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cirelaw · 01-24-2015, 11:21 AM

During both wars and in between did they have a simular method to allow bring back war goodies? Were there restrictions on what could brought back? Eric

cirelaw · 01-24-2015, 11:40 AM

I think I might have found the law, written in 1950 all 21 pages. http://www.nfaoa.org/documents/Captu...myProperty.pdf

alanint · 01-24-2015, 02:29 PM

Bringback got progressively more restrictive, from really none at all in WW1 to a permitting process from WW2 to the present. The NFA Act of 1934 prohibited fully automatic weapons from coming back, (although quite a few did find their way here, but mostly through licensed importers such as Interarms post war). The gun control Act of 1968 placed further restrictions on various handguns.
Since virtually all combatants today employ select-fire weapons and permission to bring back handguns is virtually never given anymore, you are not going to see many modern war trophies these days.

Edward Tinker · 01-24-2015, 03:01 PM

In WW2 it also depended on european theater and the asian theater - as time went on they wrote up regulations on it.

They were adapted for Korea and then Vietnam. By the Iraqi war, only bayonets could be brought back, although some items were legally brought back. In Afghanistan older firearms were being brought back until troops or someone figured out that by stamping them 1898 many items could be brought back (that is the rumour I have eard), so now, almost nothing could be brought back...

cirelaw · 01-24-2015, 03:05 PM

Heres one I got from George Anderson` No Relation~

cirelaw · 01-24-2015, 03:33 PM

Ed sounds like the old 'Catch Twenty-Two'

cirelaw · 01-24-2015, 04:05 PM

I just came across this great site~http://gmic.co.uk/index.php/topic/51...d-weapons-wwi/

cirelaw · 01-24-2015, 04:52 PM

A Forum On This Very Subject http://www.usmilitariaforum.com/foru...ure-paperwork/

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	I think I might have found the law, written in 1950 all 21 pages. http://www.nfaoa.org/documents/Captu...myProperty.pdf

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alanint User Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Marco Island, Florida Posts: 4,867 Thanks: 1,685 Thanked 1,916 Times in 1,192 Posts	Bringback got progressively more restrictive, from really none at all in WW1 to a permitting process from WW2 to the present. The NFA Act of 1934 prohibited fully automatic weapons from coming back, (although quite a few did find their way here, but mostly through licensed importers such as Interarms post war). The gun control Act of 1968 placed further restrictions on various handguns. Since virtually all combatants today employ select-fire weapons and permission to bring back handguns is virtually never given anymore, you are not going to see many modern war trophies these days.

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Edward Tinker Super Moderator Eternal Lifer LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: North of Spokane, WA Posts: 15,915 Thanks: 1,989 Thanked 4,506 Times in 2,080 Posts	In WW2 it also depended on european theater and the asian theater - as time went on they wrote up regulations on it. They were adapted for Korea and then Vietnam. By the Iraqi war, only bayonets could be brought back, although some items were legally brought back. In Afghanistan older firearms were being brought back until troops or someone figured out that by stamping them 1898 many items could be brought back (that is the rumour I have eard), so now, almost nothing could be brought back...

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cirelaw Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: PORT ST LUCIE, FLORIDA Posts: 12,216 Thanks: 6,209 Thanked 4,133 Times in 2,173 Posts	Ed sounds like the old 'Catch Twenty-Two'

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