Barrel Carriers from Ohio Ordnance

[Reichpapers]

They were absolutely great when it came to ordering...I asked for ones with no dents, german markings and a variety of variants....they met all of my requests... Note the three variants, the top is the Laufschützer 34, the second is either a Laufschützer 43 or 43/1, the last is another Laufschützer 34 which was converted to take both 34 and 42 barrels. You can see the original dunkelgelb and the Panzer grey where the slime green is scratched....the next picture is the inside of one of the carriers...still has the original grey. The last 3 photos are of a Laufbehalter 34...double barrel carrier for the MG34...in original dunkelgrau or blaugrau. Not sure which.

[ak47dennis]

- pic 2 almost looks blau or is it just the picture

[Reichpapers]

Actually, the correct color is the blau...some of the pics came out looking dark green, but this is just the flash or whatever happened.

[JBaum]

Reichpapers, you have my congratulations on correctly identifying your equipment with the proper names. The Laufbehalter is not the same as the Laufschützer. A big "attaboy" for you.

For those who don't want to go back to re-read everything:

Lauf = barrel

behalter = holder (carries 2 barrels)

schützer = protector (carries 1 barrel)

[Reichpapers]

Thanks for the kudos JBaum. I'm attempting to familiarize myself with the German names. I just had to go up and correct the color names. I noticed I put Afrika Tan instead of dunkelgelb. The grey inside of the carriers is not dark enough to be dunkelgrau...not sure what color it is...so I left it Panzer grey Would you happen to know how to diffrentiate between a Laufschützer 43 and 43/1?