http://skegnessvideo.com/2008/12/captured-great-war-german-gun/ Skegness News Past and Present Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:39:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://skegnessvideo.com/2008/12/captured-great-war-german-gun/comment-page-1/#comment-424 Angela Gooch Fri, 10 Apr 2009 14:24:59 +0000 http://skegnesshistory.com/2008/12/captured-great-war-german-gun/#comment-424 Peter Stephenson says: "It's not impossible that that the weaponry was collected up and issued to troops after Dunkirk (when the army lost most of its kit). One soldier at that time was issued with a 3mm calibre Austrian decorative court gun - and no ammunition. Deactivation of weapons at the time was very minimal if done at all (perhaps a firing pin ground down a little). The army still used a lot of stuff on the list in WW2 – so the items on the list above would have been like gold dust at the time." Peter Stephenson says:
“It’s not impossible that that the weaponry was collected up and issued to troops after Dunkirk (when the army lost most of its kit). One soldier at that time was issued with a 3mm calibre Austrian decorative court gun – and no ammunition. Deactivation of weapons at the time was very minimal if done at all (perhaps a firing pin ground down a little). The army still used a lot of stuff on the list in WW2 – so the items on the list above would have been like gold dust at the time.”

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