Display Status
This object is not on display at the National Air and Space Museum. It is either on loan or in storage.
Object Details
Date
1940
Country of Origin
Germany
Type
ARMAMENT-Guns
Manufacturer
Krieghoff G.m.b.H.
Waffenfabrik Heinrich Krieghoff
Physical Description
Firing pin, bolt, hand charger, mount adapter, trigger mechanism.
Dimensions
3-D (Machine Gun): 107.9 × 17.8 × 30.5cm, 6.8kg (3 ft. 6 1/2 in. × 7 in. × 1 ft., 15lb.)
Storage (Archival Box): 119.4 × 34.9 × 34.3cm (3 ft. 11 in. × 1 ft. 1 3/4 in. × 1 ft. 1 1/2 in.)
Storage (Aluminum Cage (Overall Housing)): 121.9 × 37.5 × 43.2cm, 19.1kg (4 ft. × 1 ft. 2 3/4 in. × 1 ft. 5 in., 42lb.)
Materials
Steel
Inventory Number
A19690209000
Credit Line
Transferred from the National Museum of History & Technology
Data Source
National Air and Space Museum
Restrictions & Rights
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