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Military Accessoriesfor
Russian MotorcyclesPart III (B): Rear Machine Gun Mounts
Ernie [email protected]
03 / 2010
Machine Gun Mounts• Rear-Mount and Pintle
MB650M showing Front-Corner and Rear Machine Gun Mounts(CossackPower (b-Cozz))
Part III (B) examines the rear-mount version of the machine gun mounts. 2
Diagram Showing Front and Rear MG Mounts + Pintle for MB-750/ MT-12
Hardwood Stopper
Front-Corner Mount
Rear Mount
Pintle
Both the front-corner and rear machine gun (MG) mounts accept the same pintle.
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1. MG Holder (pintle), Inserted into #2 or #3 Mount
2. Front Support Tube for MG-holder or Searchlight
3. Rear Support Tube (www.ural.de)
Both the front-corner (2) and rear (3) machine gun mounts accept the same pintle (1).
A pintle-mount is used with machine
guns as the mounting hardware that
mates the machine gun to a vehicle or
tripod. Essentially the pintle is a tube
with a cradle for the gun on top.
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1945 M-72 with Bipod MG Front-Mount and
Two Places for Rear-Mount
Notice the Length of Bare Thread on
the Spare Tire Hold-Down, Sufficient
to Accept a Spindle Rest
(motos-of-war.ru)
“Thru the Spokes”
Rear MG Mount
Bipod Front Mount
Bipod Front Mount
Notice the Length of Bare Thread on
the Spare Tire Hold-Down, Sufficient
to Accept a Spindle Rest
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German Motorcycle with Front and Rear MG Mounts
Notice the Length of Bare Thread on
the Spare Tire Hold-Down, Sufficient
to Accept a Spindle Rest (J69118)
A German motorcycle typically has a Nürnberg mount in the front
and a rear mount from the spare-tire center bolt pintle.
Nürnberg (Crossbar) Mount
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Another German Motorcycle with Front and Rear MG Mounts
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Notice the Length of Bare Thread on
the Spare Tire Hold-Down, Sufficient
to Accept a Spindle Rest (J69118) Nürnberg (Crossbar) Mount
German R71 Sidecar, Parent of Russia’s M-72(www.fallschirmjager.net)
Carrier Mounts: J69118 (Spare Tire Carrier Mount) and J69117 (Side
Carrier Mount), and J69126/J69127 (Sidecar Nose Crossbar Firing Mount).
Note: J69118 MG Mount
Threads onto the Spare
Tire Retaining Bolt
Nürnberg (Crossbar) Mount
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German Rear MG Spindle
(Blitzbikes)
(Blitzbikes)
The rear tire holder may also be used to support a pintle.
Nürnberg (Crossbar) Mount
Notice the Length of Bare Thread on
the Spare Tire Hold-Down, Sufficient
to Accept a Spindle Rest (J69118)
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BMW R75 with Front and Rear MG Mounts
Rear Mount Using Spintle Attached
to Spare-Tire Center Bolt (J69118)
A German Motorcycle typically has a Nürnberg (crossbar) mount
in the front and a rear mount from the spare-tire center bolt pintle.
Nürnberg (Crossbar) Mount
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Extended Spare-Tire Bolt for MG Mount on German Motorcycle
Notice the Length of Bare Thread on
the Spare Tire Hold-Down, Sufficient
to Accept a Spindle Rest (J69118)
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1938 German BMW R75 Motorcycle with a
7.92mm MG34 Machine Gun
German motorcycles typically contain a crossbar (Nürnberg) MG mount, and use the extended bolt
for the spare-tire, to support rear MG mount.
Crossbar or Nürnberg Mount
Notice the Extended Spare-Tire Bolt
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German KS750 with Crossbar (Nürnberg) MG Mount
The sidecar passenger also got some warmth thru the heater tube (in black) routed around the foot rest board
in the nose of the sidecar. The exhaust gasses exited the body on the right side, down near the sidecar frame tube.
