10-23-2010, 07:41 PM
There was certainly some reusing of old "fascist" or "imperialist" items. I have a Steyr-Mannlicher M1895 Bayonet which was in use by the Bulgarian People's Army (Apparently used by the most reserved of reserve troops). It has Austro-Hungarian markings on it and the blade has been sharpened so much over it's lifetime that it is bowed inwards. I also have within a soviet entrenching tool case an imperial Austro-Hungarian entrenching tool with the date 1894 on it. I bet if the tool could talk it could tell of some holes it's dug! Why waste labour when you can steal materiel from the imperialists?
