Battle of the Bulge Match

[buckhunter]

A Stumghewehr-Thats awesome.

Was the MG 34 WWI version? What were the WWII MG's?

[Mr. 16 gauge]

Was the MG 34 WWI version? What were the WWII MG's?

I don't believe that the MG34 was around during WWI; most of the machine guns at that time were of the heavy, crew served type.

Where on earth did that guy with the Sturmghewehr find ammo for it? I have always understood that that short 8mm round was about as rare as hen's teeth.

Probably hand rolled his own.....IIRC, the base of the 7.92x33 was the same as the 8mm mauser, so cutting down cases and reforming them shouldn't be too much of a challenge. I'm interested in where he is finding bullets; Speer used to make a 125 grain .323 bullet for the 8 x 57 mauser, but I think that it's been out of production for a while.

We held our annual Battle of the Bulge military rifle match today at a local gun club. Despite cold temperatures and snow, we had a number of shooters show up in costume.

How did you hold this "match"? You didn't pit the Germans against the Allies, did you? Did any interesting sidearms show up, such as Radoms, Nazi marked Hi-powers, Lugers, ect?

I hope the pictures come out OK so I can post them.

Looking forward to seeing them!

[Dutchman01]

Originally Posted by buckhunter

A Stumghewehr-Thats awesome.

Was the MG 34 WWI version? What were the WWII MG's?

The mg 34 was ww2.

[Joe Boleo]

Sounds like a great match and a good time. The link would not open for me. Try to copy and paste the picture. Want to see what that MG34 looks like. Take care...
Joe

[skeet]

My father in law was a machine gun squad leader in Europe 1944. He told me he captured a few of those MG-42's and used 'em....BUT..due to the distinctive sound he got rid of 'em real quick. He was shootin at the Germans..and they shot back..facing their own guns..and the sound drew fire from the American side. He figured that all those bullets couldn't miss so he burned 'em down to scrap with thermite. He said when they opened up with one of 'em you just kept your head down. This from a guy who earned a Silver Star, 2 Bronze Stars, Croix de Guerre and some kind of stuff from the Brits who he fought with(commando raiding) for 3 1/2 yrs. Only opposition he said he was ever scared of. Oh...and the Sihks that the Brit commando teams usually had on them. He said they were scary dudes. Liked knives alot he said... I have a whole lot of tapes I made while he was talking about the war. He was a bit of a scary guy himself. Wounded 4 times. He and his partner captured a Tiger tank..