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[kx1a]

What do as, byf, and cyq have in common?? Be specific please
Bill W

 

[aujj65]

What do as, byf, and cyq have in common?? Be specific please
Bill W

They are all letters of the alphabet?

Jeff

 

[kx1a]

:d:d:d

 

[kx1a]

More specific please

 

[kx1a]

Arrrrgh Let me correct the sequence it is
ac, byf, cyg
NOT as, byf cyg
sorry for the confusion. This should make it easier

 

[Mitch]

consonants and vowels used to create words lol
Mitch

More specific please

 

[kx1a]

German in origin
Bill W

 

[binder001]

byf was rge production code stamped on some Luger pistols made in Germany. I think it was a Mauser code. I can only guess that the others are also production codes for German small arms.

Gary B.

 

[kx1a]

getting warm. Shhhhh...It's a "secret"

 

[trooper]

Production codes for semi automatic pistols as follows
AC= Army Colt's (?)
BYF=Mauser P38
CYG= Browning

 

[binder001]

'byf" also appered on Lugers - at least it ws on the one my Dad brought back

 

[kx1a]

Well, all the info to solve the next to last answer of this trivia is now in this thread. Then one has to figure out what one thing the three groups of letters have in common. It's not about a luger.
Bill W

 

[kx1a]

I guess the Chicago show has taken away many viewers as well it should. Some of the clues that showed up here were German, secret, production code. Binder mentions byf for a Mauser luger and Trooper mentioned byf or a P.38. The two missing are ac for Walther and cyq for Spreewerk.
Sometime about mid to late 41 the army realized that Walther could not meet the prouction needs of the army for the P.38 so they enlisted Mauser, who were dragged kicking and screaming from producing the P.08 Luger, and Spreewerk to pick up the slack.
These letter groups were assigned to these companies as to others so that the army could follow production and still keep the factory locations secret from allied intelligence services. This appears to have worked somewhat for P.38 production as although Walther and Mauser factories were well known to the allies even before the war, Spreewerk located in Grottau, CZ was never bombed throughout the war and only stopped production when the Russians walked in. I realize that this trivia was a little deeper than other questions on this forum and I appreciate those who participated.
Cheers,
Bill W

 

[trooper]

Good question and interesting explanation. You learn something new every day. Many thanks.