There was an old Gene Autry movie where he was selling horses to the army. All the troops were armed with what looked like Philippine Constibulary Krags.
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
Many of the WW2 movies show German soldiers using WW1 Mauser rifles, and wearing the WW1 style helmets. Also, they show Japs using the WW1 Mausers.
the 91/30 is a wwi straight pull, made in hungary and in vienna. the 30 comes from their being cut down from the wwi version used by the austro hungarian empire, and issued to second line troops, police, etc. as to the mauser, i asked a guy once served in russia, he said they preferred the wwi mauser to the k98 , said it was more accurate.
The Austrian straight pull was the 1895 Steyr. Wasn’t it?
91/30 was a Moison/Nagant.
Not that it really matters
Last edited by kaywoodie; 06/27/20.
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
The reason I heard props gave him a Krag-Jorgenson was a 98k looked like a toy when he handled it. Too Small for his physique
Last edited by kaywoodie; 06/27/20.
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
Forgot Sgt. Schultz's real name, but heard on another web site that he was Jewish and had relatives who had perished in a concentration camp. For that reason he refused to carry a K98, and the show's producers obliged him and found out that the Germans had captured a lot of Krags and many were indeed issued to non - front line troops like guards and security personnel. So supposedly him carrying a Krag was historically correct for many, but not all, guards. Read this on another internet site so I can't vouch for its authenticity. Any truth to it ?
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
Forgot Sgt. Schultz's real name, but heard on another web site that he was Jewish and had relatives who had perished in a concentration camp. For that reason he refused to carry a K98, and the show's producers obliged him and found out that the Germans had captured a lot of Krags and many were indeed issued to non - front line troops like guards and security personnel. So supposedly him carrying a Krag was historically correct for many, but not all, guards. Read this on another internet site so I can't vouch for its authenticity. Any truth to it ?
Here's a link for the Sgt. Schultz info. Both he and Col. Klink were Jewish.
Klinks real life brother was quite the orchestra conductor too!
Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester
"Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored."
German Uniforms and decorations in the show are overall not too bad...Gestapo ones prob. a bit over the top..
Col. Klink wore.... >WW1 Iron Cross 1st class., (with WW2 clasp) which means he received a second award. >Pilot's Badge >Ground Combat Badge.
Schultz wore... >German Sports Badge. > NCO Lace, but it has an error In that it only runs around three sides of the shoulder straps. >Schultz had the correct brown leather for Luftwaffe, opposed to black for Heer.
They certainly didn't use crappy tacky props.
-Bulletproof and Waterproof don't mean Idiotproof.
i watched an interview with werner klemperer (klink) and he said when he was asked to play the part of a german pow commander in a comedy, he thought they were crazy. he said the only way he would play it was if he could make him a buffoon, which he did. he was an interesting person and a good actor. i love that show. i have them all on dvd and thats what i watch on cold nights at my camp.