Dragon 1/6 WWII German MG34 MG-34 Machine Gun + Leather belt + Bullet chain set

Produced by Dragon, 100% BRAND NEW. 1:6 precision scale for 12-inch figures. Fit all 12" action figure - Dragon, BBI, Hot toys. With extreme details. Very well paints including aging technique, so that they look very real, not like other models and you can fit immediately with your 1/6 12" soldier models. This is a very rare model and is specailly developed. Some parts are movable.

Length is 8 inches (20cm) Material is plastic, not real gun, cannot shoot.

History and facts:

The Maschinengewehr 34, or MG34, was a German machine gun that was first produced and accepted for service in 1934, and first issued to units in 1935. It was an air-cooled machine gun firing 7.92x57mm Mauser rounds and had similar performance to other medium machine guns. However, it was also designed to perform both as a light machine gun and also in heavier roles, in an early example of a general purpose machine gun. In the light role, it was intended to be equipped with a bipod and 50-round belt contained in a drum-shaped ammo basket, which attached to the receiver. In the heavier role it was mounted on a larger tripod and was belt-fed. In practice the infantry usually just belt-fed the bipod version, resulting in it functioning as a classic medium support weapon.

The MG34 was used as the primary infantry machine gun during the 1930s, and remained as the primary tank and aircraft defensive weapon. It was to be replaced in infantry service by the related MG42, but there were never enough of the new design to go around, and MG34s soldiered on in all roles until the end of World War II. The MG34 was intended to replace the MG13 and other older machine guns, but these were still being used in WWII as demand was never met.

The MG34 was accepted for service almost immediately and was generally liked by the troops. It was used to great effect by German soldiers assisting Nationalist Spain in the Spanish Civil War. At the time it was introduced it had a number of advanced features and the general purpose machine gun concept that it aspired to was an influential one. However the MG34 was also expensive, both in terms of construction and the raw materials needed (49 kg (108 lb) of steel) and its manufacture was too time-consuming to be built in the numbers required for the ever expanding German army. It also proved to be rather temperamental, jamming easily when dirty.

SPECIFICATIONS Caliber:

7.92x57 mm Mauser Weigth: 12.1kg on bipod;

19.2 kg on light AA (anti-aircraft) tripod

Length: 1219 mm (48 inch) Length of barrel: 627 mm (24.7 inch)

Feeding: belt, 50 or 200 round

Rate of fire: 800 - 900 rounds/min

Muzzle velocity: 755 m/s (2477 ft/s)

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100% details from a real gun. 100% true to the color scheme. Own one to learn the history. Collect them all!