Waffen SS with Mosin Beutewaffen

[jhv 41]

I don't think this one has been posted before.

 

[KKW22cal]

I would take the SVT-40, not the Mosen's.

 

[RyanE]

Both of the SVTs in the photo have the very rare SVT40 sling. Most SVTs photographed have Mosin, submachinegun, or field made slings.

 

[Pat]

Definitely a neat pic. It's part of a sequence from the 'SS-Kriegsberichter' site (via NARA archives), and includes the well known pic of the WSS soldier firing an SVT-40 in the same line as another with a GP-35.

Pat

 

[mauser99]

ss with Nagant.

I had this one saved for a while. Cant figure out if its a PE or PEM.

 

[RyanE]

I had this one saved for a while. Cant figure out if its a PE or PEM.

Cool photo. Mount is a PE, scope appears to be a PE also (appears to have the adjustable eyepiece).

 

[jhv 41]

And I think a PU on this one....

 

[nirvana]

Cool photo. Mount is a PE, scope appears to be a PE also (appears to have the adjustable eyepiece).

It's a PE. Front side a blade, not a globe. So probably an early one. Pre-1933 or 1934?

 

[mdarnell19]

And I think a PU on this one....


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Yep, that is a PU on top a SVT 40 sniper.

 

[mdarnell19]

I had this one saved for a while. Cant figure out if its a PE or PEM.

Very cool picture. As Ryan said it is a Top mount with a PE scope. Check out how he removed the front sight hood. Interesting? It seems like the Germans liked to camo the front half of their rifles. Here is another with a PU that has camo in the same fashion. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Pat]

It seems like the Germans liked to camo the front half of their rifles.

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That's just good fieldcraft, and what a competent operator does.

I read a Soviet primary source (Klavdia Kalugina's memoir from 'I Remember,' I think) in which she described how Soviet snipers used burlap to wrap their rifles to break up the outline and kill the glare off of metal and other reflective components.

Pat