CE: G43 – MP44 Collectors Service G43 K43 Mags
	Most pictures come from Fred Marut K43 acw WaAA98 (below left) Perhaps the second rarest magazine. (acw: Gold und Silberscheideanstalt, Oberstein)  The G43 variation. It's very rare. Thanks to Ryuzou. K43 avx WaA204 (avx: Südmetall AG, Mussbach a.d.Weinstr.) K43 awj WaAB79 (awj: The Yale & Towne Mfg. & Co., Velbert, Rhineland) G43 aye WaAB43 One of the more common magazines. (aye: Olympia Büromaschinenwerke AG, Erfurt) Ups - a sleeping expector G43 aye early floorplate K43 aye WaAB43 + One of the more common magazines. The + is special. The meaning of the + is unknown - perhaps a spare mag. If it might be of interest: Sam Constanco says in his book "World of Lugers" that the "+" was used as a replacement proof on extra magazines" K43 aye phosfated aye and WaA but neither G43 nor K43 K43 gcb WaAB92 Perhaps the most common mag. Has 2 WaA at the lower part (gcb: Grohmann und Sohn Ad, Metallwarenfabrik, Würbenthal/Süd) K43 gcb WaAB92 magazine with a floor plate having a third reinforcing ridge with the production code "k". The same "k" is seen on Czech produced ZB26/30 magazines. These magazines have one WaA at the lower part and one at the upper front part of the magazine body. K43 rqs WaAA98 Late war edition of acw, rarest of all "Made in Denmark" mag Sam Cummings, owner of Interarms, ordered these magazines at DISA in Copenhagen in the late fourties or in the beginning of the fifties. They work just as well as the original magazines because they are made on the same machines as the original magazines. Mag. with no stamps This type is exactly like the "Made in Denmark" mag. Possibly made by DISA. DISA made G43 mags for the Germans during the war. DISA had code kfk but none of these mags are known to exist so - I think - this mag is the war version from DISA.  I have found such a magazine on a G43 hidden since the war. Rare. February 2013: A Danish collector has told me that he has had several unmarked magazines and they were made at DISA. And more interesting: he has also had a few "kfk" marked magazines. I will try to locate such a magazine. A magazine with number The magazine is provided with number 2030 3. The Russians numbered the magazines on reworked G43´s, but they used normally electro-penciling so nobody knows the background for the magazine here. New repro magazines sold from Sarco and GunParts They are marked: "gcb" and "G43/K43" - blued. None of the original magazines have this G43/K43 double marking.  Some hours with a file and a Dremel tool are necessary before these magazines work properly (won't fit a rifle, won't lock in place if they go in and won't feed a single round properly). New Japanese (Shoei) G43 magazines These magazines are made of rather thin steel, blued and marked ac, WaA359 and G43. The follower is machined (not made of pressed steel) and the spring is very weak. The evolution of the "aye" code magazine All the magazines are "aye" coded - all marked G43 except the phosphated on the right - it's a K43. Credits to Mike Prucey A 20 round magazine, marked sjl, no WaA Made after the war in Czechoslovakia? Another 20 round magazine - no markings Four different G43 magazines From the right to the left: 25 round MG13 "Dreyse" magazine, 20 round Czech Zb26/30 MG magazine, a normal 10 round G43 magazine and a chopped 5 round magazine. The MG13 magazine on the picture is adapted for use on a G43. The same might be done for the Zb magazine and some say it functions better.