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I found a pic of the MG 81 zwilling in Air and Space Museum colection, card on it reads "the only German machine gun of World War II to be fitted to a twin mounting." I did find a pic of side by side mounted MG 34's, but they seemed like they were two separate guns on one tripod (very tiny...

On the Internet Movie Firearm database, a weapon used in the film "Raiders of the Last Ark" is ID'ed as a dual MG-15, used on a fake Luftwaffe plane. While the gun does indeed seem to be an MG 81Z (barrels aren't MG15), the saddle drum on it seems to be a Doppeltrommel 15 (yes, completely...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has any information or pictures on how the MG-15 looked when double/twin mounted side by side. Was there only one handle/grip, or were both guns' grips kept in place for use during firing? And was the actual mount adapted from some other type of gun mount, and was...