German MGs Id
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It is ZB-26 or ZB-26. Look at gunner's left hand's palm - before it the unmistakable dial of rear sight is visible.
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To me it looks like a water-cooled Browning 1919 with a shoulder stock adapted for AA use.
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Do you have more details on this, Audrew?
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Browning wz.30 in German service MG 249 (p)
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Thank you, audrew
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Great pictures. Thank you, Audrew!
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Re: German MGs Id
Hi all,
Not german machine gun but....
Can somebody help me to identify this twin MG mount? According to photocaption in Canadian service
I think probably 12.7mm 0.5in Browning M1921 on a naval twin mount. Is this correct?
Image from http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx
Thanks in advance. Sturm78
Not german machine gun but....
Can somebody help me to identify this twin MG mount? According to photocaption in Canadian service
I think probably 12.7mm 0.5in Browning M1921 on a naval twin mount. Is this correct?
Image from http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/Pages/home.aspx
Thanks in advance. Sturm78
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These are .50 M2s, not M1921s. Instant giveaway is front part of the water jacket, as in M2 water jacket was co-axial with barrel and in M1921 it had "classic" looks.
As for the mount, it was used by both US Army - as M46 pedestal mount and US Navy - as Mk 22.
As for the mount, it was used by both US Army - as M46 pedestal mount and US Navy - as Mk 22.
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Thank you very much for your reply, Kocur
Apparently there was a great variety of mounts for these guns, both naval and land.
This link http://www.antiaircraft.org/50mg.htm mentions some of them but not these double mounts
Do you have a list of all the mounts used during World War II for these heavy machine guns?
Regards Sturm78
Can you upload any picture of the M1921 model, to see the differences?Kocur wrote
These are .50 M2s, not M1921s. Instant giveaway is front part of the water jacket, as in M2 water jacket was co-axial with barrel and in M1921 it had "classic" looks
I did not know these mounts.Kocur wrote
As for the mount, it was used by both US Army - as M46 pedestal mount and US Navy - as Mk 22
Apparently there was a great variety of mounts for these guns, both naval and land.
This link http://www.antiaircraft.org/50mg.htm mentions some of them but not these double mounts
Do you have a list of all the mounts used during World War II for these heavy machine guns?
Regards Sturm78
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Here's the picture:
As for the mounts used during WW2, the site you mentioned has it well covered, as far as I can tell, comparing it with aforementioned book. The double mount M46 / Mk 22 is the only manually operated multiple mount for .50 M2 I know of.
It's a scan of page 38 from "The Browning Machine Gun, Volume IV, Semper Fi FIFTY!". As for the mounts used during WW2, the site you mentioned has it well covered, as far as I can tell, comparing it with aforementioned book. The double mount M46 / Mk 22 is the only manually operated multiple mount for .50 M2 I know of.