Nürnberg (Crossbar) MG Mount
and Pintle
Extended Thread of Spare-Tire
Holder Used to Mount a MG
Holder on German Motorcycles
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1942 BMW R75 with MG34 Machine Gun
Notice the Extra Spintle Rest
in the Rear, Using the
Center-Bolt of the Spare Tire
Once again, we see German motorcycles typically contain a crossbar (Nürnberg) MG mount, and use the extended bolt
for the spare-tire, to support rear MG mount.16
Crossbar or Nürnberg Mount
Crossbar or Nürnberg Mount
M-72 Rear and Front-Corner Machine Gun Mounts
Rear Machine MG Mount
Front-Corner MG Mount
The rear machine gun (MG) mount is attached near the spare-tire post, sticking thru the spokes of the spare tire.
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Rear MG Mount with Three Strengthening Plates
This three-plate rear-mount is heaps stronger.
(Blitzbikes)
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M-72 (1955) Equipment Tree
This equipment tree clearly show the rear-mount and associated pintle for a machine gun.
Pintle for Front or Rear
Mount
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MB-750 (MW-750) Rear Machine Gun Mount
Dnepr and Ural manuals clearly show the rear MG mount,with associated stopper cork to keep water out of the tube.
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Rear Machine Gun Mount Bill Glaser’s "Unofficial"
Ural Motorcycle Service Manual
Note the Stopper Cork
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Special Equipment and Weapon Situation for MB-750
Russian equipment diagrams show both a front-corner (6)and a rear (2) machine gun mount on the sidecar.
4. A kalashnikov rifle is any one of a
series of automatic rifles based on the
original design of Mikhail Kalashnikov,
widely known as AK’s (i.e. AK-47).
4. AK-47 Transport Mount
6. Front
MG Mount2. Rear MG Mount
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Rear Machine Gun (MG) Mount (Задняя турель)
The rear machine gun mount lacks the “zest” of the front-mount .
MG Rear-Mount, K750/MB-750
Item #: 001.913
List Price: 38.00€
(www.oldtimergarage.eu)
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Dnepr MB-750 (MW-750) and MB-650 (MW-650)
The rear machine gun mount (1) is a solution for folks that suffer from the interference of the sidecar windshield.
Rear MG Mount
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Rear Machine Gun (MG) Mount
Wagners’s Cycle Shop offers a variation of the rear gun mount, integrated into the rear rack over the spare wheel.
The heavy aluminum casting yields longevity and a beautiful finish.
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Comparative Pricing of Rear Machine Gun Mounts
Item Supplier Part # Fits Approx Price(2010 USD)
Rear MG Mount oldtimergarage.eu 002.382 M-72 $164
Rear MG Mount oldtimergarage.szn.pl 001.913 K-750/MB-750 $51
Rear MG Mount Ersatzteile und Zubehörural.de/news.shtml
Militaria $40
Rear MG Mount with three strengthening plates blitzbikes.com $170
Rear MG Mount (Heavy aluminum casting) wagnerscycle.com Machine Gun Mount $100
MG Spindle Rest blitzbikes.com $86
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Reproduction Wooden Plugs for Machine Gun Mount
A local wood turner made these plugs to keep rain water and debris from collecting in the machine gun mounting hole.
Original Soviet part number# DP01135. Price: $8.00 each.http://www.redoctobermotorcycles.com/tools.html
Wooden
Stopper
Wooden
Stopper
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MB-650M Showing Pintle Used
in Either Front or Rear MG Mount
A Russian Motorcycle typically has a simple mount
in the front and a “thru the spokes” mount in the rear.32
Rear Machine-Gun (MG) Mounts
MB-650
(www.vostokmotors.com)
Днепр К-750
(uraldnepr.ru)
M-72 or К-750
(oppozit.ru)
(www.motorcycleclassics.com)
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Rear MG Mount for МВ-750, МВ-650
List Price: 320 ruples
(moto.kiev.ua)
Rear MG Mount for Ural, Dnepr
List Price: 35.00€
(www.ural-hamburg.de)
Notice the
Stopper in the
Rear-Mount Tube.
DP-28 Rear Machine Gun Mount
List Price: 39.98€
(moto-boxer.com)
Rear Machine Gun Mounts
M-72, MB-650/750, K-750
List Price: 38.00€
(www.ebay.de)
M-72, K-750, Neval, Ural,
Dnepr, Cossack
List Price: $55.89
(www.ebay.com)
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