Nice simple item here. This is the ammunition box that was carried inside vehicles mounted with an MG34 or MG42, like the SdKfz 250/251 Halftracks. This is a nice early one dated 1939 and manufactured by Franke & Co GMBH, Machinenwerke in Leipzig.
Archive for Germany (Third Reich)
German Vehicle Ammunition Box for MG34/42
Posted in Magazines, Parts & Accessories with tags Ammunition & Fusing, Germany (Third Reich), Heer, MG34, MG42, WW2 on October 6, 2021 by The Dude
German B-1E Incendiary Bomb
Posted in Bombs with tags Bombs, Germany (Third Reich), Luftwaffe, WW2 on October 5, 2021 by The DudeThis is a nasty little piece of work and the third of my German Luftwaffe bombs. This is a 1kg Elektron-Brande-Bombe. It was originally filled with 680g of thermite and was dropped in conjunction with HE bombs. The HE bomb, like this one here, punched a hole in the roof of the building and this little shyte burned the building down. Obviously dewat but still a bit of fun.
Yugoslav M1924/30 Bayonet
Posted in Bayonets with tags Bayonets, Germany (Third Reich), WW2, Yugoslavia on October 5, 2021 by The Dude
This bayonet is the Yugoslav M1924/30 model, used by the Germans as the S109(j). It is intended to fit the M24 Mauser pattern rifle to be seen here. This one was manufactured by Vojno Technicki Zavod and has their triangular ricasso stamp with BT3 inside.
Luftwaffe SD-50 Aerial Bomb
Posted in Bombs with tags Aerial Bombs, Germany (Third Reich), Luftwaffe, WW2 on September 20, 2021 by The DudeHere’s something you don’t see every day. This is a German 50kg General Purpose bomb. I can understand why people don’t collect these things. It’s huge and its almost fallen over on my foot a couple of times. This is the third aerial bomb I have collected, after an SD-2 here and an incendiary BD that I haven’t posted yet. These things aren’t really my core focus but how many aerial bombs do you get offered?
A Rare Loader for the MP41 Machine-Pistol
Posted in Ammo & Magazine Pouches, Ammunition & Fusing, Magazines, Parts & Accessories with tags Germany (Third Reich), Heer, MP41, WW2 on April 3, 2021 by The DudeA few years ago I picked up a Haenel manufactured MP41 Machine Pistol. These are pretty rare because they only made about 20,000 of them before Erma forced them to stop due to a copyright issue on the MP40 design. This is the magazine loader, also made by Haenel, for the MP41. Even more rare that the gun I would expect.
Occupation Made Czech VZ24
Posted in Firearms with tags Brno, Czechoslovakia, Germany (Third Reich), Heer, Mauser, Rifles, WW2 on February 14, 2021 by The DudeThis rifle, a VZ24 manufactured by Brno in 1940, is a great example of a German issue G24(t). It’s fully matching down to the stock. Still has all of its dirty birds intact. The only downer is that fact that Bubba has sanded the stock lightly at some point. Shame, but since these are terrifically hard to get in Canada in any state, I am prepared to ignore this. This brings me one step closer to having a full collection of German long guns. The ones I have missing at a G29/40 Radom and a G41(m).
German Contract G98/40 Infantry Rifle
Posted in Firearms with tags Germany (Third Reich), Heer, Hungary, Rifles, WW2 on January 17, 2021 by The Dude
Here’s an uncommon rifle I just picked up. These German contract guns were made by Fémáru Fegyver és Gépgyár, Budapest, which company possibly subcontracted some or all of the work to Danuvia Gépgyár, Budapest 1941-44. In 1940 the Mannlicher Model 35 was redesigned for the German contract. Based on German request the caliber was changed to 7.92x57mm Mauser, the bolt handle was turned down, a staggered row Mauser-type box magazine flush with the bottom of the stock was fitted and German M98-type bands and bayonet lug were used on this rifle. All steel parts, including the bolt were blued.
I haven’t been able to work out why the reference to Gewehr 98 in it’s name as it shares no dna with that rifle. Note the 2 part lower stock in the same style as the Enfield SMLE rifles.
2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling Magazine
Posted in Magazines with tags Flak, Germany (Third Reich), Heer, Magazines, WW2 on August 5, 2020 by The Dude
This is the 10 round magazine for the 20mm Flak 30/38 anti-aircraft gun. These were blued steel and supplied in cases of two. This example is stamped cjs for the manufacturer Kallenbach, Meyer & Franke Metallwarenfabrik in Luckenwalde. It is dated 1943. Amusingly Canadian regulations require all magazines for “rifles” to be pinned for 5 rounds as this helpfully has been. For scale I have put one of the mags for my K43 rifle in the photo.
