Comments by "Britta Kriep" (@brittakriep2938) on "Qu0026A: British Small Arms of World War Two" video.
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DebatingWombat: Among the calibers/ cartidges i noted for wwll, i made a difference between cartridges which had been common, and such ones, being lesser common. As you clearly recognized, for the lesser common cartridges, ammo supply was more difficult, so this weapons had not been usefull for frontline troops, but for rearline or auxillary troops acceptable. In case of wwl Austria - Hungary you only have forgotten the 11, 5 mm black powder cartridges for M70 and M74 revolvers. In general the older revolvers of black powder era had been in wwl still common for rearline/ police forces. But in case of Switzerland the cartidge 7,5mm Swiss Ordonnance was until 1970s produced with black powder, and in service from 1882 to 1975. Last service Users in 1975 had been elderly Military craftsmen, elderly auxillary policemen and elderly railway guards. Another revolver of those era was in service until 2013, russian railway and postal guards used still Nagant revolvers.
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@DirtyDiksgunoroma : Well i am german. No gunowner or collector, but intressted in history of weapons in general. In german language arms magazines, we have three german ones and a swiss one ( which is now only a shadow of former days), sometimes rare weapons of german language countries appear. A few months ago a revolver of Austria - Hungary was noted, which was introduced in early 20th century for Austro- Hungarian for some Police, Prison and Financial officers in limited numbers, for an unusual 9mm cartidge. After wwl no more production of the weapon, but even in 1950s some of this revolvers had been still in service, very last ones had been in inventory in 1960s, Austrian Gouvernement somehow was able, to have ammunition even in 1960s.
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Being german a note: In ,Kennblätter für fremdes Gerät' ( description sheets for foreign equipment) captured equipment got a german designarion, for example Colt 1911 became Pistole Colt (a) Kaliber 11,5 mm Colt , the a means amerikanisch. When german troops captured french arsenals , these contained also Gras M74, converted to 8m Lebel. Those rifles had been used in wwl by french troops for use in Hinterland, far away from frontline by transport troops. Those converted Gras rifles had been given in wwll to french Gardes Champetres ( field guards) by german occupation troops. How could german forces know about Owen guns? Believe it or not, Germany had intelligence services, and Japan was a german allie. Also ot is possible, that german soldiers/ sailors captured in northern Africa or on sunk Allied ships newspapers etc., showing photos with Owen submachine guns.
Btw., use a map of german state Baden - Württemberg. Look for the town Kirchheim unter Teck ( see Mary von Teck, grandmother of Elizabeth ll) and look in the south of this town for the name of a small town, you will be surprised:-))
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Georges Sheffield: Before wwl , as far as i know, officers of every nation had to buy their own equipment. In case of Imperial Germany, i am german and read german language arms magazines since 1982, the officers could buy before 1914 every firearms they wanted, but : The pistol/ revolver had to fire service cartidges! This means in time , when M79 and M83 revolvers ( socalled Reichsrevolver) it was 10,6 Deutsche Ordonnanz, and in time of Pistole 08 ( by Navy 04) it was 9mm Parabellum ( Luger). In case of Pistole 08 officers could only buy Parabellum pistols in luxury variants, or for much money a different barrel length, but in case of revolver? Larger or smaller variants, luxury variants, different grip scales, trigger guard finger hook , double action ( ordonance model was single action only), unloading mechanism ( ordonance model had a small rod in holster pocket to stick out empty cartridges). In case of sword, the officers had to buy the official model of their branch. But: A fresh created Leutnant of a commoners middleclass family bought cheap standard model, while an Oberst ( colonel) of a rich noble familiy bought a sword of official look, but with damascene blade, or blued blade with golden decoration, and goldcovered silver guard and ivory grip. The only officers weapons the different german states bought, had been the socalled , Kammerstücke' ( chamber pieces) in Standard ordonance version. They had been intended for seargeants, when acting as Offiziersstellvertreter ( doing officers tasks, when no officer is available), for example, during a peacetime officers meeting in barracks, the Offiziersstellvertreter had to observe the soldiers, that they do no nonsens, or when during officers meeting an unexpected messenger appears.
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@ChrisHodgsonCorben-Dallas : I am german, patriotic, but no nationalist, Times have changed into a good direction. The fact , that in european part of war territories the use of 9mm Parabellum and 7,65 Browning weapons and ammunition is more practical than using ammunition, which is uncommon, is obvious. Also use of .45 Acp shows everybody USA is involved, while use of .32Acp or . 25Acp could also be a private affair of dead person.
What i as german citizen see as dubious, is portraying franctireurs, partisans, freedom fighters allways as heroes, when fighting against german troops. But after war , the heroic persons are No more portraied as heroes , when fighting against troops of former Allied countries. This is in my eyes a double Standard. Those partisans, are they realy heroes? They cause brutal revenge by occupation troops, the are hiding behind civilian Dress, attacking soldiers clearly visible by uniform and foreign look, do warcrimes .... I am no Fan of them. Armed civilians with clear visible badges, sashes or armbands can be used as rearline auxillaries as guards, transport , Ingenieur troops helpers, guides, perhaps manning fortifications, but should not been used as field troops, partisans or terrorists, they create lot of hate, especially currently.
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