Swiss K31/43 sniper pictures (HUGE)...

The country that avoids war and the country that fights but has a hard time winning have been combined. The Swiss made some excellent firearms and the French made some unique and occasionally inspiring ones. We have added the Belgian and Dutch since they are neighbors.

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Question... I hope a good one...

Post by ArchFluffy » Fri Jul 15, 2005 6:19 pm

That really is a nice rifle. I’m captivated by the flip-up scope. This leads me to a question:

Was it a squad marksman rifle or a SNIPER sniper rifle? I thought I read in a manual about the /43 as a pure sniper rifle even saying something like, “...let these people operate free of the other soldiers...”

Hoping I don’t sound stupid, :|

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Well...

Post by Guisan » Sat Jul 16, 2005 2:38 am

I assume it was a squad sniper rifle.

Those were the early years of the Swiss snipers and although they received infoos about individual snipers in action at the eastern front line they did not really do something with that.

The sniper rifles were corps guns and did not belong to a specific soldier.

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Post by RGRWJB » Sat Jul 16, 2005 10:48 pm

I take it they were issued to one soldier and not a pool type gun. As most snipers zero their gun for them and they know how their gun shoots.
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