todd
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Post by todd on Apr 1, 2010 21:31:46 GMT 1
I suspect I know part of the answer in that during WWII the Vickers' ammunition was packaged using disposable belts and there was no need for a belt loader. I only have seen one WWI-era belt loader. Were they disposed of during WWII and is this why they seem so scarce?
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Post by Richard Fisher on Apr 2, 2010 18:18:51 GMT 1
I think so. It seems that even though the strip-type belts were used during the Second World War, they were loaded by hand a lot of the time.
My belt loader was sourced from Australia. They seemed to hold out the longest using the strip-type belts.
The weight of the belt loader, and the single-metal construction (i.e. all brass) would have made it attractive to melt down.
Rich
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