C96 'Broom-handle' Mauser pistol.

George Anderson · 09-02-2013, 10:28 PM

Both field artillery and Train units were mounted. Note also the open belt buckles only worn by mounted troops.

sheepherder · 09-02-2013, 10:55 PM

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Originally Posted by George Anderson

Both field artillery and Train units were mounted...

Is that like choo-choo train, or like 20 mule team supply train???

tomaustin · 09-03-2013, 12:48 AM

for the MG08 probably dictated the positioning of the holster, as show in the second pic........

George Anderson · 09-03-2013, 10:51 AM

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Originally Posted by postino

Is that like choo-choo train, or like 20 mule team supply train???

Support trains, mostly horse drawn wagons that included everything from munitions, to ambulances to bakeries, etc.

Douglas Jr. · 09-04-2013, 11:52 AM

I've been searching and collecting vintage pictures of soldiers fitted with guns that I have in my collection. It is a funny (and very often expensive) side collection.

Here are three that are currently sitting in my collection:

(1) A soldier from the 189th Infantry Regiment.

(2) A bunch of guys (maybe Feldartillerie) equiped with C96 adn gas masks in a trench.

(3) A 1914 dated postcard showing another guy with a complete stock and pistol set. This is particularly interesting as it shows the C96 use before the introduction of the Wartime Commercial and Red Nine variations.

Hope you enjoy it.

Douglas.

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tomaustin Lifer X5 Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: texas Posts: 708 Thanks: 87 Thanked 523 Times in 202 Posts	in my single, young soldier pic, his job of pulling the sled for the MG08 probably dictated the positioning of the holster, as show in the second pic........

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George Anderson Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: VA Posts: 3,592 Thanks: 1,773 Thanked 2,531 Times in 788 Posts	Both field artillery and Train units were mounted. Note also the open belt buckles only worn by mounted troops.