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| − | It's difficult for me to write a 'biography' for myself besides credentials, but if the effort is needed then it will be given. To start, I am a person who has a high-level of interest in firearms. While I am not of legal age to OWN a firearm in my home country; the United States, I have had experience in the use of them on multiple occasions. I do mild level scripting and modding for games like Half-Life or Fallout and their respective engines. As a person, I attempt to be as respectful and patient as possible, and care to pay attention (And likewise follow) what is expected of myself. Although it is of my own opinion, I thoroughly believe that I am a valuable contributor to what I am a part of and try my best to maintain such positions.
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| − | = Conflict Aeternum =
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| − | A war that has spanned for over 76 years (1939 - 2015, and continuing)
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| − | ==Third Reich==
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| − | ===Rifles===
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| − | ==== In Service/Active ====
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| − | | [[Karabiner 98k]]||7.92x57mm Mauser||5||1935 - 1962 (Duty Rifle)||<br> All Branches||[[File:Karabiner-98K.jpg|300px]]||Main line usage ended in the early 1960s, with some militias retaining them longer. The KAR-98 is still utilized as a ceremonial weapon.
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| − | | [[Heckler & Koch G36]]||5.56x45mm||30, 100||1996 - Present ||<br> All Branches||[[File:HKG36.jpg|300px]]||Standard Issue. V variant in usage with special forces and foreign occupational forces.
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| − | | [[Heckler & Koch G36K]]||5.56x45mm||30, 100||1996 - Present ||<br> All Branches||[[File:H&K-G36K.jpg|300px]]||Standard Issue. KV variant in usage with special forces and foreign occupational forces.
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| − | | [[Heckler & Koch G36C]]||5.56x45mm||30, 100||1996 - Present ||<br> All Branches||[[File:H&K-G36K.jpg|300px]]||Issued to secondary troops, crewmen, and special operations.
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| − | ==== Out of Service/Obsolete ====
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| − | | [[Gewehr 98]]||7.92x57mm Mauser||5||1898–1935 (Deutsches Heer) 1944–1949 (Volkssturm)||Deutsches Heer (World War I)<br> Volkssturm||[[File:Mauser g98.jpg|300px]]||Aging Gewehr 98 rifles were briefly brought to Volkssturm service during the late defensive period and continued until the Truce of Minsk agreement was reached in 1949. They were quickly pulled afterwards.
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| − | | [[Mauser Selbstlader M1916]]||7.92x57mm Mauser||20||1916 - 1918||Luftstreitkräfte||[[File:Mauser1916Selbstlader.jpg|300px]]||Extremely limited number used by Luftstretkräfte during World War I.
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| − | | [[Berthier_Rifles#Fusil_Mod.C3.A8le_1916_Carabine|Fusil Modèle 1916 Carabine]]||8x50R mm||5||1948 - 1950||Waffen-SS (limited)||[[File:Bert-c92_70.jpg|300px]]||The only Fusil rifle to see any real combat use with German regiments, several captured carbines saw limited combat use in North Africa unlike their larger counterparts.
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| − | | [[Lebel 1886]]||8x50R mm||8||1941 - 1950||Waffen-SS (limited)<br> Wehrmacht (extremely limited)||[[File:Modele1886Lebel.jpg|300px]]||Standard rifle of Vichy France until its full annexation - some rifles were used by German occupation forces - additional captured ones were used in limited numbers in North Africa.
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| − | | [[MAS-36]]||7.5x54mm French||5||1941 - 1950||Waffen-SS(limited)||[[File:MAS36.jpg|300px]]||Waffen-SS troops used these rifles to an extent in North Africa.
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| − | | [[MAS-36|MAS-36 CR39]]||7.5x54mm French||5||1941 - 1955||Luftwaffe<br>Waffen-SS(limited)||[[File:Mas 3619.jpg|300px]]||Many captured rifles were used by Luftwaffe troops during the Invasion of Britain and retained afterwards for several years. Additionally, Waffen-SS troops experimented with the rifles in North Africa.
