Dengar's Rifle in Empire - What do we Know?
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lonepigeon
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That's a German MG-34 completely unmodified (commonly used by Sandtroopers as well).
Although, in the movie Dengar has an MG-42 with it's buttstock removed.
4-LOM ends up with the MG-34 rifle shown in that publicity photo.
Although, in the movie Dengar has an MG-42 with it's buttstock removed.
4-LOM ends up with the MG-34 rifle shown in that publicity photo.
jedimaster
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Definately an MG-34 , i have one.
AT-AT Luvah
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Awesome - seems there's no question about it. So the barrel has been removed? I thought no mods had been done. Anybody have a pic of an intact MG-34?
Not completely unmodified.
Isn't that the same AM earth plug as seen on the stock on Fett's ESB rifle... and it looks like there is some type of round greeblie in front of that, that isn't part of the typical MG-34.
You know what is sad? Right now, it is sitting in the back of a closet. 
The last thing I did to it was trade out the old ribbing for some of Gino's T-Track, but it is so heavy that I can't easily mount it to a wall so it is sitting in the closet along with the MG-15 (that is another story all together)...
The last thing I did to it was trade out the old ribbing for some of Gino's T-Track, but it is so heavy that I can't easily mount it to a wall so it is sitting in the closet along with the MG-15 (that is another story all together)...
Actually, the more you look at the gun in Dengar's hand looks to me to be one of the EXACT guns that the sandtroopers carried.
I don't know if this story is entirely true or not, but I have always been told that guns with full receivers couldn't be brought to Tunisia so they had to chop up the guns.
This is why all the E-11s carried by sandtroopers had the solid back halves, why the MG-15s had a cast receiver, and why the MG-34's also had fake receivers.
In other scenes, you see stormtroopers carrying full E-11s and full MG-34s, but in the scenes from Tunisia they are always the modified receiver variants.
Below is a photo of one of those MG-34s which looks a LOT like the one in Dengar's hands (obviously the fins have been removed, but they were only wired in place to begin with).
I don't know if this story is entirely true or not, but I have always been told that guns with full receivers couldn't be brought to Tunisia so they had to chop up the guns.
This is why all the E-11s carried by sandtroopers had the solid back halves, why the MG-15s had a cast receiver, and why the MG-34's also had fake receivers.
In other scenes, you see stormtroopers carrying full E-11s and full MG-34s, but in the scenes from Tunisia they are always the modified receiver variants.
Below is a photo of one of those MG-34s which looks a LOT like the one in Dengar's hands (obviously the fins have been removed, but they were only wired in place to begin with).
AT-AT Luvah
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Great pics, guys.
Art - for those of us who don't know guns very well, can you educate us on what the receiver is?
Hector
Art - for those of us who don't know guns very well, can you educate us on what the receiver is?
Hector
AT-AT Luvah
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Riceball - thanks! That breaks it down perfectly!
Hector
Hector
lonepigeon
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Not completely unmodified.
Isn't that the same AM earth plug as seen on the stock on Fett's ESB rifle... and it looks like there is some type of round greeblie in front of that, that isn't part of the typical MG-34.
I think this is the first ESB pic detailed enough to make out such details. The greeblie to the left appears to be the Snowtrooper belt buckle detail.
For more new pics check out the "Exclusive Archive Photos" on the starwars.com ESB 30th anniversary site:
http://www.starwars.com/movies/episode-v/empire_30th_anniversary.html
AT-AT Luvah
Sr Member
Yep, that's where I got this image.
There are some STUNNING photos in that archive. This one is just mind-blowingly awesome:
There are some STUNNING photos in that archive. This one is just mind-blowingly awesome:
Trap Joe
Sr Member
Yep, that's where I got this image.
There are some STUNNING photos in that archive. This one is just mind-blowingly awesome:
:eek :eek :eek Pictures: Just wow.
the last undiscovered secret will be the DARTH VADER ESB reveal mask:love
