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Post by volkssturm on Jan 23, 2019 0:28:28 GMT -5
But you say, the STG-44 wasn't used in Africa. Not during the war, since it came too late, but this website traces the post-war usage of the STG-44 in Africa after the war. The Russians captured thousands of STG-44's and, never ones to waste useful weapons, handed them out as military aid, often using Czechoslovakia. The STG-44's have turned up in numerous wars, and s till are being found in rebel hands in out of the way places. I guess it's a sort of tribute to the German engineers who design it that these things are still working. wwiiafterwwii.wordpress.com/2015/09/27/stg-44-in-africa-after-wwii/The website has quite a few pages about various WWII weapons and what happened to them after the war. There's one about the M1 Garand in Vietnam. It appears there's still a few of them in the hands of "Workers Militia" units.
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Post by DRK on Jan 25, 2019 22:34:24 GMT -5
They found a huge stock pile in syria a few years ago, one was attached to a remote controlled tracked firing station with a camera.
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Post by aj czarkowski on Jan 26, 2019 14:35:21 GMT -5
Very interesting article! I'm surprised just how much they were transferred around in the east-block and especially in Africa. I thought in was particularly interesting that Saharan nomads use obsolete rifles as a means of currency. Wow.
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