pitfighter
Senior Member
This is probably already common knowledge, perhaps unconfirmed - it might even have been hinted at in "Death from Above." - my book has a dozen page markers and grease spills on it already, so I'll post anyway.
The FG kit I am currently working with was missing a bayonet (amongst other parts) so, I bought an Estes Adams reproduction FG42 (G-type) bayonet - it is very nice externally, but quite delicate and the internals actually feel like a child's toy.
I had a MAS36 bayonet in my office, in the dusty neglected items bin, the French bayonet was of course built to withstand war and is a hardy well made piece of kit, and guess what?
It dropped perfectly into the FG42 (G-type) actually a better fit than the Adams custom.
It has the correct aged patina, and wear, so, I'll be shortening this and using it instead of the Adams custom at "what would have been" a saving of $180 - lol.
Yes, it has the knurled grip (similar to the E-type Fg) instead of the smooth one, the G-type should have - but I can live with that.
Clearly the designers at Krieghoff had enough to deal with with the other specifics of the Luftwaffe contract and took something of a short-cut with the bayonet, borrowing it in almost 100% form from the French rifle.
Just more notes from the front, all hinted at, opined at previously, on line, but 100% confirmed here.
The FG kit I am currently working with was missing a bayonet (amongst other parts) so, I bought an Estes Adams reproduction FG42 (G-type) bayonet - it is very nice externally, but quite delicate and the internals actually feel like a child's toy.
I had a MAS36 bayonet in my office, in the dusty neglected items bin, the French bayonet was of course built to withstand war and is a hardy well made piece of kit, and guess what?
It dropped perfectly into the FG42 (G-type) actually a better fit than the Adams custom.
It has the correct aged patina, and wear, so, I'll be shortening this and using it instead of the Adams custom at "what would have been" a saving of $180 - lol.
Yes, it has the knurled grip (similar to the E-type Fg) instead of the smooth one, the G-type should have - but I can live with that.
Clearly the designers at Krieghoff had enough to deal with with the other specifics of the Luftwaffe contract and took something of a short-cut with the bayonet, borrowing it in almost 100% form from the French rifle.
Just more notes from the front, all hinted at, opined at previously, on line, but 100% confirmed here.