There was no such thing as a 'tanker' K98 either. There was a carbine made for mountain troops though.
Now write this out 100 times, "Armoured types do not and did not use rifles. There is no space in a tank for a rifle."
I think he gets that, he mentioned they were in .243 etc.
thanks skippy some people dont read my questioni drive a lav 3 at work i know what can fit in a armourd vehicle and tankers in the canadian army and most western armies carry a carbine in the tank ie c8,m4,aug para,
What's not to like?
There was no such thing as a 'tanker' K98 either. There was a carbine made for mountain troops though.
Now write this out 100 times, "Armoured types do not and did not use rifles. There is no space in a tank for a rifle."
The tanker rifle at mitchells is not saying it was an orignal German "tanker" dude, what they advertize is correct in that it was a specially made i.e. shortened Yugoslavian made mauser for use by their tank forces in the fifties. So you are correct there was no K98 TANKER, BUT wrong in that there was an M48 variant issued to tank crews in Post WWII yugo.
please get fact straight b4 bs on this forum.
LOL - maybe YOU ought to get your facts straight. There NEVER was a TANKER Mauser in service in Yugoslavia of ANY flavor!!!
Perhaps before playing "expert" on Yugo Mausers you ought to consider reading "Yugoslav and Serbian Mausers" by Branko Bogdonovich. It's the "bible" on Yugo Mausers and is written by Zastava Crvena's official historian with access to all factory records.
The Mitchell's "Tanker" Mausers are FANTSY PIECES made up by Mitchells on contract with Yugo factories in recent years. Of course Mitchell's advertises it fraudulently.
I've actually SPOKEN to Branko many times. I can assure you he is right and you are WRONG.
Sorry, I forgot your the "expert". I guess seeing as you and Branko are so tight on the subject I stand down.
Anyway JCbruno only wanted some info on how he could get one of these neat little rifles. But instead as usual in this forum people were only more concerned about mocking him for even considering a purchase from Mitchells. Oh well, I'm sure if the tanker was available in Canada, it probably would do quite well.![]()
Sorry, I forgot your the "expert".