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Military Accessoriesfor

Russian MotorcyclesPart III (B): Rear Machine Gun Mounts

Ernie [email protected]

03 / 2010

Machine Gun Mounts• Rear-Mount and Pintle

MB650M showing Front-Corner and Rear Machine Gun Mounts(CossackPower (b-Cozz))

Part III (B) examines the rear-mount version of the machine gun mounts. 2

Diagram Showing Front and Rear MG Mounts + Pintle for MB-750/ MT-12

Hardwood Stopper

Front-Corner Mount

Rear Mount

Pintle

Both the front-corner and rear machine gun (MG) mounts accept the same pintle.

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1. MG Holder (pintle), Inserted into #2 or #3 Mount

2. Front Support Tube for MG-holder or Searchlight

3. Rear Support Tube (www.ural.de)

Both the front-corner (2) and rear (3) machine gun mounts accept the same pintle (1).

A pintle-mount is used with machine

guns as the mounting hardware that

mates the machine gun to a vehicle or

tripod. Essentially the pintle is a tube

with a cradle for the gun on top.

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1945 M-72 with Bipod MG Front-Mount and

Two Places for Rear-Mount

Notice the Length of Bare Thread on

the Spare Tire Hold-Down, Sufficient

to Accept a Spindle Rest

(motos-of-war.ru)

“Thru the Spokes”

Rear MG Mount

Bipod Front Mount

Bipod Front Mount



to Accept a Spindle Rest

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German Motorcycle with Front and Rear MG Mounts



to Accept a Spindle Rest (J69118)

A German motorcycle typically has a Nürnberg mount in the front

and a rear mount from the spare-tire center bolt pintle.

Nürnberg (Crossbar) Mount

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Another German Motorcycle with Front and Rear MG Mounts

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to Accept a Spindle Rest (J69118) Nürnberg (Crossbar) Mount

German R71 Sidecar, Parent of Russia’s M-72(www.fallschirmjager.net)

Carrier Mounts: J69118 (Spare Tire Carrier Mount) and J69117 (Side

Carrier Mount), and J69126/J69127 (Sidecar Nose Crossbar Firing Mount).

Note: J69118 MG Mount

Threads onto the Spare

Tire Retaining Bolt


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German Rear MG Spindle

(Blitzbikes)

(Blitzbikes)

The rear tire holder may also be used to support a pintle.





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BMW R75 with Front and Rear MG Mounts

Rear Mount Using Spintle Attached

to Spare-Tire Center Bolt (J69118)

A German Motorcycle typically has a Nürnberg (crossbar) mount

in the front and a rear mount from the spare-tire center bolt pintle.


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Extended Spare-Tire Bolt for MG Mount on German Motorcycle




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1938 German BMW R75 Motorcycle with a

7.92mm MG34 Machine Gun

German motorcycles typically contain a crossbar (Nürnberg) MG mount, and use the extended bolt

for the spare-tire, to support rear MG mount.

Crossbar or Nürnberg Mount

Notice the Extended Spare-Tire Bolt

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Extended Spare-Tire Bolt for MG Mount on German BMW R75


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German BMW R75 (Improvement Over the R71/M-72)

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German KS750 with Crossbar (Nürnberg) MG Mount

The sidecar passenger also got some warmth thru the heater tube (in black) routed around the foot rest board

in the nose of the sidecar. The exhaust gasses exited the body on the right side, down near the sidecar frame tube.

Nürnberg (Crossbar) MG Mount

and Pintle

Extended Thread of Spare-Tire

Holder Used to Mount a MG

Holder on German Motorcycles

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1942 BMW R75 with MG34 Machine Gun

Notice the Extra Spintle Rest

in the Rear, Using the

Center-Bolt of the Spare Tire

Once again, we see German motorcycles typically contain a crossbar (Nürnberg) MG mount, and use the extended bolt

for the spare-tire, to support rear MG mount.16



M-72 Rear and Front-Corner Machine Gun Mounts

Rear Machine MG Mount

Front-Corner MG Mount

The rear machine gun (MG) mount is attached near the spare-tire post, sticking thru the spokes of the spare tire.

