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As a lot of MG34 lafettes ended up in Norway it could possibly be that country's green, although the photo makes it look much greyer than Norwegian Army green?

I think that blank ammo is PRVI PARTIZAN, made in Serbia. We use it a lot in the UK, as we can't shoot live, and it gets imported in enough quantity to satisfy the reenactment and movie markets. Oh, and screwing restrictors with differing hole diameters (2.0 to 5mm is a common range) into the end of...

Postwar ones seem to always have two holes at the side, yours has one so that would indicate it is more than likely the real deal...

Does the fork piece have one or two holes in the sides?

The Ambriotype process reverses the image left to right?

Wow! Don't often see the Elektron ones! As you say in remarkably good condition - possibly repainted but with correct colours? Not sure if the Germans would bother with red (oxide) primer on alloy components?? Aluminium items for example (e.g. Trinkwasser containers) have paint on bare metal. Wartim...

Harry, the tankgun version of the MG34 (panzermantel) doesn't have the "collar" for the bipod to connect to, so it is supplied as a separate locking collar for when the MG is dismounted and used on the ground. The barrel shroud is smooth and armoured... hope that is clear. Google "Panzermantel" for ...

You did a good job of matching the old paint when touching up!

Very nice! Most commonly found on armoured vehicles that had a 34 or 42 for close defence.

What did you strip the black paint off with, to leave the original paint untouched?

Exactly! They are like unicorns, bigfoot and dinosaurs in the Congo - legendary!!

Brown leather is more indicative of Cavalry items, in the immediate prewar years? So many things could potentially fit in a shape like that...

You have an amazing collection of kasten with contents! I'm seeing stuff that is new to me, and that's after years of mooning over this stuff... (lafette cradle box for example!)

Now if you had a German transit case for MG34 or 42 my life would be complete...

Lovely set, as you say the sight itself looks minty and original. The case looks to have been repainted on the outside though?

How bizarre is it that there are boxes for the Laf42 cradle but we can never find any evidence of actual German transit boxes for either the MG34 or 42 themselves!?

It's in France, but hey, I managed to follow the site well enough to buy a rear AA sight 'dogleg' thingy!

http://aassniper98.com/fr/mg-34/4438-pi ... mg-34.html

James Coburn not Lee Marvin in Cross of Iron! Superb film that doesn't glorify war...

Die Brücke - the original German version of "The Bridge" is full of original weapons and gear... shot in 50s when it was still lying about....

Just a small correction - Dunkelgelb (dark yellow) is RAL 7028, which is not in the current RAL colour range, unfortunately. RAL 8020 is one of the camo colours specified for Afrika - bound vehicles, the others being RAL 7027 and RAL 8000.

The light washed out pea-like green is the Yugo original colour that is commonly referred to as "puke green"... German lafettes were factory painted in either dark grey (RAL 7021) early war, or dunkelgelb (RAL 7028) late war. Other colours, and even camo finishes are possible from field repaints. Th...

Not come across many folks wanting to repaint a Yugo lafette from Dunkelgelb to the famous puke green!! Most people leave it as a WW2 looky-likey even if it is postwar.... each to their own I guess

I have one - PM me your email and I'll ping a couple of pics across. How much are you looking to pay?

Selling because it doesn't fit my wartime produced 42, thread mismatch...