GERMAN WW2 NATURAL LEATHER MG-34/42 SLING

MG34/42 natural leather sling "Geteilte Trageriemen"

This leather sling  was issued with the MG34 and the MG42 and was constructed from two straps with a padded middle section, sewn together at each end. The padded middle section was for better gripping when using the divided sling as a carrying handle.

The main difference between the MG34 sling and the MG42 sling is the grip buckle is wider. The first model of the buckle was too narrow to fit the MG42 handle, so a new sling buckle had to be made.

This MG42 sling will fit both grips of MG34 and MG42 Machine Gun .While a MG34 buckle will not close on the MG42 grip so a MG34 sling will not work on a MG42.  The grip is too wide and buckle too narrow. So technically this is a Mg42 sling.