2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling HE round
Posted in Ammunition & Fusing with tags Ammunition & Fusing, Flak, Germany (Third Reich), Heer, WW2 on August 5, 2020 by The DudeA fairly straightforward item here. I got this from Andrew so that I would have one round for the magazine I bought from him. This is an HE 20mm round for the 2 cm Flak 30/38/Flakvierling. It has the asr code for “HAK” Hanseatisches Kettenwerk in Hamburg-Langenhorn as well as the WaA271 inspection stamp for that factory. This example is from the Solothurn with yellow indicating HE and the red band indicating the filling, in this case, 94 grains P.E.T.N./Wax.
An M91/28 Carcano Reissued by the Jerries
Posted in Firearms with tags Germany (Third Reich), Italy (Fascist), WW2 on February 23, 2020 by The Dude
My friend Andrew bought this rifle only a couple of months ago. I wondered if he was drunk, since he doesn’t collect rifles that aren’t a K98. I knew, if I was patient, I’d end up owning it. And here you go! This Carcano M91/28 (Moschetto Modello Mod. 91/28) in 6.5×52 shows stock markings indicated that it was issued to the Italian Navy. Markings on the stock and receiver, including the dirty bird, plus the blued bolt, indicate it was captured by the Germans, inspected and reissued. This completes my Carcano group as I have a 91/41 Carcano here and a 91/38 here.
Man it’s great having a picker like Andrew :)
A Czech VZ-23 in German use
Posted in Firearms with tags Czechoslovakia, Germany (Third Reich), WW2 on February 23, 2020 by The Dude
Here is an pretty rare rifle, the Czech VZ-23 Mauser, produced by Brno. The rifle was manufactured using a German Karabiner 98AZ base, resulting in a 550mm long barrel. The newly independent Czech arms industry only made these for a short period before moving on to the improved VZ-24. Signs of German reuse in WW2 include a stamping on the receiver under the wood-line and the blued bolt.
German WW2 Luger P-08
Posted in Firearms with tags Germany (Third Reich), Heer, Luger, Pistols, WW2 on August 4, 2019 by The DudeThe Luger pistol is a prohibited firearm up here north of the border, due to its barrel length of 100mm. Because I came to Canada so late I was unable to be grandfathered into the pistol license required to own one. As a substitute I own a WW1 & WW2 “cock and click” dewat as well as the long barrelled LP-08 Artillery Luger. But I always wanted the real deal. So I went the long route of sourcing a 105mm barrel from the US and then locating a Luger up here to get re-barrelled and reclassified as restricted.
This is it, a 1937 Mauser made S/42 marked Luger P-08. It came with a spare magazine, a takedown tool marked WaA63 (correct for Mauser) and a period holster from 1937.
Walther SLD Flaregun Selector Switch
Posted in Flares and Flareguns with tags Flareguns, Germany (Third Reich), Kriegsmarine, UBoat, Walther, WW2 on July 20, 2019 by The DudeA few posts ago I found a Walther SLD U-Boat flare gun in an auction out east. No-one much bid on it as it was missing the selector switch for the L-R barrel select. Of course I am an idiot who didn’t understand just how unobtainium these things are. Needless to say it’s take me six months and the kindness of Martin from Austria to supply this missing bit.
Mauser 1940 MP-38 Machine pistol
Posted in Firearms with tags Germany (Third Reich), Heer, Mauser, MP38, MP40, WW2 on November 13, 2018 by The DudePatience is what you need in this hobby. And after ten years of looking, my patience is rewarded with an MP-38 Machinenpistole. Just about as nice as can be given that I am in Canada, this is an all matching Erfurter Maschinenfabrik B. Geipel GmbH (ERMA) made example dating from 1940. An old dewat, it is what we call “cock and click” in that the action can be cocked and released with a pull on the trigger. Very hard to find compared to the MP-40 that I have here. All I need to find for this now is a better sling and a slab sided early magazine as the one in it is the later MP38u40 type.
MP38 u 40 Magazine
Posted in Magazines with tags Germany (Third Reich), Heer, Magazines, MP38, MP40, WW2 on November 10, 2018 by The DudeRecently I finally found an MP38 after a decade of searching. Only bit missing was the magazine. I will look for the early flat sided one but in the meantime I’ll stick this unmarked 38u40 in it.
Walther SLD Kriegsmarine Flare Pistol
Posted in Flares and Flareguns with tags Flareguns, Germany (Third Reich), Kriegsmarine, UBoat, WW2 on November 10, 2018 by The DudeThese pistols were produced for seagoing vessels in the German Kriegsmarine, where the lack of a steady platform meant that the additional handhold needed to be provided. Early versions were manufactured in stainless steel, later ones in anodized aluminium. This example has the eeu code for the manufacturer Lieferungsgemeinschaft Westthüringer Werkzeug u. Metallwarenfabriken GmbH in Wek Sömmerda, Thuringia. With a production run just over 4000, and many of these ending up on the Atlantic floor, they are super rare. This example is missing its selector switch, which I am working on getting 3d printed.
