Krag rifle sales to Nicaragua

butlersrangers · Post by **butlersrangers** » Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:36 am

'Cyten' posted this neat, 1929 period, Newspaper article on Gunboards. It documents the sale of U.S. Krag rifles to the Nicaraguan Government during the Sandinista Wars.

Previously, I have posted some photos on the KCA of Nicaraguan troops and militia men, who were loyal to the government and armed with Krag rifles.

Thanks 'Cyten'!

03collector · Post by **03collector** » Sat Jun 04, 2022 1:32 pm

Didn't we have Marines down there about that time. It seems to me in the book about Red Mike Edison his unit was in that country around that period. Same for Chesty Puller.Those were two bad ass Marines .

Doubly Reincarnated · Post by **Doubly Reincarnated** » Sat Jun 04, 2022 4:50 pm

Browning machine guns? And ammunition? Would those be WW1 surplus, .30-06 caliber? Or were they old potato diggers, caliber .30/40? 1924 seems a bit early for the Army to willingly part with nearly new 1917 or 1919 models.