MG with scope
MG with scope
Hello
Has anyone ever seen a MG 34 with a scope???
Or - is it a fake???
Regards
Kurt
kstdk
Has anyone ever seen a MG 34 with a scope???
Or - is it a fake???
Regards
Kurt
kstdk
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Re: MG with scope
Its true. The inicials shots had a good precision.
Re: MG with scope
Looks to be a field build using a captured Russian scope. Given that the top cover rattles from side to side and there are moving parts right under the points where the scope is fixed to it, I can't see it holding its zero very well.
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Re: MG with scope
It would probably be a field modification or limited experiment, I don't think it's a Photoshop job (aside from converting it to grayscale - note gray arrows above the scope and shoulder).
I suspect the scope was mounted for better vision rather than accurate fire. As long as it didn't shake loose, it would work almost as well as having binoculars for finding your target, but have the benefit of being a lot faster from finding the target to firing the first burst. Considering the iron sights were not exactly still either, it should work - in theory. Given it's a rare sight (at least I've never seen it before), it might not have worked in practice, or at least not well enough to merit the effort.
I suspect the scope was mounted for better vision rather than accurate fire. As long as it didn't shake loose, it would work almost as well as having binoculars for finding your target, but have the benefit of being a lot faster from finding the target to firing the first burst. Considering the iron sights were not exactly still either, it should work - in theory. Given it's a rare sight (at least I've never seen it before), it might not have worked in practice, or at least not well enough to merit the effort.
Re: MG with scope
Hello
I have come to some of the same conclusions as above.
It seems to be a Russian Scope - PEM 4x Scope - and the MG 34 seems to be an early model, so it is probably around operation Barbarossa in 1941.
Field modification - use, for better viuw only, not stabile sight.
Regards
Kurt
kstdk
I have come to some of the same conclusions as above.
It seems to be a Russian Scope - PEM 4x Scope - and the MG 34 seems to be an early model, so it is probably around operation Barbarossa in 1941.
Field modification - use, for better viuw only, not stabile sight.
Regards
Kurt
kstdk
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Re: MG with scope
Another one
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Re: MG with scope
MGZ40 scope for the MG 34/42
Re: MG with scope
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Thanks - but yes - that is the standard Scope for SMG (when in affutage).
Regards
Kurt
kstdk
Thanks - but yes - that is the standard Scope for SMG (when in affutage).
Regards
Kurt
kstdk
Re: MG with scope
Hello to all ; more..................................
Maschinengewehre (MG).
Source: https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery ... cal-scope/
Cheers. Raúl M .
Maschinengewehre (MG).
Source: https://www.worldwarphotos.info/gallery ... cal-scope/
Cheers. Raúl M .
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- An MG-34 placed in a defensive position on a tripod and with a optical sight MGZ34 (I think)...............................
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Hello to all ; more..................................
Maschinengewehre (MG). Urwaldkrieg (war in the forest)
Source: https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/237 ... -book-rare
Cheers. Raúl M .
Maschinengewehre (MG). Urwaldkrieg (war in the forest)
Source: https://auction.catawiki.com/kavels/237 ... -book-rare
Cheers. Raúl M .
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- A MG-34 in a defensive position and (from what I appreciate) with optical sight MGZ34...................
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Re: MG with scope
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Thats fine, but - it is not the meaning with my initial post, is it?
Regards
Kurt
kstdk
Thats fine, but - it is not the meaning with my initial post, is it?
Regards
Kurt
kstdk
Re: MG with scope
Going deep, not really...but is a good complement, don't you think so? . Cheers. Raúl M .
Re: MG with scope
Hello
The pictures are fine, so please go for it
Regards
Kurt
kstdk
The pictures are fine, so please go for it
Regards
Kurt
kstdk
Re: MG with scope
Thank you very much .
Re: MG with scope
Hello to all ; Still looking for a photo of an LMG with a scope, in the meantime........................................
In the northwest Caucasus.
Source: https://www.aboutww2militaria.com/nl/th ... C3%AB.html
Cheers. Raúl M .
In the northwest Caucasus.
Source: https://www.aboutww2militaria.com/nl/th ... C3%AB.html
Cheers. Raúl M .
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- A position of a HMG MG-34 in the forested foothills of the Caucasus...............
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