Recent content by Nigromontanus

Well, this thread led not to direct material for my book, but indirectly it did thankfully. My book 3 on StG 44 accessories is finished and printed. It covers – apart from magazines and magazine pouches, which have been covered in parts 1 and 2 – all other accessories, special accessories...

I am preparing a book on K43 accessories. In the course of that I was being told that there exist avx magazines with regular tabs (see attached pics). I have never seen one. I know them only with later reinforced tabs with hole. If anyone owns a avx magazine with regular tab (or one with...

The unit is Panzergrenadier-Brigade (mot) 92 (formerly Sonderverband 287). It was taken during the fightings north of Vienna in April 1945.

Since my book 3 on StG44 accessories is at the printer, I started the next project, which is accessories to K43. This time I plan a German and an English version, since I have done a translation of the text into English with the StG 44 series anyway, which comes as free addendum. So I might make...

I have never had one except for a ground found one which yielded no information. Too much to an oddball to refer to. The 100 other standard magazine different versions noody cares about.

The rail on Xaviers gun is original and period and was made for ZG 1229 Vampir. The rail on the Steyr MP 44 is not period and was added later. It can be -apart from other things - seen by comparing the surface status on the rail campared to the housing. On the whole a shame to this late Steyr...

This has been very helpful, thank you!!!

I have obtained the rights to use the LIFE Maagzine pictures in the last part of my book series on StG 44, which I am about to finsih. One costs EUR 214 to use. I am not familiar with the U.S. military. Please let me know the functions of the Captain and the General pictured in the series...

Concluded on a database

My mistake, middle of January.

In the first half of February, to be more precise...

These are not original, sorry

I have no concerns about the mount.

Yes, your pouches let me discover a new variant. There may be still other variants, but after monitoring what came up worldwide in the last 15+ years the likelihood that new material emerges is limited.

Thank you both. As far as I know it is complete, there is no variant known to me which is not covered in the book.