Polish troops in winter gear with Browning wz. 28 automatic rifle and Karabinek wz.29 carbines while on exercise, Feb 1935Soldier of the Chinese 88th Division posing with Zhongzheng Type rifle and Model 24 Stielhandgranate grenadeBrigadier General Narbut-Luczynski speaking with children during a Polish Army public event, 1939; note Karabin wz. 98 rifle and Browning wz. 28 automatic rifleChinese Army recruits in training with Zhongzheng Type rifles, circa late 1930s
Polish troops in winter gear with Browning wz. 28 automatic rifle and Karabinek wz.29 carbines while on exercise, Feb 1935Soldier of the Chinese 88th Division posing with Zhongzheng Type rifle and Model 24 Stielhandgranate grenadeBrigadier General Narbut-Luczynski speaking with children during a Polish Army public event, 1939; note Karabin wz. 98 rifle and Browning wz. 28 automatic rifleChinese Army recruits in training with Zhongzheng Type rifles, circa late 1930s
Chinese soldiers with Zhongzheng Type rifles, date unknownChinese soldier guarding P-40 Warhawk fighters of the AVG German SS soldier with Gewehr 98b sniper rifle, date unknownTwo Chinese soldiers guarding a captured Japanese soldier, Changde, Hunan Province, China, Nov-Dec 1943
Chinese soldiers with Zhongzheng Type rifles, date unknownChinese soldier guarding P-40 Warhawk fighters of the AVG 'Flying Tigers', China, circa 1942German SS soldier with Gewehr 98b sniper rifle, date unknownTwo Chinese soldiers guarding a captured Japanese soldier, Changde, Hunan Province, China, Nov-Dec 1943
Chinese officers receiving instruction in bulding rafts for personal equipment in the sniper course at the Infantry Training Center, Guilin, China, Jun 1944; note Zhongzheng Type riflesPolish resistance fighters with various small arms at the intersection of Swietokrzyska and Mazowiecka Streets, Warsaw, Poland, Aug 1944
Chinese officers receiving instruction in bulding rafts for personal equipment in the sniper course at the Infantry Training Center, Guilin, China, Jun 1944; note Zhongzheng Type riflesPolish resistance fighters with various small arms at the intersection of Swietokrzyska and Mazowiecka Streets, Warsaw, Poland, Aug 1944
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