Gun machine gun mg 42. The mg 42 shortened from german. It set the standard for machine guns in the years that followed and as such was the most important machine gun of the war. The mg 42 possibly the best machine gun ever created originated as a replacement for the german armys standard machine gun the mg 34 which first came into service in 1936. The mg 42 was a general purpose machine gun that was developed in nazi germany and entered service with the wehrmacht in 1942.
Maschinengewehr 42 or machine gun 42 is a 79257mm mauser general purpose machine gun designed in nazi germany and used extensively by the wehrmacht and the waffen ss during the second half of world war ii. It supplemented and in some instances replaced the mg 34 general purpose machine gun in all branches of the german armed forces though both weapons were manufactured and used until the end of the war. The mg 42 had been the most innovative machine gun of world war 2 arguably the most successful and it was one of the most feared weapons in the arsenal of the axis. With staged demonstrations of american and german automatic weapons the film insists that while the german machine gun has a much higher rate of fire than its american counterpart the mg 42 does not possess the same degree of accuracy as an american machine gun.
Designed by louis stange of the rheinmetall borsig ag referred to simply as rheinmetall located at sommerda the mg 34. Maschinengewehr 42 or machine gun 42 is a 79257mm mauser general purpose machine gun designed in nazi germany and used extensively by the wehrmacht and the waffen ss during the second half of world war iiit was intended to replace the earlier mg 34 which was more expensive and took much longer to produce but both weapons were produced until the end. The mg 42 shortened from german. Mg42 m53 lmg light machine gun parts javascript seems to be disabled in your browser.
Video by heinz thiel. The german maschinengewehr 42 or mg42 was one of the best machine guns of the war both in combat and in ease of production. The german military made effective use of it. The is the world war 2 german army mg 42 machine gun firing demonstration at dellwood park in lockport illinois on 8 september 2013 by 5th company grossdeutschland.