#9mm german mauser rifle simulator#

The ZfG38 is but a redimensioned ZfG Schmeisser, which is abundantly present in museum and private collections while the ZfG Schmeisser is only known from this drawing and a couple of almost 80 years old factory photos. 9 mm blanks were made for use with the MP.28,II BFA, but this was a model being phased out of the army at that time, and so Hugo Schmeisser was told to redesign it for the blank that the army had вЂ“ the Platzpatrone 33 in 7.9Г—57. This one seems to be a predecessor to the ZfG38, probably turned down by the Wehrmacht due to lack of officially accepted 9 mm blank in the inventory. The cartridge used in these was the crimped 9mm blank originally developed for the MP28,II (photos again courtesy of Michael Heidler): 9mm blanks in box 9mm blanks on blueprint Here is a photo of an example of one of the 9mm guns, courtesy of Michael Heidler: ZfG 9mm Schmeisser As you can see form the drawing, the trigger mechanism is designed so that it can be fired by pulling a wire either from in front or behind the gun.

#9mm german mauser rifle simulator#

This gun (along with the 8mm version) was used in training exercises, either as a remotely triggered simulator controlled by an instructor or as a warning device with the trigger connected to a tripwire. Haenel ZfG Schmeisser 9mm training machine gun (click to enlarge) It used a very extended 100-round stick magazine, although the bolt and trigger mechanisms look basically identical to the 8Г—57 ZfG-38. Well, we also happen to have found a pretty detailed line drawing of another Haenel training gun, this time in 9mm and labelled вЂњZielfeuergerГ¤t SchmeisserвЂќ. A while back we had an excellent guest article by Michael Heidler on the Haenel ZfG-38 training machine gun.