Original German WWII MG 42 Sustained Fire Lafette Mount Tripod Made in 1944 with Intact Markings - Painted Panzergrau Japanese Marines making this a real "peach"

making this a real "peach"

could provide only moderate performance gains over the standard model

with the expected wear from age and the leather thong is missing

Western Europe

The knife bears some small resemblance to the Fairbairn & Sykes knife

Original German WWII MG 42 Sustained Fire Lafette Mount Tripod Made in 1944 with Intact Markings - Painted Panzergrau Japanese Marines making this a real "peach"Original Item: Only one available. This fantastic MG42 Lafette (German for Gun Carriage) ground tripod is an original World War II German manufactured mount, which like many was reconditioned postwar in Eastern Europe, most likely in Yugoslavia, where it was repainted apple green, as with most items they used. They also added a new data plate on the top rear area, over the original markings. They did not however replace the range plate on the T&E