Check this out....two ebay auctions.....NVA use MG34

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With the reputation that guy has, I'd be surprised if the pictures weren't staged down the road from his house.
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The original photos are real (although these may be reproductions).
During the Viet-Nam-War......the US Military found quite a few WWII German MG-34s.

We found guns from a lot of different nations in some of the cashes that not only the VC used....but some early on NVA units.

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Ever watch "We Were Soldiers" will Mel Gibson. The commies have an MG34 in the final battle scene (with rear sight set to 2000 meters).
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The Foreign Legion in the early 50's had a lot of former German soldiers and Waffen SS. The French didn't care about their past as long as they would fight.They also used a lot of war booty weapons of various makes.[I was going to say 'captured' equipment,but that wouldn't be too accurate :lol: ]Somewhere I have some pics of an MG34 at Dien Bien Pheiu.I am sure a lot of this equipment was left behind.I am not sure if any was supplied by the Russians at this point. ---bil
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I think I have a photo of a scrap yard of weapons from the Vietnam war that has a pile of MG34 rusting away.

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Wow, someone should tell Century Arms to get on that. How they ever overlooked the chance to import oxidizing German weapons from Southeast Asia is beyond me. :mrgreen:
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That guy in the photo doesn't have his rear AA sight 'up'.
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BRP CORP wrote:That guy in the photo doesn't have his rear AA sight 'up'.
Yeah I caught that as well. It is either staged, or they were the worst anti-aircraft crew throughout the war!
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