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MG-42, updated and chambered in 7.62 NATO and going by the name "MG-3" (whatever, it's the MG-42 re-chambered), still going strong after all these years:
Bit of context... The gun is firing in the direction of its traditional enemy, Russia - but only blanks. For now. The fortification in the background across the river is in Russia. The gun is located atop a similar fortification in Narva, Estonia - the Narva River (seen just beneath the Russian fort in the background), acts as the border between the two nations in that area.
Here's a picture from 1944, with an MG-34 pointing over the same river in the same direction:
Apparently, Estonia is rapidly expanding its reserves and militias. They're "concerned" about Russia's aggressive posture and the indifference of the current POTUS.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/putin-trump-estonia_us_5897905de4b09bd304bbd1dd
Bit of context... The gun is firing in the direction of its traditional enemy, Russia - but only blanks. For now. The fortification in the background across the river is in Russia. The gun is located atop a similar fortification in Narva, Estonia - the Narva River (seen just beneath the Russian fort in the background), acts as the border between the two nations in that area.
Here's a picture from 1944, with an MG-34 pointing over the same river in the same direction:
Apparently, Estonia is rapidly expanding its reserves and militias. They're "concerned" about Russia's aggressive posture and the indifference of the current POTUS.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/putin-trump-estonia_us_5897905de4b09bd304bbd1dd
MG-42, updated and chambered in 7.62 NATO and going by the name "MG-3" (whatever, it's the MG-42 re-chambered), still going strong after all these years:
Bit of context... The gun is firing in the direction of its traditional enemy, Russia - but only blanks. For now. The fortification in the background across the river is in Russia. The gun is located atop a similar fortification in Narva, Estonia - the Narva River (seen just beneath the Russian fort in the background), acts as the border between the two nations in that area.
Here's a picture from 1944, with an MG-34 pointing over the same river in the same direction:
Apparently, Estonia is rapidly expanding its reserves and militias. They're "concerned" about Russia's aggressive posture and the indifference of the current POTUS.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/putin-trump-estonia_us_5897905de4b09bd304bbd1dd
Someone once said that 'insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different outcome!' Good luck to Estonia if Russia has plans for them.
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Not quite, the MG-3 has a lower cyclic rate than a MG-42. So its a re-chambered slowed down MG-42.
In regards to hearing protection was that actually used at that point in time. It was WWII, and I know people who weren't using hearing protection up until the 70s and 80s so would they have actually used in WWII?
In regards to hearing protection was that actually used at that point in time. It was WWII, and I know people who weren't using hearing protection up until the 70s and 80s so would they have actually used in WWII?
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Meanwhile, in Kurdistan...
Ol' 42 and her descendants sure get around. Hard to keep a good design down.
Ol' 42 and her descendants sure get around. Hard to keep a good design down.
Dark Alley Dan
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A couple of Q's for XRC -
- That Somalia pic - were those honest-to-god MG42's way out there in Beautiful Scenic Somalia? Or some postwar deal?
- You're a guy with a solid grasp of restoration practices - is there an "official" font for serial numbers and such on German equipment? The stuff I've seen that looks right looks a bit Helvetica, but not quite...
- That Somalia pic - were those honest-to-god MG42's way out there in Beautiful Scenic Somalia? Or some postwar deal?
- You're a guy with a solid grasp of restoration practices - is there an "official" font for serial numbers and such on German equipment? The stuff I've seen that looks right looks a bit Helvetica, but not quite...
If I may answer that:
German Text
Letterhead:
Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei
Der Stellvertreter des Führers
München 33, den [Datum (leer)], Braunes Haus
Stabsleiter
z. Zt. Obersalzberg, den 3.1.41
R u n d s c h r e i b e n
(Nicht zur Veröffentlichung)
Zur allgemeinen Beachtung teile ich im Auftrage des Führers mit:
Die sogenannte gotische Schrift als eine deutsche Schrift anzusehen oder zu bezeichnen ist falsch. In Wirklichkeit besteht die sogenannte gotische Schrift aus Schwabacher Judenlettern. Genau wie sie sich später in den Besitz der Zeitungen setzten, setzten sich die in Deutschland ansässigen Juden bei Einführung des Buchdrucks in den Besitz der Buchdruckereien und dadurch kam es in Deutschland zu der starken Einführung der Schwabacher Judenlettern.
Am heutigen Tage hat der Führer in einer Besprechung mit Herrn Reichsleiter Amann und Herrn Buchdruckereibesitzer Adolf Müller entschieden, dass die Antiqua-Schrift künftig als Normal-Schrift zu bezeichnen sei. Nach und nach sollen sämtliche Druckerzeugnisse auf diese Normal-Schrift umgestellt werden. Sobald dies schulbuchmässig möglich ist, wird in den Dorfschulen und Volksschulen nur mehr die Normal-Schrift gelehrt werden.
Die Verwendung der Schwabacher Judenlettern durch Behörden wird künftig unterbleiben. Ernennungsurkunden für Beamte, Strassenschilder u. dergl. werden künftig nur mehr in Normal-Schrift gefertigt werden.
Im Auftrage des Führers wird Herr Reichsleiter Amann zunächst jene Zeitungen und Zeitschriften, die bereits eine Auslandsverbreitung haben, oder deren Auslandsverbreitung erwünscht ist, auf Normal-Schrift umstellen.
gez. M. Bormann
English Translation
Letterhead:
National Socialist German Workers Party [Nazis]
Deputy to the Führer
Munich 33, on [date - empty space], Brown House [Nazi headquarters]
Stabsleiter (Chief of Staff)
currently in Obersalzberg, 3 January 1941
C i r c u l a r L e t t e r
(Not for publication)
For general notice I announce the following by order of the Führer:
It is false to regard or describe the so-called Gothic typeface as a German typeface. In reality the so-called Gothic typeface consists of Schwabacher-Jewish letters. Just as they later came to own the newspapers, the Jews living in Germany also owned the printing presses when the printing of books was introduced and thus came about the strong influx into Germany of Schwabacher-Jewish letters.
Today the Führer, in a discussion with Herr Reichsleiter Amann [Reich Leader for the Press] and the printing company owner Herr Adolf Müller, decided that Antiqua [Roman] type is henceforth to be designated as the standard typeface. Gradually, all printed matter should be converted to this standard typeface. As soon as possible in regard to school textbooks, only the standard script will be taught in village and elementary schools.
The use of Schwabacher-Jewish letters by authorities will in future cease; certificates of appointment for officials, street signs, and the like, will in future only be produced in standard lettering.
By order of the Führer, Herr Reichsleiter Amann will first change over to the standard script those newspapers and magazines that already have foreign circulation or whose foreign circulation is desired.
sgd. M. Bormann
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