German Hi Power Pistole 640(b)
Posted in Firearms with tags Belgium, Fallschirmjäger, Germany (Third Reich), Handguns, P-35, Pistole 640(b), Waffen SS, WW2 on October 17, 2018 by The DudeAfter the fall of Belgium in 1940, the FN factory was taken over by the Germans and this pistol, the Browning Hi Power P-35, was produced under occupation. This example is WaA marked 140 as is one of the magazines. That magazine also has the serif U mark. This pistol takes 9mm Parabellum ammunition like the Luger and Walther P-38.
MP-28/II Magazine
Posted in Magazines with tags Germany (Third Reich), Heer, Machine Pistols, MP28, WW2 on September 18, 2018 by The DudeFinally, after three years of searching, I find a 20 round magazine for my MP-28/II submachine gun. These guns are incredibly rare in Canada which makes the magazines even harder to track down. I looked all over, including in the Balkans before finally finding one in a town 60km from me, go figure. The trade in a carpark felt remarkably like a drug deal, but there you go. This one is marked for the manufacturer, Haenel, no WaA’s so definitely prewar, likely pre-Nazi.
Sauer K98 Infantry Rifle
Posted in Firearms with tags Germany (Third Reich), Heer, K98, WW2 on August 12, 2018 by The DudeI have one other Mauser K98’s, here. That one is from a Czech factory and is all matching except for the lower stock. I wanted one of these rifles, mid-war, German factory and no need for the word “except” when describing it. Through a friend of a friend, this one appeared. A Sauer made 1943 K98, no issues, all there, lovely.
MG34 Dreibein Adapter
Posted in Parts & Accessories with tags Flak, Germany (Third Reich), Heer, MG34, WW2 on June 4, 2018 by The DudeIn order to fit my MG34 onto the dreibein I just obtained, I needed the adapter. These are quite expensive for what they are so in the meantime I hooked a shabby ground dug one that I could use for display while I find a not-stupidly-priced example.
MG-34 AA Tripod – Dreibein
Posted in Parts & Accessories with tags Dreibein, Flak, Germany (Third Reich), Heer, MG34, WW2 on June 4, 2018 by The DudeSomething I have been looking for for ages, this is the Anti Aircraft Tripod or Dreibein that was used to convert the MG34 for light flak use. usually the wooden reinforcements are long gone but this one still has them as well as being unit marked for the 56th Searchlight Company, 273rd Army Flak Battalion. This makes my MG34 much easier to display and complements the Lafette I found for my MG42. Although this is likely a searchlight tripod it fits the MG perfectly.
German Rbl.F.36 Gun Optic
Posted in For Sale with tags Germany (Third Reich), Heer, Optics, WW2 on February 19, 2018 by The DudeLately I have been finding a few artillery and mortar optics. I like them because they are precision equipment and are quite tactile. The optics viewfinder on this one is a bit different as it has a calculating mechanism for tracking a target traversing the field of view. This one was manufactured by Optische Werke G.Rodenstock in München and has their eso code. It is an Rbl.F.36, which stands for Rundblickfehrnrohr 36. It was used on the Pak-36, 38 & 40 as well as smaller artillery tubes.
MP-34 Machine Pistol Bayonet
Posted in Bayonets with tags Austria, Bayonets, Germany (Third Reich), Portugal, WW2 on November 6, 2017 by The Dude
Surprisingly tough to find. These bayonets were manufactured by Simson in Austria for the MP-34 submachine gun. They were made from the Portuguese M1904 contract bayonet and supplied with the MP34 on the Portugal contract in 1942. Honestly, if you are down to a bayonet after emptying your MP34 then you are right up shit creek IMHO. Visually very similar to the 1904 bayonet, the key is the distance between the two fitting screws on the handle. Also note that the mannlicher M95 bayonet also fits this weapon. I have spent 5 years looking for one of these that wasn’t priced stupidly and EBay finally came through.
German Granatwerfer 34 8cm Mortar Bomb
Posted in Mortars with tags Ammunition & Fusing, Germany (Third Reich), Heer, Mortar, WW2 on June 29, 2017 by The DudePretty standard but hard to find this size in Canada. This is the 8cm mortar projectile for the GrW34. It’s marked for blw 42, meaning it was manufactured in 1942 by Gritzner-Kayzer AG in Karlsrühe. It is obviously ground-dug but will make a great candidate for a restore.
C96 M30 Broomhandle Mauser
Posted in Firearms with tags China (Nationalist), Germany (Third Reich), Pistols, WW2 on June 29, 2017 by The Dude
This is a M30 variant of the Mauser C96 semi-automatic pistol in 7.3mm calibre. The serial number of this example puts it around 1932. It has the three chinese characters on the magazine indicating it was for the Nationalist Chinese contract. The barrel is the standard 140mm length. Somewhere along the last 80 years it has acquired a commercial stock by Geha. Along with this one, I show below my 1920 regulation police rework with fixed sights and the short barrel. I would rate the condition of this one as tired, I have since cleaned it with a copper brush and it’s looking a lot better, but the ex-China ones are always beaters.
Kiwi Medals 