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Old 01-28-2008, 14:28 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Walther MKb.42 assault rifle

Just wanted to start a thread about Walthers version of the MKb.42 assault rifle, If anyone is up for discussing about it







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Last surviving specimens known are:

s/n 0035 - Defence Academy, UK

s/n 0050 - private collection, USA

s/n 0067 - private collection

s/n 0072 - private collection

s/n 0078 - Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, USA

s/n 0084 - National Firearms Centre Leeds, The Royal Armouries (the Old MOD Pattern Room), UK

s/n 0097 - private collection, deact, sold on The Collector's Guild in 2004. Probably still in Canada

s/n 0109 - (stock cut in half) Springfield Armory Museum, Massachusetts, USA

s/n 0116 - (different stock shape) Russian Army Museum, Moscow

s/n 0120 - Finnish Arms Museum Foundation, Hyvinkaa, Finland

s/n 0131 - Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland, USA

s/n 0155 (s/n unconfirmed) - first, WTS Koblenz

s/n ? - second, WTS Koblenz

s/n ? - first, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

s/n ? - second, Tennessee State Museum, Nashville, Tennessee, USA

s/n ? - West Point Museum, New York, US

s/n ? - BATFE (Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives) USA. Probably severly damaged when used as bait to catch someone dealing in illegal machine guns.

s/n ? (impossible to read) - private collection, battlefield relic found in Czech Republic in 2007

Possible 2 more examples pulled out from water in Germany (information unconfirmed)
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Old 01-28-2008, 20:29 PM   #2 (permalink)
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Wasn't really that aware of the gun it'd probably be better to post it in the firearms section which tends to have people who know or at least claim to know nearly every rare gun and have opinions often vocal on them.
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oh and I should try periods and commas.
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