Saturday 14-May-2011, 02:10 AM
Wondering if there's any particular sling that is used for the DLT-19?
Back in it's day the MG-34 used a brown leather sling during WWII however, due to the weapon being cleaned constantly, usage, weather & environment conditions the sling would become tainted & so eventually appeared black in colour.
Post war the slings were made from a webbing type material with countries that continued to use the MG-34 & MG-42 & later developed so that the sling could be attached to either weapon.
The sling can be divided/ split in to to make a carrying handle running from below the trigger grip, up either side & along the barrel & connected to the forward sling attachment short of the bi-pod so that it could be carried using one arm & at the same time be balanced.
This made carrying the weapon with one arm somewhat comfortable for the gunner.
Sandwiched between the sling and the leather strip was a padding of horsehair along the middle section of the sling, this was to offer a better grip when carried in this manner.
If there's not any particular sling to use if you wish to use a sling with a DLT-19 I plan to purchase a webbing type version so that I can dye it black.
Any feed back welcome & err... if nothing else maybe someone learnt something new today from my little history lesson, lol
Jag
Back in it's day the MG-34 used a brown leather sling during WWII however, due to the weapon being cleaned constantly, usage, weather & environment conditions the sling would become tainted & so eventually appeared black in colour.
Post war the slings were made from a webbing type material with countries that continued to use the MG-34 & MG-42 & later developed so that the sling could be attached to either weapon.
The sling can be divided/ split in to to make a carrying handle running from below the trigger grip, up either side & along the barrel & connected to the forward sling attachment short of the bi-pod so that it could be carried using one arm & at the same time be balanced.
This made carrying the weapon with one arm somewhat comfortable for the gunner.
Sandwiched between the sling and the leather strip was a padding of horsehair along the middle section of the sling, this was to offer a better grip when carried in this manner.
If there's not any particular sling to use if you wish to use a sling with a DLT-19 I plan to purchase a webbing type version so that I can dye it black.
Any feed back welcome & err... if nothing else maybe someone learnt something new today from my little history lesson, lol
Jag
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