BOTR Canadian WWI captured Gewehr 88
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Missing information and the ammunition shown in the video is wrong, the rifle has been altered for the "S" ammunition.
“S ammunition” adopted by order of 4/3/1903, No. 251.03. The “S” bullet had
a diameter of 8.22mm (0.3236”). The larger bullet needed the chamber to be modified as the 1888 case was still used.
The rifles with the modified chambered rifles for the “S” cartridge were marked with an “S”.
The War Ministry ordered that only 1888 rifles with new unused barrels be adapted for the “S” cartridge.
Not being able to see the date of manufacture, the rifle was rebarreled with the new depth groves 0.15mm or made with a new barrel adopted in 1896.
The new grove depth was adopted in July 7, 1896 by a Prussian “All-Highest Decree” N0. 10 345.
All new and converted rifles with the 0.15mm depth groves were stamped with a “Z”.
From " “German Military Rifles and Machine Pistols 1871 – 1945”,
By Hans Dieter Gotz. Translated by Dr. Edward Force, CCSU "
“S ammunition” adopted by order of 4/3/1903, No. 251.03. The “S” bullet had
a diameter of 8.22mm (0.3236”). The larger bullet needed the chamber to be modified as the 1888 case was still used.
The rifles with the modified chambered rifles for the “S” cartridge were marked with an “S”.
The War Ministry ordered that only 1888 rifles with new unused barrels be adapted for the “S” cartridge.
Not being able to see the date of manufacture, the rifle was rebarreled with the new depth groves 0.15mm or made with a new barrel adopted in 1896.
The new grove depth was adopted in July 7, 1896 by a Prussian “All-Highest Decree” N0. 10 345.
All new and converted rifles with the 0.15mm depth groves were stamped with a “Z”.
From " “German Military Rifles and Machine Pistols 1871 – 1945”,
By Hans Dieter Gotz. Translated by Dr. Edward Force, CCSU "
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A friend of my Fathers, RHLI CSM Ken Lingen used to carry around a K98.
There is a bit of a story behind this picture, when it was first taken an officer told them to retake it without the K98 as he thought it did not look right.
Canadians of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (RHLI) meet up with elements of the US 2nd Division in Elbeuf, on the River Seine in France. August 27 1944.
From left to right; Capt. A.A. Smith (Salt Lake City, UT), Sergeant. K.C. Lingen (Waterdown, ON),
1st Sgt. L.R. Huntingdon (Durango, CO). Corporal J.E. Juras (Saginaw, MI), Private W.R. Burns (Montreal, QC), Lt. Clair Jones (Pueblo, CO).
Both Canadians in the photo would be dead before the war’s end.
Sergeant Ken Lingen would be killed on 17 October 1944 by a sniper near his 'D' Company HQ in Belgium. He was a Company Sergeant Major (CSM) by then.
Private William Burns would be killed on 9 March 1945 in the last days of the bloody Rhineland offensive to capture the German Rhineland.
(Canadian Film & Photo Unit photographer: Lt. Ken Ball)
He only made it until October of 44
There is a bit of a story behind this picture, when it was first taken an officer told them to retake it without the K98 as he thought it did not look right.
Canadians of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry (RHLI) meet up with elements of the US 2nd Division in Elbeuf, on the River Seine in France. August 27 1944.
From left to right; Capt. A.A. Smith (Salt Lake City, UT), Sergeant. K.C. Lingen (Waterdown, ON),
1st Sgt. L.R. Huntingdon (Durango, CO). Corporal J.E. Juras (Saginaw, MI), Private W.R. Burns (Montreal, QC), Lt. Clair Jones (Pueblo, CO).
Both Canadians in the photo would be dead before the war’s end.
Sergeant Ken Lingen would be killed on 17 October 1944 by a sniper near his 'D' Company HQ in Belgium. He was a Company Sergeant Major (CSM) by then.
Private William Burns would be killed on 9 March 1945 in the last days of the bloody Rhineland offensive to capture the German Rhineland.
(Canadian Film & Photo Unit photographer: Lt. Ken Ball)
He only made it until October of 44
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