In May 1945, Britain was left holding a mountain of captured German Karabiner 98k rifles. Too foreign to standardize, too useful to scrap. So what did the British really do with them? From guard duty in occupied Germany to rearming allies and studying enemy design, the answer is more practical and surprising than most people expect. Watch to find out how a defeated army's rifles found a second life.
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In May 1945, Britain was left holding a mountain of captured German Karabiner 98k rifles. Too foreign to standardize, too useful to scrap. So what did the British really do with them? From guard duty in occupied Germany to rearming allies and studying enemy design, the answer is more practical and surprising than most people expect. Watch to find out how a defeated army's rifles found a second life.
#WW2 #Kar98k #BritishArmy #MilitaryHistory #WWIIHistory #Mauser #historytok