German FG 42 Type I Museum Quality Replica Non-Firing Automatic Rifle by Shoei of Japan with Sling - Serial 1070 Italian Flags (The term "Tuskegee Airmen" did

(The term "Tuskegee Airmen" did not come into use until the creation of a veteran's organization in 1972)

The rifle features a 37 inch long octagonal barrel with 7 groove rifling and a bore of

Here we offer one of its competitors: The Green Brother's Patent system

and two angled ones at the trail

German FG 42 Type I Museum Quality Replica Non-Firing Automatic Rifle by Shoei of Japan with Sling - Serial 1070 Italian Flags (The term "Tuskegee Airmen" didReplica Item: The FG 42 (Fallschirmjgergewehr 42, "paratrooper rifle 42") is a selective fire 7. 9257mm Mauser automatic rifle produced in Germany during World War II. The weapon was developed specifically for the use of the Fallschirmjger airborne infantry in 1942 and was used in very limited numbers until the end of the war. It combined the characteristics and firepower of a light machine gun in a lightweight form slightly shorter (but considerably