Small Arms and Personal Weapons

[perttime]

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BTW: What is the name of this kind of magazine?

The wikipedia article on the Degtyaryov machine gun calls it a "pan magazine"

I'm pretty sure I've fired a small number of rounds throught a Degtyaryov.

[NARSES2]

In the UK we tend to refer to it as a drum magazine, or did when I was younger anyway.

[perttime]

"Drum magazine" would work for me. Most drum magazines are placed vertically below the firearm, though. Pan, as in frying pan, seems to describe a horizontally placed magazine well.

[NARSES2]

, though. Pan, as in frying pan, seems to describe a horizontally placed magazine well.

It does

[Old Wombat]

The original English term was "pan magazine" as used on the Lewis gun.

However, I would suggest that the change from belt-fed to pan-fed would be a major backwards step for both the MG-34* & the M2HB.




[*: The MG-34 already had/has a drum feed capability, as used in German aircraft during WW2 &, sometimes, by ground troops, especially fallschirmjäger.]

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Note: The double-drum system was to collect the spent cartridges, not afford more ammunition to the gun.

[ysi_maniac]

... and what do you think about pan magazines in MG34 or M2 cal .50 ?