Gebirgsjäger MG34 tripod.

Post by **lampwick** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 3:27 pm

I've just bought what I assume to be a GebirgsjÃ¤ger tripod with the extendable rear legs which also swivel outwards. Are these shorter that the conventional Lafette or is this made for the shortened MG34S? It will only seat the gun with a struggle and, as far I can see, has had no knocks or serious trauma. Any thoughts or facts?? Cheers.

Post by **Blanksguy** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 3:38 pm

Look on the ends of the numbered-traverse-plate....near the serial-number and see if it is stamped "MG34/41"....or "MG34S" ....or "34/41".....or "34S". It will also be stamped like this at the rear of the gun-mounting-plateform near the serial-number.

The other indication of use for the shorter MG34/41 or MG34S would be the trigger (at the point where it would go into the trigger-guard on the gun when it is mounted) that is only for a full-auto gun similar to the trigger-lever on the MG42 Lafette-Tripod. The trigger-lever is different than the converted/modified MG34 Trigger-Lever.

I'd be interested, but would need to see photos of what you have.
You can contact me directly at me e-mail address of:

Blanksguy2001@chartermi.net.

Regards, RichardS.
Blanksguy2001@chartermi.net

Post by **lampwick** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 3:52 pm

OK thanks Richard. I'll look in the daylight tomorrow and possibly take some pics to post. Cheers Terry

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Post by **lampwick** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 9:18 am

Here are a few pics before I start onto this with the scrubbing brush and stripper. There's a nice low number and a couple of WaA 200 stamps on the top but that's different from the one on the piston housing. Anyway..see what you think.

Post by **lampwick** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:44 am

Here's how it looks so far. I've got the Dunkelgelb paint coming tomorrow and then I'll marry this to my MINT unissued 1943 dated MG34!!!!!!!

Perhaps this is in the wrong forum now? Can it be moved to accessories?

Post by **TOM R** » Fri Jun 09, 2006 11:03 am

wow looks RED

lol lookin good

Post by **lampwick** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:28 am

Well... Here'e the Lafette in what I was told was 'Dunkelgelb' paint which I thought would be a nice field grey/green colour. This looks awful!! I think I'll get a can of British Racing Green and give it another go!!

Feldwebel 34 · Post by **Feldwebel 34** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:57 am

Have you thought of going with the early war 'dunkelgrau'? Found a source in Germany that has original RAL numbered paints. I will see if I can find the link if anyone is interested.

Regards,
Eric

Post by **Reichpapers** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 10:06 am

When it comes to Dunkelgelb, or any other color for that fact, I would never use what someone perceives as the right color...in most cases it is not. The book "Wehrmacht Camofaluge Colors 1939-1945" is an excellent reference that includes color swatches. Here is a good example of Dunkelgelb that has not faded to a sandy hue:

Post by **lampwick** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:00 am

Right... Here it is with some old Land Rover paint that I had lying around slapped on to it. I feel that it looks much better, but that's only my preference. I've roughed it up a bit where the bullet belt hangs just for the look of it. Any comments?

Post by **Reichpapers** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 11:13 am

What look are you trying to achieve? Original color...or just a nice looking color?

Post by **lampwick** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:21 pm

It's what I think of whenever I hear of German WWII soldiers and their equipment. Sort of greeny gray colour. I know it's not perfect but I couldn't stand that Ice cream colour that I had before. Plus I'm probably influenced by thinking 'KHAKI' whenever the Army is mentioned.

ak47dennis · Post by **ak47dennis** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:23 pm

What look are you trying to achieve?

My thoughts also, it now looks like a yugo rebuild with the slime green paint.

Post by **Reichpapers** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 12:53 pm

The grey green color you are talking about is called Feldgrau...I don't believe this color was found on Lafette tripods...

Post by **lampwick** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 1:59 pm

OK..OK.. I'll scrub the green off. Jeez!! You guys don't half nag!! I thought that the white colour was used in the desert. There is no call for Mountain troops in the desert so the Lafette would probably not have been used there. Or .. What about Crete? The Gebirgsjagers were there, weren't they?

ak47dennis · Post by **ak47dennis** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:05 pm

Actually the dunkelgelb has nothing really to do with the desert a lot of people always associate the two. Dunklegelb was used later on in the war this neutral color was applied to: vehicles, guns accessories optics can mostly everything. It allowed the troops in the field to apply their environment specific camo pattern over top of it. As a GebirgsjÃ¤gers reenactor I can tell you that when they were Italy a lot of their gear was a mix between standard continental and tropical (what people misdiagnosis as â€œdesertâ€)

Your mount since itâ€™s early would have originally been painted .dunkelgrau

ak47dennis · Post by **ak47dennis** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 5:14 pm

TOM R wrote:wow looks RED lol lookin good

Tom the primer color looks pretty good, the original WW2 red oxide primer is very reddish looking. Kind of though to find the correct shade most American red oxide primers are too much on the brown side.

Post by **longhorn109** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 6:17 pm

I really should pay more attention to where I find things on the web. Just spent ages trying to find this link again. I hope

its of some use http://www.rrservices.co.uk/index2.html they do war paint apparently. I have never used them

just a site I ended up at on my travels.

Post by **lampwick** » Tue Jun 20, 2006 11:38 am

This is the last bit I'm doing to it!! I'm knackered!!

www.MG42.us

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