[citroen mehari]

Anyone have or seen pictures of K98's in French service? Mine is a byf 44 with star proof, bayonet lug, and walnut stock with sling bar. It also has an unslotted and untapped stacking rod in place of the cleaning rod.

 

[vonmazur]

French 98k rifles in Nam

Citroen: I have seen a lot of them in Vietnam, with two tours of duty there, but I have never seen a pix of troops with them. There were many of them captured and the ARVN had some too, which they were glad to trade for cigarettes....There were also a lot of WW 1 German guns there which I assume were reparations from that conflict and issued to Colonial Troops....

Dale

 

[Regis Rex]

I've seen some photos of French partisans with German weapons, and one of Legionaires carring a pile of mixed-nationality weapons in Algeria, but no regular troops with German weapons.

 

[solman]

here's some captures. note the numbers on the butt and the three pouch ammo pouches. just changed the address to usa. LOL

 

[solman]

btt for a member (I think these are swift boat work)

 

[Poot]

Thanks, I was kind of wondering the same thing since one of my K98ks is a 'French Rework.'