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Default Re: Polish OOB spob02 ver.2021

Also I just add some info about polish 7.92mm wz.35 Kb.Urugwaj AT-Rifle



I prepared a set of lbm's of this AT-Rifle. He was a secret weapon of Polish II republic that is why when was packed in boxes in storages was written on this boxes that this is an rifle for export for south american Uruguay.
here you can read whole story
https://warspot.net/348-karabin-wz-3...rzeczpospolita
After 1939 this weapon was captured by Germans which used this AT-rifle until end of 1940 when their own Panzerbuchse 1939 was introduced. They sold some number around 80 to Finland in 1941. Main number of this rifles was sold to Italy and they use them an all fronts they have around 800. Some numbers also goes to Hungary and Romania with polish units interned there. Propably Hungarians sold/gave them a small number in 1940 to Finland to using agains USSR but they come to late to take part in winter war so were used together with german delivery in continuation war last two from their storages sold in 1956 to USA. Here described Finish service https://www.jaegerplatoon.net/AT_RIFLES2.htm
Some propably quite big number was also captured by soviets in 1939 and take by them to storages there existing photo of workers militia around Moscov in 1941 which has kb.Ur wz.35 as their equipment together with other polish mg wz.28. Propably after desperate days of 1941 removed from service and take back to storages. What happens with them finally they were sold after WW2 in Midle east propably? American soliders found them as equipment of rebels in 2005 wz.35 was also used by Afganistan army propably before Ussr intervention because some of this rifles were used then by Mujahedinen there is story that one Wz.35 was responisble for destroy mi-24 on low alltitude? Don't know anything about their service in Romunian army they possible have some number but they use them on eastern front like italy don't know meaby they have them for homeland defense in storages?

Important is that this rifle was studied by soviets quite extensivly and some of the results were used during construction of PTRD

Here is movie a short reconstruction 2 min of useage of 7.92mm Kb.Ur wz.35 by unit of polish cavalry against german kfz.13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVHa...ature=youtu.be
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