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MG 34
The MG 34 is a general-purpose machine gun produced by Germany during the Second World War. The forerunner of the more widely produced MG 42, the weapon was noted for long production times due to use of time-intensive machined parts, but remained in production alongside its replacement throughout the war. It was developed to fit a tactical concept called the "universal machine gun," wherein the same weapon would be used in both the light and medium machine gun roles: what is today known as a general-purpose machine gun.
The MG 34 could use several different feeding variations: for use as a medium machine gun, it was issued with loose 250 round metal belts with disintegrating links (which could be linked together as desired). When employed as a light machine gun it was instead used with a drum called the Gurttrommel 34 which mounted to the left side of the weapon and contained a 50-round belt. It could also use 75 round saddle drum magazines called Patronentrommel 34. To use the latter, the standard feed cover had to be replaced with a magazine holder. This feeding variant was mainly used early in the war and often when the MG 34 was utilized as AA gun or mounted on a tripod. Later in the war those were not supplied anymore as they were very complicated to reload and even needed a tool for this, and the ability to use this magazine was eliminated entirely on the MG 42.
Specifications
(1936 – 1945)
- Place of origin: Nazi Germany
- Type: Machine Gun
- Cartridge: 7.92x57mm Mauser
- Length: 1219mm / (48.0 in)
- Barrel Length: 627mm (24.7 in)
- Weight: 12.1kg (26.7 lb)
- Capacity: 50 round belt drum, 75 round twin drum (with replacement receiver cover), belt (typically issued as 50 or 250 round)
- Fire modes: Safe/Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
- Rate of fire 800–900 rpm
The MG 34 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
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Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our Girls (Nashi devushki) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle. | 1942 | |
| A Good Lad (Slavnyy malyy) | German soldiers | 1943 | ||
| The Marine Battalion (Morskoy batalion) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1944 | |
| The Battle of the Rails (La bataille du rail) | German soldiers, French Resistance fighters | Belt-fed. | 1946 | |
| The Road Home (Synovya) | German soldiers, Soviet partisans | Belt-fed. | 1946 | |
| Victorious Return (Majup ar uzvaru) | German soldiers, Soviet partisans | Belt-fed. | 1948 | |
| The Star (Zvezda) (1949) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1949 | |
| The Battle of Stalingrad (Stalingradskaya bitva), Part I | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1949 | |
| The Battle of Stalingrad (Stalingradskaya bitva), Part II | German and Romanian soldiers | Belt-fed on tripod. | 1949 | |
| Little Partisan (Malý partyzán) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1950 | |
| Decision Before Dawn | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1951 | |
| Action B (Akce B) | UPA fighters | Belt-fed. | 1952 | |
| Ernst Thälmann - Leader of his Class | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1955 | |
| Soldiers (Soldaty) | German soldiers, Russian soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1956 | |
| Murder on Dante Street (Ubiystvo na ulitse Dante) | German soldiers | Belt-feds. Mounted on M3 Scout Car. | 1956 | |
| The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor) | French Foreign Legion | Belt-fed. | 1958 | |
| The Unconquered (Neporazení) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1958 | |
| Dunkirk | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1958 | |
| Destiny of a Man (Sudba cheloveka) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1959 | |
| Fortress on Wheels (Krepost na kolesah) | German soldiers and Soviet partisans | Belt-fed. | 1960 | |
| Five Branded Women | Alex Nicol | Svenko | Belt-fed. | 1960 |
| An Italian partisan | Belt-fed. | |||
| Spring (Kwiecien) | German soldiers | Located in the German bunker. | 1961 | |
| Peace to Him Who Enters (Mir vkhodyashchemu) | Belt-fed. Seen abandoned | 1961 | ||
| There Beyond the Forest (Tam za lesem) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1962 | |
| Bells Without Joy (Carillons sans joie) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1962 | |
| Death Is Called Engelchen | Belt-fed. German troops, Partisans | Belt-fed. | 1963 | |
| The Third Flare (Tretya raketa) | Yuriy Dubrovin | Pvt. Krivenok | Belt-fed. | 1963 |
| Naked Among Wolves | SS soldiers and KZ inmates | Belt-fed on a Lafette 34 tripod. | 1963 | |
| 633 Squadron | German soldiers | Belt-fed and with Gurtrommel 34. | 1964 | |
