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chinese Thompson modified for 7,62mm TT
 
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PPz IV with DT
Soviet or Finnish? There isn't Ps. number on that PzIV, so it may not be a Finnish one, but the way how DT machine gun is bolted on the hull is same how Finns did it. Finns replaced their PzIVs' MG34 machine guns with DT machine guns in 1951. The reason for change is that MG34's caliber was non-standard in Finnish army and thus rare. DT worked fine as a coaxial machine gun in a turret, but the DT installed in the hull was so close of the hull ceiling, that the gunner couldn't use machine gun's sights.
 
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Soviet or Finnish? There isn't Ps. number on that PzIV, so it may not be a Finnish one, but the way how DT machine gun is bolted on the hull is same how Finns did it. Finns replaced their PzIVs' MG34 machine guns with DT machine guns in 1951. The reason for change is that MG34's caliber was non-standard in Finnish army and thus rare. DT worked fine as a coaxial machine gun in a turret, but the DT installed in the hull was so close of the hull ceiling, that the gunner couldn't use machine gun's sights.

No idea, just found this with short description that this is PzIV with DT
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PPD-34-38
Any info when and where this picture was taken? That PPD-34/38 seems to be an early model with the same kind of barrel jacket that original PPD-34 had. The later PPD-34/38 had same kind of barrel jacket like PPD-40 had, small number of bigger holes. Here's a scheme picture of PPD-34/38, which I think was captured and documented by Finns:

SA-kuva picture 115884:


 
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