Cartridge Pouch for three MP 40 Box Magazines

Cartridge Pouch for three MP 40 Box Magazines.

The Fallschirmjäger officer of Airfix 1:32 German Paratroops is equipped with one cartridge pouch for three MP 40 box magazines of 32 cartridges each. Wehrmacht submachine gunners were normally issued two of these pouches and six box magazines for the MP 38 / MP 40 submachine gun.

The MP 40 box magazine is approximately 240 mm long, 32 mm wide, and 20 mm deep. The MP 40 magazine pouch for three box magazines has the following dimensions:

Scale Length Width Depth
1:1 250 mm 125 mm 38 mm
1:32 7,8 mm 3,9 mm 1,2 mm
1:35 7,1 mm 3,6 mm 1,1 mm
1:48 5,2 mm 12,7 mm 0,8 mm
1:56 5,2 mm 2,6 mm 0,8 mm
1:72 3,5 mm 1,7 mm 0,5 mm
1:76 3,3 mm 1,6 mm 0,5 mm

Our tutorial “Magazine Pouches MP 40 for German Paratroops” shows how to sculpt missing magazine pouches directly onto the Airfix German Paratroops.

Sturmgepäck of the Wehrmacht