The Whatziss, revealed!

By The Armorer on November 15, 2006 | | Comments (5)

The question is here, if you need to catch up.

Al and MajMike were correct, it's a linker-delinker for disintegrating link machine gun belts. The markings are frankly not conclusive as to origin. They are not Brit nor US.

The three-pronged side links:

Machinegun belt-linking tool

The two-pronged side de-links. It really doesn't make linking any faster, but it sure reduces the stress on arthritic hands... Werekitten noted that it was a spreader - it actually does both - part of what I like about the cleverness of the gizmo. It squeezes to link, but flip it over, and it spreads to de-link. I shudder to think where you all might go with this.

Regardless - Bragging rights to Al and MajMike (though MajMike has some scale issues, not unusual with guys who have spent time running about in panzers).

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By WereKitten on November 15, 2006 7:15 AM
WHEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! I at least got a little bit right. That's more than I've ever done before! Oh, I can die happy now.
 
By al on November 15, 2006 8:01 AM
My wife says I have some scale issues too, but we'll save that for some other post.
 
By MajMike on November 15, 2006 3:25 PM
not a scale problem once ya showed it in a palm grip.
 
By J.M. Heinrichs on November 15, 2006 4:57 PM
Once upon a time ... ... we received a resupply of rounds for our C1s, a box of 7.62 Blank, linked. So we enjoyed of period of rest, delinking the rounds and filling our mags. The links were carefully collected and returned to our Supply Cpl for disposal. The next day, we were given the opportunity to include a Browning M1919 in our defenses. And our Supply Cpl handed us a can of 7.62 Blanks, clipped, and a box of links with which to assemble a belt ... Cheers
 
By Trias on November 15, 2006 11:16 PM
Nice, much smaller than I had estimated.