German WWII Era MG 42 Sustained Fire Lafette Tripod nChannel though it does have cracking

though it does have cracking on the bottom

it may clean up

other than a bit of polishing to expose the markings and the use of the added white chalk to highlight the markings for photography purposes

The two buckles at bottom are also missing

but a German smoke screen prevented them from hitting that target

German WWII Era MG 42 Sustained Fire Lafette Tripod nChannel though it does have crackingOriginal Item: Only one available. These MG42 Lafette (German for Gun Carriage) ground tripods are original World War II era German manufactured and marked military tripod designed for the MG42 machine gun. This tripod is reconditioned postwar production ex Macedonia. Just fabulous WWII style Tripod Set. The MG 42 is a 7. 92m general purpose machine gun developed in 1942 for NSDAP Germany's Wehrmacht. Post WWII, these and many Lafettes were