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Interesting tibit of information about Foreign Arms and Germany pre and during WWII
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<blockquote data-quote="sherrick13" data-source="post: 4129959" data-attributes="member: 9406"><p>Germany used captured weapons widely during WWII. </p><p></p><p>This is a really good book about that subject.</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/29486/20231004_202142-2978322.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/29486/20231004_202142-2978322.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>One of the items in it I found very interesting is Germany had two Army Manuals concerning foreign weapons first published in 1937. One was for weapons of countries they considered enemies (to be invaded) and another manual for countries they didn't consider enemies (neutral).</p><p></p><p>Part of the interesting part was in 1937-40, Swiss weapons were in the 'enemy' manual, but switched to the 'neutral' manual in March 1941 and Russian weapons were in the 'neutral' manual from 1937-40, but moved to the 'enemy' one in March 1941. </p><p></p><p>I wonder if the Allied countries intelligence agencies had access to these and if so noticed the change?</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/29486/20231004_202211-2978321.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/29486/20231004_202211-2978321.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sherrick13, post: 4129959, member: 9406"] Germany used captured weapons widely during WWII. This is a really good book about that subject. [URL='https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/29486/20231004_202142-2978322.jpg'][IMG]https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/29486/20231004_202142-2978322.jpg[/IMG][/URL] One of the items in it I found very interesting is Germany had two Army Manuals concerning foreign weapons first published in 1937. One was for weapons of countries they considered enemies (to be invaded) and another manual for countries they didn't consider enemies (neutral). Part of the interesting part was in 1937-40, Swiss weapons were in the 'enemy' manual, but switched to the 'neutral' manual in March 1941 and Russian weapons were in the 'neutral' manual from 1937-40, but moved to the 'enemy' one in March 1941. I wonder if the Allied countries intelligence agencies had access to these and if so noticed the change? [URL='https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/29486/20231004_202211-2978321.jpg'][IMG]https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/29486/20231004_202211-2978321.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [/QUOTE]
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