Picture of a German soldier using #4 T

[points]

Saw this on the documetary "We stand alone together". I was surprised to see a German soldier carrying a #4T
It's at min25:29 on the utube video Hope this link workd
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6j_nop4wh0
I haven't seen too much about Germans using captured Enfields.

 

[maple_leaf_eh]

Yes, your identification skills are correct. That clip could be anywhere from Italy to France to Belgium or Holland, not specifically Normandy in June 1944.

 

[bellero]

Ran out of ammo or defective rifle and picked up the Enfield on the battlefield.

 

[36 hamon]

i saw one with a german with an M1 carbine

 

[Desert_Fox]

Exact moment the No.4T appears in the film embedded here:

[youtube]z6j_nop4wh0&start=1525[/youtube]

 

[TheTooner]

So it was during a snowstorm?

 

[Desert_Fox]

So it was during a snowstorm?

Fixed my embed, sorry... tired...

 

[Don Kael]

 

[sf]

Dang, the Brit sniper probably met his fate.

 

[Hawkshadow]

I went to watch the 1 clip and ended up watching the whole thing. I know I've seen it before but it never gets old.

 

[buffdog]

Ran out of ammo or defective rifle and picked up the Enfield on the battlefield.

Unlikely for the running out of ammo or defective rifle! On a battlefield, there is usually rifles and ammo available on your own side of the line. More probable is that the Soldier with the Lee Enfield was a well trained rifleman or a hunter before his Army service, and wanted a more precise rifle with better sights, that he thought would be more effective.

 

[points]

How did you do that? I can't figure out how to pull a still out of youtube. Is there an instruction somewhere? Thanks.

 

[cantom]

Screen capature- hit Print Screen (PrtScn) on the top row of your keyboard. Open Paint, hit Paste. Then Save As.

 

[Eaglelord17]

They also captured a bunch of Lee Enfields and equipment at Dunkirk, capable of equipping 8-10 divisions if I remember correctly. So it could possibly be from there.

 

[fredqc]

They didnt had no4mk1 at dunkirk

They also captured a bunch of Lee Enfields and equipment at Dunkirk, capable of equipping 8-10 divisions if I remember correctly. So it could possibly be from there.

 

[points]

Screen capature- hit Print Screen (PrtScn) on the top row of your keyboard. Open Paint, hit Paste. Then Save As.

Thanks. A whole new world for me.

The footage they use in documentarys and movies can be a bit varied. I recently saw a movie that was supposed to be ww2 and some of the stock footage was ww1.

 

[Dr.Lector]

Or maybe he was a british soldier who crapped himself and
exchanged his uniform for a German one.

 

[flying pig]

They didnt had no4mk1 at dunkirk

Could have been a trials T though, is that a mag cut off or the bolt head?