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Syrian Civil War - German World War 2 Era STG 44 Rifle Used By Syrian Rebels In Firefight (Video)
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| June 16, 2015
| WarLeaks
Posted on 07/06/2015 6:18:55 PM PDT by C19fan
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Amazing seeing these WW II era weapons being used in Syria. I posted a link to another YouTube video showing what one Freeper identified as a German 105 MM mountain howitzer from WW II.
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:18:55 PM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
I wonder what these weapons would sell for in the US. It would of probably been better if they could of sold them then acquired cheaper assault rifles like the AK-47. Is getting the Kurz 7.92X33 difficult?
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:22:55 PM PDT
by
C19fan
To: C19fan
That’s my question. Where are the getting the ammunition?
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:24:07 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: C19fan
Collectors who own these weapons make their own ammo.Case head is the same as 7.92x57 or .30-06.Form and trim dies are available from RCBS and I think Speer makes a suitable weight bullet.
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:29:37 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: Farmer Dean
any chance they are re-chambered to 7.62x39???
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:32:07 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
To: C19fan
An actual operating stg44 would sell at action for well over 6k. That is a guess.
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:33:18 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: C19fan
Not big on marksmanship, are they?
Waste of ammo.
To: C19fan
East Germany and Russia sold these and other WW2 German weapons around the world. E Germany made ammo for them, and it is still commercially made in several countries. A good (registered) StG here will bring anywhere from $25-50,000, depending on condition and how bad the buyer wants it. These are the rifle Kalashnikov copied the AK-47 from, or maybe Hugo Schmeisser, the original designer, who was held in the USSR after the war, designed it, and the Russkis gave Kalashnikov the credit as propaganda.
To: Chode
I think that the overall length of 7.62x39 would prevent it’s use in the existing mags and magazine well of the weapon.Plus the bolt heads would all have to be replaced since the case head on 7.62x39 is way smaller than 7.92x33.Might need to replace the recoil spring and buffer too.
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:36:19 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: C19fan
The East German Volksomething-or-other used this weapon for years after the war. I suppose they pawned them off on the Syrians at some point.
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:36:31 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
To: Lurker
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:37:13 PM PDT
by
central_va
(I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
To: central_va
More like 40-50k if it was a registered weapon.I’ve seen MP5’s go for just shy of 30k,same for M-16”s.Class 3 prices have gone nuts.
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:38:16 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: PLMerite
East Germany 1955.
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:39:38 PM PDT
by
PLMerite
("The issue is never the issue. The issue is the Revolution.")
To: central_va
I should have known Mr. Potterfield would have it.
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:39:58 PM PDT
by
Lurker
(Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
To: central_va
Nice find.I think it might make a better sub-sonic round than the .300 Whisper.
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:40:33 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(stop worrying about what they want to do to you,start thinking about what you want to do to them)
To: ozzymandus
I’ll never believe Kalashnikov designed the AK. Prior to that, his most complex construction was a device that counted the number of rounds a tank had fired.
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posted on
07/06/2015 6:53:12 PM PDT
by
edpc
(Wilby 2016)
To: C19fan
This is what an assault rifle looks like.
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posted on
07/06/2015 7:07:08 PM PDT
by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: edpc
Stakhanovite worker propaganda. Pick a face out of the crowd and make him a “people’s hero”. Not some old kraut in the Gulag.
To: C19fan
The Syrians also used some modified Pz IVs as late as the 1967 Six Day War.
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posted on
07/06/2015 7:26:07 PM PDT
by
henkster
(Do I really need a sarcasm tag?)
To: Farmer Dean
thx...
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posted on
07/06/2015 7:26:48 PM PDT
by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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