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Hungarian rifles in WW2?

stg44stg44 Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
edited March 2002 in Ask the Experts
I'm trying to research what their primary weapons were. I have a friend whose grandfather fought with the Hungarian Army during WW2, & I suggested to him that it might be interesting to collect some items he might have carried. I made the assumption that the main rifle was the 98/40 version of the Mauser, but I thought I've read something about a Steyr-Mannlicher. Can anybody point me in the right direction?Thanks!
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  • win37win37 Member Posts: 74 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Use the search feature on any of the auction sited and type in Hungarian/search.Use one of the internet search engines and do the same.Hope this helps[This message has been edited by win37 (edited 03-16-2002).]
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  • jonkjonk Member Posts: 10,121
    edited November -1
    Both rifles were used. The Mauser variant was the main rifle during the war, after the Nazis came to power, the straight pull Steyr Mannlicher was used from 1895 through the late 1930's, though it did see some action.
    "...hit your enemy in the belly, and kick him when he is down, and boil his prisoners in oil- if you take any- and torture his women and children. Then people will keep clear of you..." -Admiral of the Fleet Lord Fisher, speaking at the Hague Peace Conference in 1899.
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  • stg44stg44 Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Use the search feature on any of the auction sited and type in Hungarian/search.Use one of the internet search engines and do the same.Thanks. I had already been trying that & coming up with a lot of info on the Austro-Hungarian stuff from WW1. Not too much stuff on the auction sites, but a few things.
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