MP40 Waffen amt STG44 Magazine Martini-Henry Rifle The naked eye won't be

The naked eye won't be able to tell the difference

The Hotchkiss machine gun itself (excluding the tripod) has only 32 parts ( US War Department Handbook of the Hotchkiss Machine Gun

Because Maxims were always issued painted the "Steel Jacket Body" version had gone unnoticed until this purchase directly after the collapse of the Soviet Union

This is a very hard to find World War Two item with a fascinating history

a directive was issued to modify them to permit use as a stuck cartridge tool

MP40 Waffen amt STG44 Magazine Martini-Henry Rifle The naked eye won't beOriginal Item: One Only! Only one we've got, ORIGINAL, marked "StG44" Magazine coded "qlw" with Waffen amt markings (WaA89), surplused by Czechoslovakia after WW2.(Czech lion stamp with 46). Most original Blue Black Finish remains with slight storage rubbing. These StG44 marked, magazines were always the hardest to find.