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Rear MG Mount with Three Strengthening Plates

This three-plate rear-mount is heaps stronger.

(Blitzbikes)

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M-72 (1955) Equipment Tree

This equipment tree clearly show the rear-mount and associated pintle for a machine gun.

Pintle for Front or Rear

Mount

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Rear MG Mount for Urals and Dneprs

Turret (Турель)

List Price: $15

(motoreplika.com)

Rear MG Mount for Urals and Dneprs

MB-750 (MW-750) Rear Machine Gun Mount

Dnepr and Ural manuals clearly show the rear MG mount,with associated stopper cork to keep water out of the tube.

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Rear Machine Gun Mount Bill Glaser’s "Unofficial"

Ural Motorcycle Service Manual

Note the Stopper Cork

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Special Equipment and Weapon Situation for MB-750

Russian equipment diagrams show both a front-corner (6)and a rear (2) machine gun mount on the sidecar.

4. A kalashnikov rifle is any one of a

series of automatic rifles based on the

original design of Mikhail Kalashnikov,

widely known as AK’s (i.e. AK-47).

4. AK-47 Transport Mount

6. Front

MG Mount2. Rear MG Mount

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Rear Machine Gun (MG) Mount (Задняя турель)

The rear machine gun mount lacks the “zest” of the front-mount .

MG Rear-Mount, K750/MB-750

Item #: 001.913

List Price: 38.00€

(www.oldtimergarage.eu)

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Dnepr MB-750 (MW-750) and MB-650 (MW-650)

The rear machine gun mount (1) is a solution for folks that suffer from the interference of the sidecar windshield.

Rear MG Mount

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1944 Russian M-72, Showing the Rear MG Mount

Taking their ole M-72 for a walk thru the mud! 27

Rear Machine Gun (MG) Mount

Wagners’s Cycle Shop offers a variation of the rear gun mount, integrated into the rear rack over the spare wheel.

The heavy aluminum casting yields longevity and a beautiful finish.

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Comparative Pricing of Rear Machine Gun Mounts

Item Supplier Part # Fits Approx Price(2010 USD)

Rear MG Mount oldtimergarage.eu 002.382 M-72 $164

Rear MG Mount oldtimergarage.szn.pl 001.913 K-750/MB-750 $51

Rear MG Mount Ersatzteile und Zubehörural.de/news.shtml

Militaria $40

Rear MG Mount with three strengthening plates blitzbikes.com $170

Rear MG Mount (Heavy aluminum casting) wagnerscycle.com Machine Gun Mount $100

MG Spindle Rest blitzbikes.com $86

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Russian Rear MG Mounts (“Thru the Spokes”)

(KeepShooting.com)

(KeepShooting.com)

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Reproduction Wooden Plugs for Machine Gun Mount

A local wood turner made these plugs to keep rain water and debris from collecting in the machine gun mounting hole.

Original Soviet part number# DP01135. Price: $8.00 each.http://www.redoctobermotorcycles.com/tools.html

Wooden

Stopper

Wooden

Stopper

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MB-650M Showing Pintle Used

in Either Front or Rear MG Mount

A Russian Motorcycle typically has a simple mount

in the front and a “thru the spokes” mount in the rear.32

Rear Machine-Gun (MG) Mounts

MB-650

(www.vostokmotors.com)

Днепр К-750

(uraldnepr.ru)

M-72 or К-750

(oppozit.ru)

(www.motorcycleclassics.com)

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Rear MG Mount for МВ-750, МВ-650

List Price: 320 ruples

(moto.kiev.ua)

Rear MG Mount for Ural, Dnepr


(www.ural-hamburg.de)

Notice the

Stopper in the

Rear-Mount Tube.

DP-28 Rear Machine Gun Mount


(moto-boxer.com)

Rear Machine Gun Mounts

M-72, MB-650/750, K-750


(www.ebay.de)

M-72, K-750, Neval, Ural,

Dnepr, Cossack

List Price: $55.89

(www.ebay.com)

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DP-28 Rear Mount, Replica


(moto-boxer.com)

Rear Machine Gun Mount Replicas

Rear Base for DP-28 Machine Gun

Vertical Mount, w/Lock, Replica


(moto-boxer.com) 35

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