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Eisbär und U-Boot. A couple rifles involved...
      #193076 - 05/11/11 12:54 PM

Especially for lancaster and kuduae;

I find these types of photos quite fascinating.

Obviously the K98k was involved, but looks like another sporter was in on it, too.



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Re: Eisbär und U-Boot. A couple rifles involved... [Re: 9.3x57]
      #193098 - 05/11/11 05:34 PM

I imagine they shot it whilst it was swimming out at sea!

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Re: Eisbär und U-Boot. A couple rifles involved... [Re: gryphon]
      #193100 - 05/11/11 06:55 PM

There's a few of these photos floating around on the web. Anothe shows the bear while it is being retrieved, obviously dead in the water, and another with two bear on the deck of the U-Boot.

These amazing boats {most were small enough it is hard to call them ships!} operated in all waters and the high north included. Amazing.

The survival rate of U-Boot crews was about 30% IIRC. As close to "Kamikaze" service as anything in the European Theater.

Looks like the fellow on the left is holding a MP38/40, with the other two Mauser K98k's.

I wonder if the submachine gunner was involved in the actual kill.

That is quite a bit of meat for the crew, too.

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Re: Eisbär und U-Boot. A couple rifles involved... [Re: 9.3x57]
      #193106 - 05/11/11 11:02 PM


"The survival rate of U-Boot crews was about 30% IIRC. As close to "Kamikaze" service as anything in the European Theater."


Early on in the war it was much better / quite low but later on as the Brits got squared away with ASDIC, the US entered the war, ENIGMA was cracked and a few other things, it became more suicidal - the rate was actually 75% so the survival rate was 25%.

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Re: Eisbär und U-Boot. A couple rifles involved... [Re: 500Nitro]
      #193120 - 06/11/11 05:27 AM

yes, its a nice pic
I think it was something of a status symbol for an u-boot crew sailing in artic waters to have an polar bear trophy like an english lord had a tiker skin laying for the fire place. indeed there is not much room in this old submarines like anyone knows how was in such a boot. thinking about the smell of the fresh pelt in the boot...
dont believe that the submachine gun was involved but they were sometimes very good to made action pictures. the 9mm parabellum(luger) cartridge is actually the best pistol round ever but no big game hunting cartridge. remember cases where the police was called because a wild boar found themself in a living roam or similar and they pump more than 60 rounds with the Mpi 5 into the animal to kill it.
somewhere I have a pic from a sailor in his swimming trunks with an Mpi 40 on board of a submarine watching his comrades swimming in the ozean as a shark guard.
if the sailors here were hunters or not what would you do in such a situation if the man around you say shoot it for us.
real hunters use every possibilty on rare game in peace and in war like this honourable gentleman on capercaillie in norway.



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Re: Eisbär und U-Boot. A couple rifles involved... [Re: lancaster]
      #193138 - 06/11/11 01:23 PM

That darn capercaillie is nigh unto the size of a turkey!

I wonder if he shot it or was given it.

He's not in hunting attire.

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      #193139 - 06/11/11 01:57 PM

knowing a little bit about this gentleman I am sure he was a hunter.
soldiers hunting in war time's is in own topic but one thing is clear. they dont were allow to dress in civil clothes also for a small hunting trip so you find them allways in uniform that was of green colour anyway.

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Re: Eisbär und U-Boot. A couple rifles involved... [Re: lancaster]
      #193148 - 06/11/11 04:49 PM

"lancaster" previously posted this photo on a couple of threads in the past. Maybe one other, though I couldn't find the first thread.



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Those old photographs are fascinating. Probably because so many of us haven't seen them before, often only in private albums.

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