Original Excellent German WWII MP 38/40 SMG Magazine Loader by Carl Ullrich & Co. (ghn) - Dated 1940 Royal Air Force A lack of trained seamen

A lack of trained seamen to serve on these boats made it necessary to supplement the crews with large numbers of landsmen who would be trained to work the guns of the ships

and is nicely Waffenamt WaAA10 marked on the left side of the breech

Some examples were produced with steel and wood

The 50 mm wide sweatband is fabricated from dark brown leather

he grip is sharkskin over wood

Original Excellent German WWII MP 38/40 SMG Magazine Loader by Carl Ullrich & Co. (ghn) - Dated 1940 Royal Air Force A lack of trained seamenOriginal Item: Only One Available. This is an excellent nearly unissued example of a rather uncommon piece of German kit to come across, the MP 38 40 magazine loader. Complete with spring loader catch; every MP 40 was issued with at least one magazine loader for which a separate compartment is found on most MP 40 Magazine Pouch Sets. On October 21,1938 it was announced in the Allgemeine Heeresmitteilungen that the tests of a newly developed magazine