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Have a sling for an MG42 with "gan41" marked on it and im wondering if its ww2 or post war?


Thanks!

Love to see a pic of it.

Later 42rocker

Patsy57 wrote:Have a sling for an MG42 with "gan41" marked on it and im wondering if its ww2 or post war?


Thanks!

A sling marked 41, for a gun adopted by the military in 42... hmmmm

Are you sure it's not an MG34 sling?

No WaA marks so not sure at all. I will post a pic soon

here are some pics the marking at the front is "gan41"

Not a sling for an MG42. It's a Yugo sling. Wartime German slings for the MG34 and 42 were all twin-strap split sling.

Try this website for sling info

http://www.bergflak.com/Mgrem.html

If you have not been to this website make sure that you look around in it after checking out the sling info.

Later 42rocker

To be blunt, as the others have hinted, it is top to tail (Yugo) fake.
Only about a couple of days ago one of these slings, touted as WW2 German, sold for about $75 on Ebay.

Tom.

Tommy,

Are they "fake" or are they Yugo military issue intended for the M53?

I just bought one (the Yugo style pictured) from Apex, as the fake/repro slings I have are useless and keep breaking (unlocking themselves from the pistol grip connector during use.)

Just trying to familiarise myself with this thread. However, from memory the sling I was refering to was a genuine Yugo army M53 sling that had been blatently fiddled with to have German esque WW2 markings.
If it is sold as a replica/fake/Yugo M53 sling then not a problem.

Tom.

I think they are Yugo army issue, no? - I have them on all the guns, they are good slings.