During the second World War the Wehrmacht where the first to fully implement a general-purpose machine gun. Bringing more fire-power to the front.

A soldier is seen on the right using a Tragegurt 34 with 2 Patronenkasten. The soldier on the left is carrying the Lauschützer 34. Both are part of an MG crew.
The soldier on the right using a Tragegurt 34 with 2 Patronenkasten.

To transport enough ammunition in a fast and easy way to the MG crew they used Patronenkasten.

The Tragegurt 34 made the carrying of 1 or 2 of these Patronenkasten much easier.

An original Tragegurt 34, in good condition, is almost impossible to find and if found, expensive.

This site is dedicated to reproducing the Tragegurt 34 as close as possible, for use in re-enactment or displaying.