Mi34
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Southernlost
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It’s actually a Belgium mp28 clone the mi 34 is the mp 28 just a lil better quality with a lil more heft coming in at 10 pounds
Southernlost
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No problem it’s probably one of my coolest pieces
Absolut
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I'd think so too that either someone in Belgium misread and therefore misproduced the stamp as MI 34 instead of MP34, or that the stamp was worn off very heavy, so all were then stamped incorrectly as MI34 instead of MP34. I'd appreciate if you could get a closeup of this inscription to tell more. Thanks!
biggymu
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Absolut here is a screenshot from the link the OP provided. Apparently this is a legitimate variant.
heavy_mech
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I see MI-34 is identical MP-28 assembled under license at Pieper in Liege. Does that sound correct? I couldn't find a number produced, so wondering if anyone might know. Love to see more photos of this.
I found this "Belgian Army adopted M.P.28.II in 1934 as Mitrailette Modele 1934, in 9×19." and a linked reference to Jan Masterson who says a "serious estimate" is 1500-1811 pieces produced. If this is accurate it would make this a fairly rare bird I'd guess. Anyway, as others mentioned, a neat variant I'd never heard of before.
I found this "Belgian Army adopted M.P.28.II in 1934 as Mitrailette Modele 1934, in 9×19." and a linked reference to Jan Masterson who says a "serious estimate" is 1500-1811 pieces produced. If this is accurate it would make this a fairly rare bird I'd guess. Anyway, as others mentioned, a neat variant I'd never heard of before.
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Southernlost
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I’ve tried to up load pics but it’s telling me file is too large
Southernlost
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Correct they violated the treaty of Versailles by providing these to the German forces at the beginning of the war
heavy_mech
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If you're on a Windows PC, I open them in a large format, snip and save as a JPG or jpeg file. Should be maybe 300-800kb? and still a large photo. Works well for me.
I'll add, I send the photos from my Android phone to my email full sized (I don't have data limits YMMV) and open them full sized on the desktop where I can snip and save them.
Southernlost
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On a cell phone I don’t own a computer sadly I’m not sure I changed the photo format and still says too large
biggymu
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If you have an iPhone, when you choose the photo from your library, below the photo it says actual size. Click on that and you can select other sizes. Usually large works for me. Or you can email photos to yourself and choose a smaller size, then post those.
Southernlost
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heavy_mech
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Siderail say "Herstal" specifically rather than Liege as the one article said. I wonder where this was in proximity to the FN plant? Care to do more photos? And thanks for sharing this!
