French M.G. in navy lafette
French M.G. in navy lafette
Hello All
There are 2 photo's of what looks are the same gun
in the same mounting , first one a French one in 1940
at Flushing and the other a photo from Germans later
in the war .
Looks to me like a Darne Mle 1922 machine gun , but I
am not sure and does anyone has info on the naval mounting ??
Photo = Ebay.de and Magazine 39/45 No 131
Regards Jos
There are 2 photo's of what looks are the same gun
in the same mounting , first one a French one in 1940
at Flushing and the other a photo from Germans later
in the war .
Looks to me like a Darne Mle 1922 machine gun , but I
am not sure and does anyone has info on the naval mounting ??
Photo = Ebay.de and Magazine 39/45 No 131
Regards Jos
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Re: French M.G. in navy lafette
Here it was also used as coast defence , photo is from Alain Chazette .
Regards Jos
Regards Jos
Re: French M.G. in navy lafette
Some pictures from Bundesarchiv:
Emmanuel
Emmanuel
Re: French M.G. in navy lafette
Outside of that mount (and retrofitted with appropriate front and rear sights), it looks like it would have been the perfect size as a squad automatic weapon.
He who lives by the sword, should train with it frequently.
Re: French M.G. in navy lafette
Hello,
would love to see a German manual on that MG ( with that special device at the feed side ), as the Darne was normaly feed by a drum magazine. There have been right and left hand side feed MG mounted in Maginot Line Bunkers in a Twin Mount.
would love to see a German manual on that MG ( with that special device at the feed side ), as the Darne was normaly feed by a drum magazine. There have been right and left hand side feed MG mounted in Maginot Line Bunkers in a Twin Mount.
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Re: French M.G. in navy lafette
The MGs in the Maginot Line were 7.5 MM m 1931F, a modification of the FM 24/29 light machine gun and not related to the Darne MG.
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Re: French M.G. in navy lafette
Please read here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darne_machine_gun
Sorry I messed it up - here's the MAC Mle 1931 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reibel_machine_gun
Sorry I messed it up - here's the MAC Mle 1931 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reibel_machine_gun