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A young boy watches a well dressed man aim a sub machine gun sometime between 1947 and 1955, possibly in May (lemmy.zip)
submitted 1 week ago by stoy@lemmy.zip to c/historyphotos@piefed.social
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/56966004

There is very little to go on here, the photo seems to have been taken in the Gothemburg area, possibly at a competition of some sort.

I am no gun expert, I don't know what kind of SMG the man is holding.

I just found this photo interesting as it is unusual to see a person not in uniform holding any military weapon in Sweden.

The photo is in the public domain.

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 week ago

I did have a closer look at it now, and I wounder if it is a Soumi SMG...