GERMAN MG 34 GUNNER'S KIT (WERKZEUGTASCHE 34)

摘要

The gunner's kit for the MG 34 was originally designed for the MG 13 but since many of the tools were also usable on the MG 34 the kit was easily adapted for use for the MG 34 There were five variations of the gunner's kit through 1944, all top opening. The first early type, originally for the MG 13 and then for the MG 34, was an all leather box with a leather shoulder strap. This then changed to an all leather box but with belt loops on the rear instead of the shoulder strap (as shown here). As the war wore on leather was a commodity needed elsewhere for the war effort and later versions were made with substitute leather (er-satz-leder), which was a pressed paper material with a water-resistant leather-like finish.