Kammala wannan jumlar: A ranar 9 ga Afrilu 1940 Nazi Jamus ta mamaye Norway, ta kama tashar jiragen ruwa a gabar tekun Norway daga Oslo zuwa Narvik. Babban filin bindigogi na sojojin Norway da ke fuskantar sojojin mamayewa shine Ehrhardt Model 1901. A cikin watanni biyu na gwagwarmaya a Kamfen na Norway wanda ya biyo baya, sojojin dakarun Norwegian sun sha wahala sosai daga matsalolin kungiya. Matsalolin sun samo asali ne daga wani bangare na gaskiyar cewa an tattara 'yan bindigogi kaɗan a cikin watanni bakwai na tsaka tsaki wanda ya gabaci mamayewar. Ƙungiyoyin da aka kunna don kare tsaka tsaki na Norwegian an sanye su da bindigogi da bindigogi masu sauƙi da masu nauyi. A cikin rikice-rikice da hargitsi da suka biyo bayan mamayewar Jamus, yawancin rukunin Norwegian an tattara su ne kawai a kan tushen da ba a shirya ba, tare da iyakantaccen kayan aiki da ɗan lokaci don samun tsari yadda ya kamata kafin shiga yaƙi da Jamusawa. Sai kawai a Arewa da Yammacin Norway ne raka'a (Rukunin na 6 a Arewacin Norway da Brigade na 4 a Yammacin Norway) suna da lokaci don tattarawa cikin tsari. Saboda cikakkiyar rashin bindigogi masu adawa da tanki a cikin Sojojin Norway, Model 1901s an tura su cikin sabis a cikin rawar da ba ta dace ba a lokacin yaƙe-yaƙe a Gabashin Norway. An yi amfani da bindigogi na filin a cikin yanayin wuta kai tsaye a kusa da Jamus Panzers. Dukkanin bindigogi 12 na Model 1901 da aka canza zuwa jigilar motoci an tura su zuwa Arewacin Norway a lokacin yakin, tare da hudu a cikin Troms County da takwas a gabashin Finnmark. Bakwai daga cikin wadannan bindigogi sun ga aikin a kan
Narvik gaba, yana tallafawa Norwegian counter-offensive a kan Eduard Dietl ta Gebirgsjägers.