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Unread 11-20-2012, 09:28 PM   #1
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Your are welcome. I have cousins in East Germany and went visiting them around 2000/2001. One of them was in the "Grenztruppen der DDR", one of their elite units, much like the Waffen SS.

I had travelled many times behind the iron curtain back in the days of the GDR and it had always been an experience! That sparked my interest in East German collectibles.

I also have acquired a Haenel repeating airrifle that was widely used as a training gun. Back when I had visited my cousin, they took me to a contest with those airrifles and I was surprised at the very high level of marksmanship in the general population.

Before I take this thread off the reservation, SteveM super cool DDR-rework Luger, she is one smokin' fraulein.

Now AndyD, that is outstanding that you were able to keep in contact with your German relatives. Did your cousin ever talk about what happened to the Stg44's used or PPSh 41's, where they ever ended up?

Century imported a fair amount of DDR-proofed G43/K43 in the early 1990s, and occasionally you can find a 98K with the suhl eagle-proof, the SKS's and Nagants (rifle and revolvers) w/ the "1" in the triangle are around, as well as Mpi-K and MPi-Km AK-parts, but never DDR parts kits for Stg's, Mp40s, or PPSh41's from the DDR.
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SteveM,

that is a super-nice one!

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he never talked much about his service in the forces and since he had served during the 1980s, I think he will have little knowledge of those old guns, they had AKs and crossing the border, the guards had pointed it leisurely in my direction more than once.
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