Please, Moe, note that Tiger I did not use MG42!

The Tiger I had three Machine guns on board:

• A MG34 coaxially mounted with the main gun
• A MG34 (aka MG34 mi Panzermantel) ball-mounted at the frontal plate
• A MG 34 anti-aircraft (Flieger-MG) to be mounted on the turret

The soft fabric pouches were designed to carry the 7,92mm ammo belts. Initially, 4500 rounds of MG ammo was carried. After 1944 the MG ammo count was raised to 5700 rounds, as the vehicles were facing more infantry targets. That's why you see the metal crates.

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