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- MG 42 - Wikipedia
The MG 42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or "machine gun 42") is a German recoil-operated air-cooled general-purpose machine gun used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of World War II
- The MG-42 Machine Gun | The National WWII Museum | New Orleans
In spite of its tendency to overheat, the MG-42 was an excellent weapon that was light-years of ahead of the US counterpart, the Browning M-1919A4 machine gun Germany produced roughly 400,000 MG-42s during the war, some of which are still in active service
- MG-42: The German Machine Gun That Mowed Down Enemies On the . . .
While similar to the MG-34, in that it fired the 7 92 x 57 mm Mauser round and was recoil-operated, the MG-42 featured a number of improvements that made it suited for the fighting that was occurring on all fronts of the Second World War
- MG 42 - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
It was created in Nazi Germany It began being used by the Wehrmacht in 1942 It was used with (and sometimes replaced) the MG 34 machine gun in the German Armed Forces Both weapons were made and used until the end of the war [2] The MG 42 was known for being reliable, simple and easy to use
- How the MG42 Works: The German Design That Dominated World War II - YouTube
The MG42 wasn't just a machine gun It was a masterpiece of German military engineering, designed to fire over 1,200 rounds per minute with terrifying reliability In this video, we break down how
- MG42 Machine Gun
Developed in 1938 by Werner Gruner in Germany, the MG42 was intended to be a more affordable and easier-to-produce alternative to the earlier MG34 It entered service in 1942 and quickly became the Wehrmacht’s standard machine gun
- MG-42 Fully Automatic Class III Machine Gun Gustloff Werke Suhl
These were probably the most feared WWII German weapon on the battlefield They were mass produced, highly effective, had a high rate of fire and were easily transported by the average German soldier and they were the corner stone of every German Infantry company
- Hitler’s Zipper: The MG 42 Machine Gun - The Armory Life
By Will Dabbs, MD In today’s article, Will Dabbs takes a look at the MG 42 general-purpose machine gun used by Nazi Germany during World War II The automatic weapon had a significant influence on future German machine guns as well as those in other countries This gun’s high cyclic rate of fire earned it a variety of nicknames including Hitler’s Buzzsaw and Hitler’s Zipper The MG 42
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