Photos Piles of weapons after the war

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Post WW2 cleanup of weapons and armament:

Stacks of what appear to be German rifles after the war.
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Immense pile of mines
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The caption for this mentioned "4000 Japanese blades". No doubt some are quite valuable.
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This is German gear piled up in Italy after the war.
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Captured Italian gear piled up in Sicily. And wouldn't I like to rummage through those Carcanos!
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Piles of "Scrap metal"
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The following images don't fit in with WW2, but may still be of interest.

Fairly recent image of confiscated weapons being crushed. I'd sure like to sort through these, too!
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Piles of artillery casings left from Somme barrages.
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Pile of Argentine rifles in the Falklands - looks like mostly FALs.
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Mostly SKS in this one. I'm not sure when or where it was taken.
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Mostly SKS in this one. I'm not sure when or where it was taken.
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Indian Army Officers examine a pile of rifles taken from surrendered Pakistani troops in the military action that separated East Pakistan from West Pakistan, and created the state of Bangladesh. 1971.
 

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