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| − | | [[Gewehr 41|Gewehr 41(M)]]||7.92x57mm Mauser||10||1941 - 1949||Wehrmacht<br> Volkssturm||[[File:Gewehr 41 mauser.jpg|300px]]||Limited usage due to introduction of Gewehr 43 - finally removed from Volkssturm militias in 1949.
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| − | | [[Gewehr 41|Gewehr 41(W)]]||7.92x57mm Mauser||10||1941 - 1949||Wehrmacht<br> Volkssturm||[[File:G41w.jpg|300px]]||Limited usage due to introduction of Gewehr 43 - finally removed from Volkssturm militias in 1949.
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| − | | [[Gewehr 43]]||7.92x57mm Mauser||10||(Officially)1943 - 1962||Wehrmacht<br> Waffen-SS<br> Volkssturm||[[File:K43 nc.jpg|300px]]||Pulled from service alongside KAR-98 rifles in 1962, but many active field units retained their rifles well into the 1970s.
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| − | | [[Sturmgewehr 44|MKb 42(H)]]||7.92x33mm Kurz||30||1942 - 1962||Wehrmacht||[[File:German WW2 MP-44 copy Sport-Systeme Dittrich 'BD42(H)' designed from the MKB42(H).jpg|300px]]||Removed from service alongside the KAR-98 - newer StG-44s served much longer.
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| − | | [[Sturmgewehr 44]]|| 7.92x33mm Kurz ||30||1943 – 1980||Wehrmacht<br> Waffen-SS<br> Volkssturm<br> Luftwaffe||[[File:Sturmgewehr 44.jpg|300px]]||Many were passed onto the Luftwaffe in 1962 during the mainline upgrade programs, but they continued to serve in SS, Wehrmacht, and Volkssturm battalions as well, until all remaining (aging) rifles were pulled in 1980.
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| − | | [[Sturmgewehr 45(M)]]||7.92×33mm Kurz||10<br> 30||1945 - 1949||Wehrmacht<br> Volkssturm||[[File:StG 45(M).jpg|300px]]||Implemented as a late defensive period emergency rifle modernized over the StG-44, the rifles were ultimately a failure and given to second line units. They were finally pulled following the Truce of Minsk.
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| − | | [[FG 42]]||7.92x57mm Mauser||10<br> 20||1942 – 1995||Luftwaffe||[[File:FG421stPattern.jpg|300px]]||Standard issue of Luftwaffe paratroopers beginning in the 1950s - retained until the mid-90s.
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| − | ==== Experimental ====
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| − | | [[Karabiner 98k|Karabiner 98k 'Kriegsmodel']]||7.92x57mm Mauser||5||1944 - 1949||<br> All Branches||[[File:Kar 98k semi kriegsmodell.jpg|300px]]||Simplification of the Karabiner 98k, used up until the Treaty of Minsk in 1949, when all field models were removed. Never officially replaced the Karabiner 98k.
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| − | | [[Berthier_Rifles#Fusil_Mod.C3.A8le_1907-15_Rifle|Fusil Modèle 1907-15 Rifle]]||8x50R mm||3||1948 - 1949||Waffen-SS||[[File:Fusil_Mle_1907-15.jpg|300px]]||Stocks of these were captured from French Foreign Legion remnants in 1948. However, the old rifles were field tested and found not to be useful, with most being destroyed. Examples were sent back to war museums.
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| − | | [[Berthier_Rifles#Fusil_Mod.C3.A8le_1907-16_Rifle|Fusil Modèle 1907-16 Rifle]]||8x50R mm||5||1948 - 1949||Waffen-SS||[[File:FusilM1916.jpg|300px]]||Suffered the same fate as the Fusil 1907-15 - found to be obsolete and scrapped, with some being sent to museums.
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| − | === Reserves ===
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| − | While not in active service, several of the previously mentioned firearms are held in reserve quantities for future use.
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| − | * Karabiner 98k
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| − | * Gewehr 43
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| − | * MAS-36
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| − | * Sturmgewehr 44
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