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German military pattern identifies German military-standard feed-belt hardware and related production-pattern attributions where public sources describe the item by national pattern rather than by a single surviving corporate maker. In this catalog it currently centers on 7.62x51 mm NATO ammunition-belt components associated with MG3 and HK21-family feed systems.
1 weaponsThe connected records describe German belt-feed hardware rather than a modern company. Bundeswehr material describes the MG3 as a 7.62 mm machine gun fed by a Patronengurt, while parts and surplus sources identify DM1 as a German-origin, non-disintegrating steel belt for HK21 and MG3 use.
The same feed-system context also includes the German DM6 disintegrating-link pattern. Small Arms Review's HK21E coverage distinguishes American M13 and German DM6 disintegrating links from continuous German DM1 belts, which is the practical distinction behind the catalog's German military-pattern attribution.
Reusable, non-disintegrating German steel belt pattern documented for HK21 and MG3 use.
Sources: DM1 50-round belt listing, DM1 100-round belt listing, Wikimedia Commons DM1 belt image
German disintegrating-link counterpart in HK21E feed-system sources, treated alongside American M13 links.
Sources: The HK21E Machine GunThe Bundeswehr describes the MG3 as introduced in 1969 and fed by a Patronengurt, establishing the service-machine-gun context in which German 7.62 mm belt patterns are documented.
Sources: Bundeswehr MG3
Small Arms Review reports that HK21E guns imported before 1995 functioned with M13, DM6, or continuous German DM1 belts, while later feed units were optimized around M13-style links; the change helps explain why DM1 and DM6 are tracked as separate feed items.
Sources: The HK21E Machine Gun
The name refers to German military-pattern hardware and national-pattern sourcing, not a single legal manufacturer. Where sources identify a company-level maker for a firearm or accessory, that corporate manufacturer should remain on the specific weapon record.
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Transport, logistics, recovery, command, engineering, and other enabling equipment.
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