regards Sonnenwende

[Luft 76]

The 43 shown in the photo could also stand for the year the rifle was made or factory code number. I have many with that situation. I have a few that were issued semi auto rifle, a K43 or G43 being entered along with the serial number.
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I am not agree : germans never used only year of fabrication to register a weapon or other equipment. 43 is used here as 98 K or MP 40.
The case is "Zeichen", not something else.

[Lee Luke]

I looked through a dozen soldbuchs I had at hand and half of them had no factory code or year of manufacture, just a serial number.

I read through my k98 book and found examples of rifles with nothing on the receiver and an example with no code.

There is a K/G43 website and it lists BCD coded rifles were never dated. Also the serial number had a letter prefix and suffix. My G43 has an a,serial number then a c. You would think the full indentity number and letters would be written down, those letters are missing in the above photo.

A listing of the specially made magazine pouch for the 10 round magazines the K/G43 uses, might be noted when issued with the rifle. I will say many variations of weapon entrys will be found.

The only positive id is a G or K 43 written in.

[Sonnenwende]

Well, that was another thing I wanted to ask:
the Soldbuch I was looking at did not say anything about special pouches, just the "usual" 2 98k Patronentaschen issued. I think it was common (as I recall) only to be issued with one G/K43 pouch and one standard 98k Pouch. Luke, do the G/K43 Soldbuchs you have seen/own mention these G/K43 pouches specifically?

Regards Sonnenwende