Firearms secret projects

[T. A. Gardner]

After WW2, plenty of .303 Enfields were "sporterized" with ornate stocks to make them into gentlemens' hunting rifles.

I actually own one of those.

 

[ArtosStark]

I actually own one of those.

My dad has three in various states that he tells me I get when he can’t shoot anymore.

 

[Christopher Wang]

This postcard of German motorcycle troops depicts a drawing of an MG08/18 with an MG34 style barrel shroud and muzzle brake:

Unlike the water-cooled MG08/15, the air-cooled MG08/18 was not used by the German military during the Weimar era. It is claimed that the MG08/18 barrel jacket served as the basis for the MG34 barrel shroud (McCollum, 2023).

Is there any evidence of the MG08/18 being updated between the First and Second World Wars? For example, has there been any attempts to fit an MG13 or MG34 bipod under the MG08/18's muzzle?

 

[Ravinoff]

This postcard of German motorcycle troops depicts a drawing of an MG08/18 with an MG34 style barrel shroud and muzzle brake:

Unlike the water-cooled MG08/15, the air-cooled MG08/18 was not used by the German military during the Weimar era. It is claimed that the MG08/18 barrel jacket served as the basis for the MG34 barrel shroud (McCollum, 2023).

Is there any evidence of the MG08/18 being updated between the First and Second World Wars? For example, has there been any attempts to fit an MG13 or MG34 bipod under the MG08/18's muzzle?

I think that might just be a poorly-drawn MG13, they apparently did have a rear bipod mount.