Unidentified Weapons in Iraq - Sequel
Posted By: Stan Holland <stan@XXXstanholland.com>
Date: 6/1/06 09:12
There seems to be a lot of interest in the Borchart pistol that was recently discovered here in Iraq. I was able to get back into the armory and I took some more pictures of the Borchart and pictures of some of the other weapons that we are unable to identify. One of the pistols I was able to identify by doing a simple search on the internet and the result was that it is a 1907 Roth-Steyr pistol. The other pistol was made by the E.J. Smith & Co., London and the serial number appears to be 21. The last pistol is still unknown, but most people seem to think that it is a French design. I have included pictures of the weapons in the links below.
If anyone knows what the unidentified weapons are, or if you can provide me with more inforamtion, or if you know someone who might know, could you please let me know how to contact them? Just remove the "XXX" from my email address. Thanks.
Borchart C93 Pistol
I received several requests to post more pictures of this pistol and I tried to get them as detailed as possible. You can see the serial number (picture 5), the top of the pistol with the breech open (pictures 7 & 8), and pictures of the breech operating mechanism from the side which show the markings stamped into the metal (pictures 9 & 10).
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._C93_Pic_1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._C93_Pic_2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._C93_Pic_3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._C93_Pic_4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._C93_Pic_5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._C93_Pic_6.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._C93_Pic_7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._C93_Pic_8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4..._C93_Pic_9.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v4...C93_Pic_10.jpg