Original Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima Converted to M.1880 Murata Breech Loading System Untouched Antique Guns Cuffs and waist band are

Cuffs and waist band are in very good condition

was the principal light machine gun of the WEHRMACHT until the adoption of the MG34 in 1936

never shipped abroad and taken for the war effort the cans were then marked DRK with an early spread eagle swas but never issued

History of the MP40:

and the line was entirely re-established

Original Japanese Matchlock Tanegashima Converted to M.1880 Murata Breech Loading System Untouched Antique Guns Cuffs and waist band areOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an extremely interesting weapon. It started life probably in the late 1700s or early 1800s being constructed as a matchlock firearm using black powder and a very primitive ignition system. These were often referred to as Tanegashima (), after the island where a Chinese junk with Portuguese adventurers on board was driven to anchor by a storm in 1543. The local lord purchased two matchlocks from the