what is this?

Regarding British extended magazines, these were manufactured in reply to Fritz's magazine extensions and tried out the the Front. There was a 15-round and a 25-round magazine tried for the SMLE, but both had problems with being too delicate, and they really got in the way of prone fire.

It was decided to wothdraw the few extended magazines that had been issued. They are super-rare today.

Not that they were really needed; you can refill the m,agazine on a Lee-Enfield awfully fast if you have decent chargers, faster, in fact, than you can change magazines. This is why it always surprises me when guys just gotta have spare mags for the Lee series..... and when they "borrow" mine and never give them back!
 
personally i think it may be a ww1 capture, or even captured from eastern european SS troops, who often had to make do with leftovers. doubt its photoshopped though
 
pg 159 of Mauser Military Rifles of the World (3rd ed.) shows a german built 98 with box mag in 8mm it is called a 98A carbine. Pg 187 shows a similar rifle with a different box mag which was a russian capture rifle. So, it could have been german or russian modified. neither mag in the book exactly matches the one in pic.
 
svt-40 said:
How can it be post-war if the picture is not shopped and it's a war time picture?
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It's purported to be a WWII pic from the battle of Kursk. The post-war mod referred to is post WWI.

I have my doubt's it at Kursk. The men in the pic do not look like regular Red Army soldiers. They have the look of a partisan organization.

At the time Kursk was fought, I wouldn't expect to see an old, non-standard rifle like that in use by line Red Army troops.

I'd be willing to bet that it's a group of Communist partisans in the Balkans. Of course, I may not have a clue.;)
 
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