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Re: Tracking a german deck gun?
Posted by:
Ken Dunn
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Date: August 22, 2012 08:11PM
Hi Ronald,
U-boat guns were not marked with the number of the U-boat. Only things that were unique to a particular U-boat were marked that way and there were very few items like that on a U-boat.
I don't know what the 77 meant for sure but it is common for German military weapons to have a some of their parts marked with the last two digits of its serial number though I don't know if this applies to deck guns and I don't know where the serial number is on a deck gun either. Looking for "matching serial numbers" is how gun collectors determine if a particular gun has all of its original parts.
Regards,
Ken Dunn
U-boat guns were not marked with the number of the U-boat. Only things that were unique to a particular U-boat were marked that way and there were very few items like that on a U-boat.
I don't know what the 77 meant for sure but it is common for German military weapons to have a some of their parts marked with the last two digits of its serial number though I don't know if this applies to deck guns and I don't know where the serial number is on a deck gun either. Looking for "matching serial numbers" is how gun collectors determine if a particular gun has all of its original parts.
Regards,
Ken Dunn
Subject | Written By | Posted |
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Tracking a german deck gun? | David Hoeyer | 04/25/2012 12:36PM |
Re: Tracking a german deck gun? | raalst | 08/22/2012 07:57PM |
Re: Tracking a german deck gun? | Ken Dunn | 08/22/2012 08:11PM |
Re: Tracking a german deck gun? | raalst | 08/22/2012 08:14PM |