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andrei
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Post subject:  Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 5:46 pm |
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I might have a cut down one you can have if I can dig it out its only 100 long instead of the full 250 that one im saving for the maxim  _________________ http://2ndguards.com/index.html"Do what you do best Andrei......stay by my side .....and make your Maxim sing!" BobHR Andrei Valtarovich Prusins Guards yehfreytor Kitchen Bitch PTRD gunner
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Daniel Briggs
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 6:15 pm |
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Dont worry bout it il probably never meet u any way 
unless im in england for something 
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andrei
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 7:09 pm |
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i dont mind posting it or i can pass it to hugh at detling if you are in his group
_________________ http://2ndguards.com/index.html"Do what you do best Andrei......stay by my side .....and make your Maxim sing!" BobHR Andrei Valtarovich Prusins Guards yehfreytor Kitchen Bitch PTRD gunner
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Daniel Briggs
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 8:19 pm |
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I am at least 100 miles away  and how much would it cost 
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andrei
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:27 pm |
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I'm not sure what the shipping will be couple of quid tops i think
_________________ http://2ndguards.com/index.html"Do what you do best Andrei......stay by my side .....and make your Maxim sing!" BobHR Andrei Valtarovich Prusins Guards yehfreytor Kitchen Bitch PTRD gunner
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Kozlov
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 02, 2008 10:43 pm |
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Proper Soviet cloth maxim belts are hard to find and can be quite expensive... oh and the rounds in a maxim belt are 7.62x54R - the same round as the MN uses... hence its a quick way of looking like a Mexican bandit 
I remember the story of one of our Comrades from Za Oberonya with a maxim belt... and others following him around all weekend picking up the rounds as they fell out of it...
The reason why the Maxim was converted to use the SG-43 Gorunov steel ammo belts is because the cloth ones stretch after a few uses and misfeed... (The SG-43 was designed to replace the Maxim)
I can't remember if the Maxim was ever converted to steel belts during the GPW, but certainly post-GPW they were and all the ones you see reenactors with now have been...
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Daniel Briggs
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Post subject: Posted: Thu Jul 03, 2008 4:08 pm |
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Any i know any web sites i could get them off exept mg34 thay dont post out side the usa
The naval infantry in rkka.ru/uniforms dont have the maxim belts
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M1910
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:13 pm |
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MG34 are the only US supplier of maxim cloth belts that I have ever seen.
I just got a friend in the states to order a few and then post them on.
Watch out on USA e-bay as well.
All the Maxims currently coming out of the Ukraine were converted during post war rebuilds to take metal belts. If buying metal belts remember that there are war-time and post-war patterns of these as well.
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Daniel Briggs
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 6:23 pm |
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will do cheers mate . honestly the maxim belts aint high on mt prioritys list the ptrd is at the top
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Adrian
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:06 pm |
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Hi Neil, would it be possible for you to show a pic of a wartime vs postwar metal belt? I would be interested to know the differences.
Cheers, Ade.
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Semyon
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 7:39 pm |
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Kozlov
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 9:27 pm |
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By Lenin that is more info than I ever thought I needed or even existed on steel Soviet MG belts!
Have tucked a copy of that in my anorak though so I can suck air through my teeth next week at W&P whilst looking at stuff on dealers stalls tho
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Adrian
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Post subject: Posted: Tue Jul 08, 2008 10:09 pm |
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M1910
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Post subject: Posted: Wed Jul 09, 2008 8:05 am |
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That is a very good article the link to which I have published before on this forum.
Out of the 5 or 6 boxes and belts I have purchased over the years one turn out to be the 100% war-time pattern.
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