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G33/40 ss?

Jim's Militaria

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I don't think that I have seen anything on SS issued G33/40s. How were these rifles marked when issued to SS troops?

Anyone ever come across a SS G33/40?

Thanks in advance for any help.




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there is none and there isn't any to my knowledge. Im pretty sure there is grainy footage of an SS guy holding one though. Im sure that's where the rumor started.
 
I have seen one that a collector thought was an SS rifle......it was just a date with the letters 44 that looked like runes in the stock channel.
 
No evidence exists to my knowledge of SS troops being issued G33/40s as standard TOE [ table of organization & equipment ] / not say one might have been picked up, and used by a trooper.
 
I think I saw some pics of 6th WSS troops in Finland armed with G.33/40's (Bundesarchiv Foto?). To echo what's already been said, they would not have been SS marked.
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I have also seen them here and there in SS pics. Just like already said they may have just been something picked up along the way.

Then I found this thread with the pic in post #6 showing at least eight G33/40s...

http://www.k98kforum.com/showthread.php?9699-G33-40-observations&p=127677&viewfull=1#post127677

No telling who the kids are in the shot but just maybe some of these little gems were issued to a few SS units.

Sorry the G33/40 has always been in a blind spot for me and I am just playing catch up on educating myself now.




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They're SS, as is the one soldier in picture #2 of post #2 from the same linked discussion.
 
Heres a picture. Looks to be a "Reinhard Heydrich" cufftitle pointing to SS-Gebirgsjäger Regiment 11 (Part of the 6th SS Mountain Division)
 

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Heres a picture. Looks to be a "Reinhard Heydrich" cufftitle pointing to SS-Gebirgsjäger Regiment 11 (Part of the 6th SS Mountain Division)

Here are a few more from the same group.
 

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I'm impressed and stand corrected on their apparent issue to special units. I still 100% do not believe you will find one with any SS proofs on it.
 

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