Maschinengewehr 42 (MG42)

Maschinengewehr 42 (MG42)

The MG42 replaced the MG34 as the main German infantry machine gun

Picture taken by Andrew Bossi under the Creative Commons Attribution and ShareAlike license (CC-BY-SA), re-users are free to make derivative works and copy, distribute, display, and perform the work, even commercially.

The German MG 34 & MG 42 Machine Guns in World War II, Luc Guillou & Erik Dupont. A very detailed examination of two of the most significant German weapons of the Second World War, focusing largely on their design, manufacture and how they actually worked, as well as the accessories that helped make them so effective, including the various mounts and optics designed to go with them. Includes an excellent description of how the guns actually worked, with a step by step account of each movement, and all supported by an impressive array of photographs (mainly modern pictures of surviving examples). (Read Full Review)
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How to cite this article: Rickard, J (10 August 2010), Maschinengewehr 42 (MG42), http://www.historyofwar.org/Pictures/pictures_MG42.html

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