WW2 GERMAN ARMY MAGAZINE FOR THE EXPERIMENTAL VOLLMER M35 AUTOMATIC RIFLE
HISTORY
The Vollmer M 35 (also known as Vollmer-Maschinenkarabiner or MKb 35) consisted of a series of experimental automatic rifles developed by Heinrich Vollmer in the 1930s. The Vollmer rifles were chambered in an intermediate cartridge that was co-developed with Gustav Genschow and Co. (GECO) starting in 1934, under a Heereswaffenamt contract with the German Army. The early version had a 20-round detachable box magazine and could fire at a rate of about 1,000 rpm which was a very fast rate at the time. About 25 prototypes were manufactured for testing. The gun was apparently very expensive to manufacture, costing 4000 Reichsmarks. Ultimately With Nazi Germany about to invade Poland in 1939 Nazi Germany would adopt a different intermediate cartridge and service assault rifle which was the MKB 42 series leading to the Sturmgewehr 44.
ITEM DESCRIPTION
This 20 round magazine is a rare find being produced for one of the only 25 M35 prototypes that were manufactured for testing. It is Waffenamt stamped and dated 1938.