Reference Matieral needed

[[RnL]Sarge]

Hello all. Im currently doing a WW2 modification for Half-Life 2 called Resistance and Liberation (site: www.resistanceandliberation.com ). In RnL we are trying to create the most realistic atmosphere on both sides of the conflict as possible including uniforms, weapons etc. Ive searched alot of site and i cannot find any real good reference pictures of a FG42 Model I and i was wondering if someone out there can please take pictures of maybe their repro or actually working model. I know this is a rare gun and propably why there not many good references out there. What im looking for is good (large) left, right, top, front, back, angle shots of the gun. If someone can please help me out i could really appreciate it.

Also on a side note. I have a small question. I know the G41 has a fixed magazine so it uses the standard K98 stripper clips. I also know of course the G43 has a removable magazine. My question is simply this. Can a person lets say he uses all of his magazines for his rifle, while having the magazine still in the rifle can he load it still with stripper clips through the breech or does he have to unload the magazine and then load the stripper clips that way. Thank you guys for your time and patience and look forward to see your responses

[Matt Weber]

Sarge,

To answer your first question, yes we have pics of both the 1st model and 2nd model FG42. Willi Zahn was fortunate enough to get the chance to fire both of these lovely weapons this summer, and was generous enough to share his experiances and also photo of it. Please search for the thread titled, "Firing the FG42", and you should be able to find it. If not simply send a PM to Willi and I'm sure he would be happy to share his photos with you as well.

Your second question is a very good one. The answer is yes, you can load the G/K43 with a stripper clip if desired. I believe that the Stg44 is the same way.

Matt

[[RnL]Sarge]

Thank you for your reply. So the G43 can load via stripper clip through breech or do i actually have to take out the clip and load it that way. I know the STG44 loads the stripper by taking out the clip. Just want to make sure everything is accurate.

[[RnL]Sarge]

So besides Willi does anyone else have any reference pictures? If you do, can you please Private Message me in how i can get them.

[[RnL]Sarge]

Well i thought since i asked you guys for the references i thought that maybe you would also like to see what my mods modeler did. I present to you the FG42 Model I done by Juggz:



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