MG34 machine gun (dot) 1943 s/n 94xx

MG34 s/n 94##, Manufacturing codes and WaA :

- Front housing: s/n 94## (dot) WaA63 1943

- Barrel: s/n 94## (S) WaA4 tube 7.90; Barrel lock (cra) WaA11 

- Lower housing: s/n 94##a (dot) WaA63

- Cylinder head: (936) WaA4 1939

- Cylinder head body: (cul) WaA883 1940

- Trigger housing (dot)

- Top cover: s/n 3211 (bpr) WaA147 1942, (s/n 7425 crossed out)

- Upper feeder :

- Feed tray: (bpr) WaA497

- Cocking lever: WaA4

- Stock piston: s/n 5037 (s/n 5213c crossed out)

- Bakelite stock: s/n 4317d "Rare bakelite stock with steel reinforced tip".

- Bipod group: (kur) WaA815 1943

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Code and WaA correspondence :

- (dot) WaA63 Waffenwerke Brünn, Brünn (CZ)

- (S) WaA6 Simson & Co, Suhl <= à 1936, Suhl (Th)

- (cra) WaA11 (1940-43) Rheinmetall-Maget, Suhl (Th)

- (bpr) WaA147 (1942) J.Grossfuss, Döbeln (Sn)

- (bpr) WaA497 J.Grossfuss, Döbeln (Sn)

- (936) WaA4 (1939) Gustloff-Werke, Suhl (Th)

- (cul) WaA883 (1940) E. Pack, Solingen (NW)

- (dfb) WaA4 (1940-43) Gustloff-Werke, Suhl (Th)

- (kur) WaA815 Steyr factory, Graz (AT)

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Production:

There were many small supplier companies, but they were not responsible for assembly.

The four main production and assembly sites in the German Reich were:

- from 1936 to 1943, the "Berliner-Suhler / Gustloff Werke" in Suhl. 

- from 1938 to 42, the "Mauser Werke" in Borsigwalde. 

- 1938 to 43 Rheinmetall - Maget, Berlin-Tegel.

- from 1941 to 45 "Waffenwerke Brünn" in Czechoslovakia.

- In Austria, "Steyr-Daimler-Puch AG" estimated total production at 7,000 MG34.

The "official" total number of MG34s produced during the war has been estimated at around 500,000.