In WW2 was it technically illegal for a soldier to take a fallen enemy’s weapon as a souvenir?

by StoolsNotChairs
Georgy_K_Zhukov

No, as long as they followed certain regulations, as I cover in depth in this older response https://www.reddit.com/r/AskHistorians/comments/9ihvkv/how_prevalent_was_looting_by_us_troops_during_wwii/e6jrbpo/