GunLab (KnownHost) » Belt loaders https://gunlab.net Adventures in gun building! Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:06:41 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.41 Using the MG-51 belt loader for the MG-34 https://gunlab.net/using-the-mg-51-belt-loader-for-the-mg-34/ https://gunlab.net/using-the-mg-51-belt-loader-for-the-mg-34/#comments Tue, 07 May 2019 14:00:46 +0000 http://gunlab.net/?p=8280 I have a number of belt loaders and one that I picked up a number of years ago is the MG-51 belt loader. This is a Swiss belt loader originally design for the Swiss Maxim gun. Later they were converted from the cloth belt to a metal belt for the MG-51.

In this case [...]]]> I have a number of belt loaders and one that I picked up a number of years ago is the MG-51 belt loader. This is a Swiss belt loader originally design for the Swiss Maxim gun. Later they were converted from the cloth belt to a metal belt for the MG-51.

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In this case the loader has been converted to 8×57 and uses the MG-34/42 belt.

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As packed in the box.

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A couple of views of the loader.

This is the video of me loading up a belt of 8×57 for the MG-34 and MG-42.

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