Bill,
Great find! Once again, your collection never ceases to amaze me!
My thoughts are it's probably a Chinese rifle, that may have been "liberated" by a Japanese soldier earlier in the war, then he was transferred to Okinawa later in the war. Besides the Chinese writing, the fact that it has no "mum" would further indicate this.
I have a Russian SVT 40, that was a bring back by a USGI from Normandy.
As Steve said earlier, "if only it could talk."
Matt
Great find! Once again, your collection never ceases to amaze me!
My thoughts are it's probably a Chinese rifle, that may have been "liberated" by a Japanese soldier earlier in the war, then he was transferred to Okinawa later in the war. Besides the Chinese writing, the fact that it has no "mum" would further indicate this.
I have a Russian SVT 40, that was a bring back by a USGI from Normandy.
As Steve said earlier, "if only it could talk."
Matt
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