U.S. Carbines in Germany and Austria

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Those who have shared so far, have helped you learn what you see on this website, which is reconstructing a small piece of American history of the U.S. M1 Carbines. Without their assistance, this project would not be possible.

Each of the carbines and it's manufacturers name below are a link to detailed information and photo's for that carbine. Click on one, you'll see.

Germany


Railway Police (Germany)

  • Nurnberg
Seeking Submission
  • Stuttgart

Inland


Bavaria

  • Bavaria Border Police

Winchester
  • Bavaria Forestry Police

National Postal Meter

National Postal Meter

Saginaw S.G.

Underwood
  • Bavaria Game Warden

Underwood
  • Bavaria Municipal Police

IBM

IBM
  • Bavaria Prison Guard

Winchester
  • Bavaria Rural Police

National Postal Meter

Rock-Ola

Quality Hardware

Underwood

Inland
  • Bavaria (agency name removed)

Saginaw S.G.

Saginaw S.G.

Inland

Inland

IBM

Standard Products

Saginaw S.G.

Inland
other Bavaria examples shown below under
Austrian Gendarmerie


Berlin

  • Polizei
Seeking Submission


Bremen Enclave

  • Polizei
Seeking Submission


Hessen

  • Border Police

Quality H.M.C.
  • Civilian Guard
Seeking Submissions
  • Industrial Police or Justice Police

Quality H.M.C.
  • Municipal Police
Seeking Submissions
  • Rural Police
Seeking Submissions


Württemberg-Baden

  • Landespolizei

Irwin-Pedersen

Saginaw S.G.
  • Esslingen Stadtkreis

Saginaw S.G.
  • Göppingen Stadtkreis

Rock-Ola
  • Heidelberg Stadtkreis
Seeking Submission
  • Heilbronn Stadtkreis

Inland
  • Mannheim Stadtkreis

Saginaw S.G.

National Postal Meter
  • Stuttgart Stadtkreis

Quality Hardware

National Postal Meter

Inland


Bavaria & Württemberg-Baden

  • Bavaria Rural Police
  • Württemberg Landespolizei

Inland

Inland
  • Bavaria Game Warden
  • Württemberg Landespolizei

Saginaw S.G.

Austria


Bundesheer


National Postal Meter


Note: For those Austrian agencies that used an inventory number
the highest number recorded to date is indicated within [brackets].
Exceptions have been found and are discussed on the web page
specific to that agency and/or state.

Carbines with German agency markings were purchased
from Bavaria by the Austrian Gendarmerie in 1956.

Gendarmerie

    Vienna
[no LGK markings - 0286]

Inland
0286
Bavaria Forestry Police
    Burgenland
[LGKB 0719]

Inland
LGKB 0497
Bavaria Border Police

IBM
LGKB 0598
    Kärnten (Carinthia)
[LGKK 1199]

Quality H.M.C.
LGKK 0052
Bavaria Rural Police

Inland
LGKK 0076
Bavaria Rural Police

Underwood
LGKK 0256

Underwood
LGKK 1138
    NiederÖsterreich (Lower Austria)
[LGKNÖ 2983]

Inland
LGKNÖ 0172
Bavaria Rural Police

National Postal Meter
LGKNÖ 0267
Bavaria Rural Police

Inland
LGKNÖ 0480

Standard Products
LGKNÖ 0663
Bavaria Forestry Police

Winchester
LGKNÖ 0807
Bavaria Forestry Police

Standard Products
LGKNÖ 0943
Bavaria Forestry Police

Standard Products
LGKNÖ 1286

IBM
LGKNÖ 1373
Bavaria Rural Police

Rock-Ola
LGKNÖ 1421
Bavaria Rural Police

Inland
LGKNÖ 1431
Bavaria Rural Police

Rock-Ola
LGKNÖ 1485
Bavaria Rural Police

Inland
LGKNÖ 1585

National Postal Meter
LGKNÖ 1779

Underwood
LGKNÖ 1957

Inland
LGKNÖ 1977

Saginaw S.G.
LGKNÖ 2502

Saginaw S'G'
LGKNÖ 2533

Inland
LGKNÖ 2655
Bavaria Rural Police
    OberÖsterreich (Upper Austria)
[LGKOÖ 1966]

National Postal Meter
LGKOÖ 0112
Bavaria Rural Police

Rock-Ola
LGKOÖ 0250
Bavaria Rural Police

Rock-Ola
LGKOÖ 1070
Bavaria Border Police

Winchester
LGKOÖ 1098
Bavaria Border Police

Underwood
LGKOÖ 1362

Winchester
LGKOÖ 1366
Bavaria Forestry Police-O

Inland
LGKOÖ 1611
    Salzburg
[LGKSb 0746]

National Postal Meter
LGKSb 0001
Bavaria Rural Police

Winchester
LGKSb 0002
Bavaria Rural Police

IBM
LGKSb 0357
Bavaria Rural Police

Standard Products
LGKSb 0376
Bavaria Rural Police

IBM
LGKSb 0711
WB-LP
    Steiermark
[LGKST 2104]

Winchester
LGKST 0788
Bavaria Prison Guard

Winchester
LGKST 1135
Bavaria Forestry Police

Underwood
LGKST 1912
    Tirol
[LGKT 1176]

Underwood
LGKT 0439
Bavaria Forestry Police

Quality H.M.C.
LGKT 0586
Bavaria Rural Police

Inland
LGKT 0786

Underwood
LGKT 1037
    Vorarlberg
[LGKV 0681]

Standard Products
LGKV 0082
Bavaria Rural Police

Inland
LGKV 0108

Quality Hardware
LGKV 0115

Winchester
LGKV 0240

National Postal Meter
LGKV 0510


Zoll Wache
(Tariff Watch, aka Customs)
[ZW 3850]

IBM
ZW 733

Underwood
ZW 753

Standard Products
ZW 757

Quality Hardware
ZW 1039

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