Post-War Yugoslav MG53 Machine Gun and Full Kit

~ Post-War Yugoslav MG53 Machine Gun and Full Kit ~

An excellent set comprised of:

• MG53 and bipod

• gun sling

• tool kit pouch and all tools that can be owned 9including the special handling glove

• cleaning rod

• drum magazine

• spare barrel container with sling

• MG military canvas cover

• ammo box

• ammo links

The piece is serial numbered P-49188 on the frame and bears the Yugoslav crest on the top of the receiver’s cover.

Two similar examples are available at the moment with the same kit. Also, we can offer an AA mount with the MG53 pair and kit for £2200 (£150 discount from the total price of the three pieces if you buy them together) – please see the pictures and contact us for more details.

~ MG 53 ~

In Yugoslavia this MG 42 variant was built at the state-owned Zavodi Crvena Zastava company as the Zastava M53 using original German machinery, retaining the 7.92×57mm Mauser chambering. By doing so, the Yugoslavs retained the original weapon’s design features, making the M53 a near exact copy of the German MG 42. The only major differences were a slower 950 rounds per minute cyclic rate of fire and no anti-aircraft sight mount. The aiming range of the M53 is 2,000 m (2,187 yd), and the terminal range of the bullet is 5,000 m (5,468 yd), the same as the MG 42. MG 42s captured in Yugoslavia at the end of World War II were put into reserve of Yugoslav People’s Army as M53/42s. The last military use of M53s in Yugoslavia was in 1999. Some quantities of M53s were exported to Iraq in the 1980s and saw extensive action during both Gulf wars. The M53 was known under the nickname Шарац (Šarac).

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