Caption | German soldier with a captured PPSh-41 submachine gun, circa 1940s ww2dbase | |||||||
Photographer | Unknown | |||||||
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Photo Size | 616 x 425 pixels | |||||||
Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
Licensing | This anonymous work originating in the European Union is in the public domain. Its copyright expired 70 years after the work was made available to the public. Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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"I have returned. By the grace of Almighty God, our forces stand again on Philippine soil."General Douglas MacArthur at Leyte, 17 Oct 1944
19 Oct 2012 07:15:24 PM
IF ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR IVAN, ITS GOOD ENOUGH FOR ME:
LOOKS LIKE OUR GERMAN NCO, IS ARMED WITH A CAPTURED PPSh-41 W/71 ROUND DRUM MAGAZINE. THE GERMANS CAPTURED LARGE NUMBERS OF THESE WEAPONS, AND CONVERTED THEM TO FIRE THE 9mm
ROUND THESE WERE KNOWN AS THE MP-41(r)OTHERS WERE NOT CONVERTED AND KNOWN AS THE MP-17(r)
FIRING THE 7.63x25mm MAUSER, IN PLACE OF THE RUSSIAN 7.62x25 TOKAREV.
MOVIE OF INTEREST "CROSS OF IRON" (1977) VETERAN NCO ROLF STEINER(JAMES COBURN)FIGHTS
ON THE RUSSIAN FRONT, THE WEAPON HE CARRIES IS A PPSh-41.
IN ANY WAR, A SOLDIER CAN GET A CHANCE TO CAPTURE AN ENEMIES WEAPON. IN VIETNAM, I CARRIED A CHINESE CHI-COM TYPE 56/AK-47 IT WAS SIMPLE, RELIABLE AND DEADLY IT FIRED THE 7.62x39mm. BUT THIS WAS WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, MUCH YOUNGER.
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