A very sad photo

[Gerst]

I saw this photo recently and saved it. It is quite sad. I wonder if any of these capture rifles survived.

 

[hurlow8]

Such a terrible waste if not.

 

[Joseph Burke]

I see that StG just needing a home. A Kriegsmodell right edge of frame 1/3 up. Let me peruse a bit more.


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[Warrior1354]

If only I had a time machine I would take a Studebaker cargo truck and filled it up!

 

[TMos63]

I'd like to note. All appearing to have both bolts and floor plates still attached

 

[Stan]

Here is a bunch more from the photo reference section.... https://www.k98kforum.com/showthread.php?5453-Capture-Piles

Sam Cummings of Interarms stated that some of these huge piles of arms were still sitting around in bunkers and warehouses all over Europe for years after the war. He certainly lowered those piles for many years.

 

[moconfed]

Several stg. Mosin nagant. Surprisingly a lot of sight hoods.

 

[Muncher 1953]

at least 1 M95/30, below & to right of the helmet........

 

[Stan]

at least 1 M95/30, below & to right of the helmet........

It looks like an M41 Carcano to me. It seems to have a side sling bar on the left buttstock with a sling swivel underneath.

 

[R.W. Parker]

I wonder if any of these capture rifles survived.

It's very likely, Gerst. Piles similar to that yielded the rifles that were brought home or later exported. With the exception of Audie Murphy's 98k sniper, I'd bet that very few guys came home with the actual rifle they pried from the hands of someone they killed in combat.

 

[CLG]

Even a Gew. 98 with what may be its original sight!

 

[DaveDavis]

Back then these trinkets were just obsolete pieces of junk.

 

[grimlin13]

I see at least two bayonets.Go left from the helmet, there are a couple of ammo pouches, one of them is resting on top of a bayonet. Go a little further left and I see a frog sticking up with another bayonet.

 

[Namboob]

I spy with my little eye perhaps a g43 at the very top, end of the barrel sticking out.

 

[Gerst]

A pile of money

In 1945 this pile of stuff wasn’t worth much. It would bring in a pretty nice sum if that pile were sold off one item at a time in 2021!

 

[R.W. Parker]

In 1945 this pile of stuff wasn’t worth much. It would bring in a pretty nice sum if that pile were sold off one item at a time in 2021!

Absolutely. A few piles like that nowadays, and you could buy your own tropical island. Especially if you sold them individually on Gunbroker.

 

[Mr. Barnes]

And most GI's brought home a War Merit cross or a luftschutz helmet..

 

[mrfarb]

Do I see a set of leather mp40 mag pouches there?


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[Gerst]

Absolutely. A few piles like that nowadays, and you could buy your own tropical island. Especially if you sold them individually on Gunbroker.

All-matching, of course!

 

[Gerst]

And most GI's brought home a War Merit cross or a luftschutz helmet..

Or a Mother’s Cross like the “Fury” gunner.