German drum magazine for Mg

**Datrus** · 09-20-2013, 02:25 PM

Hello guys,

Here are some pics of a drum magazine i found on our latest trip. I first thought it was the Soviet DT28 mag but then i found it was full of German rounds. I have not seen these before. Can you tell what type of Mg it is for please

Regards, Lars

**KradSpam** · 09-20-2013, 04:39 PM

Hi mate, I will copy my post from the other thread, I think I may have an answer.

Nice finds mate, I always enjoy your updates

The drum mag actually looks like a British Lewis gun magazine, but the rounds do look like 7.92 German rather than .303. I counted the 'bumps' around the edge of the mag and they match the Lewis mag at 25. Strange

Possible explanation - Lewis gun of Czech origin chambered for 7.92x57mm Mauser ammunition.

**Datrus** · 09-20-2013, 05:13 PM

Thanks a lot mate!

It sure looks like it. The rounds are indeed 7.92 Mauser rounds. Well done mate and thanks a lot for the help.

I also found a 1933 Mosin rifle and the bolt for it. Among other things

Cheers

**KradSpam** · 09-20-2013, 05:20 PM

Glad to be able to help mate, I love a mystery like this to work out

**Datrus** · 09-20-2013, 05:34 PM

Well then i have another item here LOL I know i am pushing it mate

https://www.warrelics.eu/forum/battl...panzer-344384/

Cheers

**emileverbunt** · 09-20-2013, 06:14 PM

In WW1 the German Army rebarreled quite a lot of captured British Lewis guns. Possibly reissued, post WW1, to a Baltic state?

Cheers,
Emile

**Datrus** · 09-20-2013, 06:21 PM

This i don't know. I found this magazine in Smolensk/Russia. There have been both German and Soviet forces on the positions where i found it.

Regards, Lars

**harryamb2** · 09-20-2013, 07:26 PM

I agree with Kradspam.

**Datrus** · 09-20-2013, 07:31 PM

Me too. We also found a lot of Polish stamped(with Polish eagle) 7.92 ammunition on some other positions in the general area.

Cheers

**big ned** · 09-20-2013, 07:32 PM

by emileverbunt

In WW1 the German Army rebarreled quite a lot of captured British Lewis guns. Possibly reissued, post WW1, to a Baltic state?

Cheers,
Emile

Hi Emile,

That may well explain this still shot grabbed from a wartime film of the Volkssturm. It's been seen on T.V. alot over the years, and I always wondered how and why the guy was carrying one of these.

Regards, Ned.