That's an interesting point, Frank. We know there were a lot of byfs made but they really aren't as common as you'd expect. You may have the answer there, sure makes sense that 2nd half 41 and 42 byfs would go to the eastern front. My 41's SN is 7335u so maybe it was produced in early June just before the invasion and headed West. Anyway it saw little or no action, doubt it has fired 50 rounds and is very stiff like a new gun.
That could be an interesting bit of data in the SN databases - overall condition and barrel wear. A chance it might show patterns... but probably too much work and likely would be inconclusive.
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