Comments by "Sar Jim" (@sarjim4381) on "Karabiner-S: The East German Unicorn SKS" video.

Maybe to arm Vopo's with a semiautomatic rifle that was easier to carry and less menacing looking than an AK?
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Ian, the link to the auction goes to a Mosin Nagant rifle rather than this unicorn.
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@Jorvard I'm just going from memory here but, having lived through the time of the Berlin Wall, I recall at least one picture of a vopo running across to the west while discarding an SKS. The vopos (Deutsche Volkspolizei) were not a typical police force. They were paramilitary, their members had military training, and they were equipped with APCs and artillery.
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@jamesjanson6129 That may be it. I'll look it up. My memory is obviously not as good as it could be, but the last time I saw that picture was at least 50 years ago, and I remember a vopo escaping with his SKS, but i could very well be wrong.
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