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Vogon_Glory

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10. Not necessarily

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Sat Sep 20, 2025, 09:04 AM

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There were a lot of Wehrmacht rifles left here and there around Western and Central Europe to be picked up and kept as souvenirs during and occasionally after World War II. Not so many Mausers dating back to Kaiser Wilhelm and the Imperial German Army.

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