Custom made MG-13 magazine ?

[Ohlau]

Does anybody saw something like that ??

Found on 1945 battlefield in Poland...

[Ohlau]

none ?

[me6_130]

Never seen such a thing It must have been for a static position MG13 as the mag is too long to be running around with it. Anyhow, for sure MG13 were reissued to second line units, so would match with that been 1945 volksturm troops in defensive position. Is it possible to read any stamp or maker's codes on them?

Carles.

[pinkepank]

not actually an mg13 magazine
its actually a zfg38 training machine gun mag: see here http://www.forgottenweapons.com/ligh...g-machine-gun/

[me6_130]

Well, that could be an answer but this mag is a three section and the Zfg38 is a two section mag. I don't know what they could be doing with a Zfg38 in a battlefield in 1945

Carles

[Alan Smith]

The ground-found magazine shown clearly is made up of three (3) sections and, to me, looks like a field-made item that was attempting to give the MG-13 some additional firepower.

[pinkepank]

i don't think it is for mg13 as it has the extra bit of metal at the very top of the magazine which the mg13 mags don't have

[me6_130]

Could the Zfg38 shoot real ammo? Perhaps some were used as some kind of bobby trap or remote controlled MG in a "no man's land" system? At the very last moments of the war I'm sure they would used anything they had...


Carles

[Ohlau]

Now I'm confused

Some parts are different in comparison to zgf, and some are identical ?


wtf ??? Heavy reworked zgf magazine ?

[pinkepank]

Could the Zfg38 shoot real ammo? Perhaps some were used as some kind of bobby trap or remote controlled MG in a "no man's land" system? At the very last moments of the war I'm sure they would used anything they had...


Carles

Carles

as far as i know they only fired the wooden tipped bullets as this was purely a training gun barrel had no rifling and on the end of barrel was some sort of mechanism for catching the wooden part of the bullet?

@ohlau what battlefield was it found on maybe narrow down what divisions were there

[IMBLITZVT]

A very big trench magazine for a K98???

The real key is what they did with the spring? The spring is always the issue with large mags...

[Admiraal]

Guys, don't forget that the ZfG38 magazines fit on the MG13.

But i think they made up this magazine (and probably allot more) and used them with the normal ZfG38 magazines for the MG13, to be used on the front.

[Ohlau]

@ohlau what battlefield was it found on maybe narrow down what divisions were there

Found in forest, in way of Piła ( Schneidemühl ) garrison retreat.