Rare German K98 rifle which has been cutdown to be used as concealed weapon it was captured by the Polish Home Army and used by the partisans in the fighting during the Warsaw Uprising of August – October 1944 in Poland.

This is a German K98 rifle which has been cutdown to be used as concealed weapon which is extremity rare to find with only metal work no wood at all it is complete with the clear cut at the end of the barrel where it has been shortened it has no maker markings or date.The rifle is deactivated by condition obviously plain to see also the barrel is blocked in side and cut as well and no moving parts they have all completely rusted solid or are missing.The rifle is in nice condition for a relic rusty and pitted it has been very nicely cleaned and is in very solid condition and a nice one for the collection perfect for display.The rifle would have been captured by the Polish Home Army and used by the partisans in the fighting during the Warsaw Uprising of August – October 1944 in Poland.The rifle comes with 2xA5 laminated information cards.

After the war in 1946 a lot of equipment including many Goliaths part were blown up and buried in a pit outside the city by the Russian Army. This rifle was recovered from that pit outside Warsaw in Poland.These are sneaky guns used by criminals, partisans, makeshift weapon when no others were available or revolutionaries to conceal under a coat if need be. Recoil is pretty hefty, and accuracy non-existent, but they work well enough in close quarter.

Communist underground resistance movement initiated the Warsaw uprising to liberate the city from the German occupation and reclaim Polish independence. The impetus for the military action was the ongoing retreat of the German forces from Poland, followed by the appearance of the Soviet Red Army View This Term in the Glossary along the east bank of the Vistula River. By October 2, 1944, the Germans had suppressed the uprising, deporting civilians to concentration and forced-labor camps and reducing Warsaw to ruins.

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