A pile of surrendered rifles (interesting picture)

[AlexanderA]

I traveled to Greece in 1971 during the Papadopoulos dictatorship, saw some interesting weapons in the Army's hands.

In 1969, in the back room of a junk shop, in Monastiraki, in Athens, I saw a whole pile of MP40's. They had all been slightly torch-cut, or slightly crushed, in various places. It would have been easy to assemble a few good ones by cannibalizing various pieces. I just didn't have the time to mess with this.

 

[Terry G]

Boy would I like to look through those.

I would pay big money to sort through and keep 10 of those. Uncle Sam destroyed these. Among them was "MY" Colt Officers Model Target .38.

 

[tark]

Prove it isn't a Remington Model 11....

It is clearly marked as a browning. Are your eyes so bad you cant read the stamping on the receiver?

 

[entropy]

Geez......they just made me send our revolvers to Anniston. They didn't demil them right in front of me!

 

[Armybrat]

Post-WW2.... somewhere in the Pacific war zone?

 

[entropy]

 

[AlexanderA]

Post-WW2.... somewhere in the Pacific war zone?

I wonder how the wood on those Thompsons got bleached that way. Sea salt?

 

[bannockburn]

Terry G

I would pay big money to sort through and keep 10 of those. Uncle Sam destroyed these. Among them was "MY" Colt Officers Model Target .38.

That photo is enough to make a grown man weep!

 

[redneck2]

I have a friend that was in charge of destroying weapons after the Bosnia whatever war maybe twenty or thirty years ago. Whenever. They had thousands of cases of brand new AK’s, etc that they piled up and burned.

The avid shooters of the group would spend their spare time setting up new automatic weapons and burning off ammo until it destroyed the gun, then do it again and again. He said it actually got old pretty quickly

 

[Armybrat]

I wonder how the wood on those Thompsons got bleached that way. Sea salt?

Most likely.
Sad photo.

 

[amd6547]

When my Dad's armored cavalry unit would enter a German town, they would order that all firearms be turned in
Then, they would line them up against a curb, and drive an M5 Stuart tank over them...including fine, custom Schutzen target rifles.
Then, on to the next town.

 

[codytrucker]

Post-WW2.... somewhere in the Pacific war zone?
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At current prices , restored , that's 30 or 40 million worth of tommy guns just rusting away . Talk about Government waste!

 

[kcofohio]

Talk about Government waste!

That's just childs play compared to what comes later.

 

[H&R Glock]

I saw an MP40 for sale at the Knob Creek shoot about 6 years ago. The owner was dressed in an original German WWII military uniform.
The price was $13,000.00.
Unfortunately I only carry about $10K on me at any time so I did not make an offer that would embarrass either of us.

 

[entropy]

Dollars or Deutschmarks?

 

[trackskippy]

$13K would have been an embarrassing offer, but a GREAT deal for a transferable gun.

 

[caribou]

The picture of the weathered Thompsons comes from Viet Nam.
Pictures from that photo series shows piles of those Thompsons, Garands, Browning Machine guns, RPGs and other damaged or non compatibles in a Commie gov scrap metal yard.