Help ID these MG links?

[msmp5]

Obviously 7.62mm. For the M60? Browning 1919? Or....???

 

[indy1919a4]

Not sure who all can use them. But they would work in a 1919a4 in 7.62x51 caliber.

 

[jmorris]

That’s a pull out link, likely 1919 the M13 link for the M60 is push through.

The old stuff like the 1919 & M2 use the pull out links, like the left ones, the center lone link is a 30-06 for 1919, close to 308 but different enough you need the right one.

The ones on the right are push through ones for the M249 and M240.



If you don’t need them, I have one they will work with.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Makes me think 1919 links for 7.62 rather than .30-06 (yes, I DO know the math) so.... Israeli or at least for Israel?

Todd.

 

[jmorris]

They have the concave shape in the top part of the link like my 30-06 links vs being square like my “308” links.

308 left 30-06 right


I could tell for sure if I made a short belt with a few.

 

[msmp5]

They have the concave shape in the top part of the link like my 30-06 links vs being square like my “308” links.

308 left 30-06 right
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I could tell for sure if I made a short belt with a few.

jmorris....... Do either of the links you show in your pictures have markings like the ones I depicted in my pictures in my original post? I'm guessing mine are for a M1919, but trying to figure out if they are for .308 (7.62) or .30-06.

 

[jmorris]

The 308 links above are marked 7.62 M2A2.



The small loop is straight.



The 30-06 links above are marked WM 3.


And have a concave small loop.

 

[msmp5]

Thanks!

 

[22250Rem]

Thanks from me as well. I've had a few MG links here for 20-something years and wasn't sure about their origins. Got them in the early 90's when I was buying old mil-surp .303 British ammo for 100 bucks per thousand rounds; and that included shipping! It was all corrosive, mixed headstamp and mostly WW2 dated stuff and came bulk packed, meaning they just dump 1000 rounds in a reinforced box and ship it out. Found a few of these links loose in the bottom of the box. Did some pre-internet research and figured they probably weren't British. But I stuck some 1942 dated .303 in them anyway and hung 'em over my bench just for grins. Now it's nice to get some info on what they really are. Here they are holding .303's : . And loose: .. .. They have some faint letter & number marking but nothing to indicate what they are used for. Probably a manufacturer's code. Thanks again for an interesting & informative thread.

 

[Bcwitt]

Those are Israeli browning links.​