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MG42 in a Tobruk
Vierville
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Gauteng, South Africa
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 06:49 PM UTC
Hi all. I'm busy with a scene from D-Day in which a 'tobruk' is being captured. I'd like the tobruk to house an MG42,(or failing that, a mortar) but cant find how an MG42 was mounted in a tobruk in normandy?

If anyone has any diagrams or photos i would really appreciate it!
ardoe
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Bayern, Germany
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 07:58 PM UTC
Hi!

good old google - look here:

http://www.ww2enimagenes.com/2014/09/fortificaciones-de-defensa-alemanas.html

being mounts for a mg 34, i think the mounts for a mg 42 would have been similar...

regards
arne
ardoe
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 08:02 PM UTC
also found this pictures:

http://s127.photobucket.com/user/szaloga/media/MG34mount.jpg.html

SteveZaloga
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 08:03 PM UTC
One of the best sources for this sort of thing is the Axis History forum. They covered this subject in a thread:
http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=70&t=195121&p=1755113&hilit=Tobruk+MG42#p1755113
easyco69
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 08:08 PM UTC
I have no idea what you mean by tobruk..but...










Biggles2
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Posted: Monday, January 26, 2015 - 08:16 PM UTC
Hard to find two the same. Does the ring mount revolve? Or is it fixed with a limited arc of fire for the MG?
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