Russian DP 28 Dummy Light Machine Gun U.S. Machine Guns 1819 -1900

1819 -1900

against the Danes during the Schleswig-Holstein uprising in 1848-49-50

fitted with a single spade grip

ERMA stands for Erfurter Maschinen Fabrik

with eagle/63 inspection

Russian DP 28 Dummy Light Machine Gun U.S. Machine Guns 1819 -1900Original Item: One only, just received from a museum quality private collection. This is the gun that the Germans faced when they invaded the Soviet Union in 1941. Its distinctive feature is the large flat pan magazine, but more important is the fact that it was mechanically simple and inexpensive to manufacture, unlike the German MG 34. It had a reputation as a very dependable machine gun, also unlike the German guns. This sample is in beautiful