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s/243 mauser mark and DOT 1943

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:30 am
by tomcatshaas
What you make of this?

Re: s/243 mauser mark and DOT 1943

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:34 am
by 12thWaffenSS
tomcatshaas wrote:What you make of this?
An obvious fake.

Send it to me for proper disposal.

Re: s/243 mauser mark and DOT 1943

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 9:54 am
by tomcatshaas
From the MG34 expert. Yes, he still is alive. LOL

"That is fairly common. In 1942 and 1943 when the MG42 was coming into production a lot of the inventory and manufacturing machines of the MG34 were shipped to Brunn. They continued the MG34 program almost exclusivly through the end of the war. I have seen DOT shrouds with many different companies markings on them. "

TC

Re: s/243 mauser mark and DOT 1943

Posted: Fri Aug 27, 2010 11:53 pm
by Matt
thats neat. mauser and dot. so did mauser make it and dot assemble it or the other way around? would masuer subcontract for dot? -matt

Re: s/243 mauser mark and DOT 1943

Posted: Sat Aug 28, 2010 12:02 am
by tomcatshaas
From what Ryan said, I get that Mauser made it but then when they switched to manufacturing the MG42, inventory that was waiting to be assembled was shipped to Brunn.