I have read that canvass or Web material slings were faked for the mg42 or34.In Folke Myrvang
Book on mg42 /34 ) machine guns he clearly has pics of late war or canvas slings. The's slings can be found on pg 435. I have recently purchased a Web sling identical to the mg42 one pictured
In Myrvang's book. My sling has a black painted buckle with waffen proof -I will post pics soon
Folke did a lot of research before writing the book. Talk to him at Knob Creek and ask how he determined the originality of the cloth slings. I'm certain he has a reason for his opinion, and the story should be interesting.
schmisser wrote:I have read that canvass or Web material slings were faked for the mg42 or34.In Folke Myrvang
Book on mg42 /34 ) machine guns he clearly has pics of late war or canvas slings. The's slings can be found on pg 435. I have recently purchased a Web sling identical to the mg42 one pictured
In Myrvang's book. My sling has a black painted buckle with waffen proof -I will post pics soon
I bought green canvas sling from Numrich. Definitely post war in my case, but real 'surplus'. It has really cheap attaching hardware and no padding. It was cheap if I recall (like $10). It's looks like maybe Spanish?? Perhaps for their 5.56 belt fed the CETME Ameli that is similar to the MG42/3? But they do work.
BTW for those looking for decent leather surplus sling BRP still has post war Yugo slings for the M53, for like $25 they have both a split sling and a wider single sling listed. I bought some of these too. I really like the split sling so I can carry like a handle- flat. They are decent leather to, nice and worn, but still in good shape.