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Conveniently, the Treaty of Versailles, having established the Free City of Danzig, gave the Polish Army access to the weapons-making facilities at the Danzig Arsenal, facilitating the choice of the Mauser 98 action as the basis for any new Polish military rifle. The Mauser was also arguably one of the best bolt-action rifles at the time and ...
The Volkssturm ("People's Militia") also made use of the Gewehr 98 and Kar 98a; [38] out of all their mixed arsenal the Gewehr 98 was probably the best since it used standard 7.92×57mm IS rounds and a man trained on a Karabiner 98k could transition over to the Gewehr 98 easily since the actions of both rifles were the same. [citation needed]
During World War I, this factory produced the Gewehr 98, facilitating the choice of the Mauser 98 action as the basis for any new Polish military rifle. With the transfer of the machinery and equipment from Danzig, production of the Kb wz. 98, the Polish copy of the standard Gewehr 98 started in Radom and Warsaw in 1922. In 1924, after ...
Mauser Gewehr 98 and bayonet. Bayard M1908 (semi-automatic pistol) Beholla M1915 (semi-automatic pistol) Bergmann–Bayard M1910 (semi-automatic pistol) Bergmann MP 18-I (submachine gun) Dreyse M1907 (semi-automatic pistol) Flachmine 17 (anti-tank mine) Frommer M1912 Stop (pistol) GRC Gewehr 88/05, Gewehr 88/14, Gewehr 91 and Karabiner 88 ...
Flag of the SS Heimwehr Danzig. SS Heimwehr "Danzig" was an SS unit established in the Free City of Danzig (today Gdańsk and environs, Poland) before the Second World War.It fought with the German Army against the Polish Army during the invasion of Poland, and some of its members committed a massacre of Polish civilians.
As you're taking your Christmas items out of storage this year, be on the lookout for any collectible items that could be worth more than you think. If you own any of these valuable baubles, you ...
The Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) was a city-state under the protection and oversight of the League of Nations between 1920 and 1939, consisting of the Baltic Sea port of Danzig (now Gdańsk, Poland) and nearly 200 other small localities in the surrounding areas. [4]
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