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bruce98k

bruce98k

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Picked these up and one is coded bte. Which firm contracted this mag?
Other 2 are gqm and kur.

Thanks,
B.
 

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bte = Frank'sche Eisenwerke AG Niederscheld

I have recorded them for MP40 magazines before, this is the first MP44 magazine I have seen, they have an odd waffenamt from the few pictures I have seen of their MP40 magazines, can you make out the waffenamt here? This one looks different, perhaps a change in waffenamt later in the war.

bruce98k said:
Picked these up and one is coded bte. Which firm contracted this mag?
Other 2 are gqm and kur.

Thanks,
B.
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SimsonSuhl said:
bte = Frank'sche Eisenwerke AG Niederscheld

I have recorded them for MP40 magazines before, this is the first MP44 magazine I have seen, they have an odd waffenamt from the few pictures I have seen of their MP40 magazines, can you make out the waffenamt here? This one looks different, perhaps a change in waffenamt later in the war.
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Looks like WaAC68 to me. Apparently, they also used WaAB37 (or 837).
 

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Good pictures Ryan, still hard to make out, even with these good pictures. Have you seen another MP43/44 magazine from them? Any other magazines perhaps?
 
I've never encountered an MP44 mag made by "bte", but I have MP40 mags. Bruce should be able to use a loupe on that on and tell us what it is.
 
SimsonSuhl said:
Good pictures Ryan, still hard to make out, even with these good pictures. Have you seen another MP43/44 magazine from them? Any other magazines perhaps?
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One I found from eGun. I found several other old eGun auctions (no pictures) on google.de that listed bte MP44 mags.
 

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