Dear List:
I 'm
following the discussion of "German"-type weapons captured, during the Korean
War. Someone mentioned that Nazi Germany furnished advisors, etc. to the Chinese
Nationalist government, prior to 1939. Production documentation &, perhaps,
some engineering assistantance, allowed the ChiNats to manufacture copies
of the Mauser 1898K Rifle/Carbine & the Maxim M1908 Heavy[water-cooled] MG, in 7.92mm. Post-WWII US
assistance gave the ChiNats tooling for the M3 SMG & the 57mm RR, among
other things. The ChiNat arsenal symbol, stamped on the HMG receiver, was, I
believe, a REVERSE swastika. The casual observer would interpret this to be a
Nazi symbol. When the ChiComs took over Mainland China, in 1949, they continued
to manufacture all the weapons, then in production, plus adding copies of
certain Soviet weapons. All of these weapons were captured, at some point,
during the Korean War. Best regards, jb