| The Assassination (Atentát) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1964 | |
| The Foothold (Pyad' zemli) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1964 | |
| Where is the General? (Gdzie jest general?) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1964 | |
| The Corporal and Others | Hungarian fascists | Belt-fed. | 1965 | |
| Pierrot Goes Wild (Pierrot le Fou) | OAS members | Belt-fed. | 1965 | |
| The Adventures of Werner Holt (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt) | Klaus-Peter Thiele | Werner Holt | Belt-fed. | 1965 |
| Manfred Karge | Gilbert Wolzow | Belt-fed. | ||
| German soldiers | Belt-fed. | |||
| No Unknown Soldiers (Net neizvestnykh soldat) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1965 | |
| Cast a Giant Shadow | Kirk Douglas | "Mickey" Marcus | Belt-fed. | 1966 |
| And All Will Be Quiet (Potem nastapi cisza) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1966 | |
| Trap (Zapadnya) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1966 | |
| They Were Known Only by Sight (Ikh znali tolko v litso) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1966 | |
| Alpine Ballad (Alpiyskaya ballada) | German soldiers | Mounted on motorcycles | 1966 | |
| The Hunchback of Soho | Belt-fed. Seen in Gen. Perkins' "war room" | 1966 | ||
| What Did You Do in the War, Daddy? | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Unmounted and mounted on motorcycle sidecar and halftrack | 1966 | |
| Spring on The Oder (Vesna na Odere) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1967 | |
| The Dirty Dozen (1967) | Belt-fed. | 1967 | ||
| Tobruk (1967) | Allied and German troops. | Belt-fed. | 1967 | |
| Westerplatte | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1967 | |
| Way into "Saturn" (Put v "Saturn") | Soviet partisans | Belt-fed. | 1967 | |
| Strong with Spirit (Silnye dukhom) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1967 | |
| At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne) | German soldier | Belt-fed. | 1968 | |
| The Marathon (Maratón) | German soldiers and Czech insurgents | Belt-fed. | 1968 | |
| The End of "Saturn" (Konets "Saturna") | German soldiers | Mounted on BTR-152 | 1968 | |
| Fit for Non-Combatant Duty (Goden k nestroevoy) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycles | 1968 | |
| I Was Nineteen (Ich war neunzehn) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Also seen in a pile of surrendered weapons | 1968 | |
| The Scouts (Razvedchiki) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1968 | |
| The Bridge at Remagen | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1969 | |
| Army of Shadows | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1969 | |
| Battle of Britain | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1969 | |
| Play Dirty | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1969 | |
| Michael Caine | Captain Douglas | With Gurtrommel 34. | ||
| On the way to Berlin (Na puti v Berlin) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1969 | |
| The Bridge (Most) | Boro Begovic | "Tihi" | Belt-fed. | 1969 |
| Jovan Janicijevic-Burdus | Mane Svercer | |||
| German soldiers | ||||
| Liberation: The Last Assault | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1971 | |
| No Way Back (Obratnoj dorogi net) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1971 | |
| Trial of the Road (Proverka na dorogakh) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle | 1971 | |
| Murphy's War | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Dual with anti-aircraft sight. | 1971 | |
| Izhora Battalion (Izhorskiy batalyon) | A German soldier | Belt-fed. | 1972 | |
| Oasis | Josef Vinklár | Nowak | Belt-fed. | 1973 |
| Zdenek Rehor | Berg | Belt-fed. | ||
| Jaroslav Rozsíval | Olda | Belt-fed. | ||
| Man in the Trunk (La Valise) | Tunisian troops | Belt-fed. | 1973 | |
| Arms for Prague (Zbrane pro Prahu) | Karel Hlusicka | Jan Chýn | Belt-fed. | 1974 |
| To Survive Until Dawn (Dozhit do rassveta) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle. | 1975 | |
| Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny) | Boris Shcherbakov | Ovseyev | Belt-fed. | 1975 |
| Yuri Duvanov | Klimchuk | Belt-fed. | ||
| Libera, My Love (Libera, amore mio ...) | Claudia Cardinale | Libera Valente | Belt-fed. handed to the partisans. | 1975 |
| Italian partisans | Belt-fed. | |||
| Front Without Flanks (Front bez flangov) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1975 | |
| The Seventh Company Has Been Found (On a retrouvé la 7ème compagnie!) | German soldiers | Mounted on motorcycle | 1975 | |
| The Eagle Has Landed | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle side car. | 1976 | |
| The Good and the Bad (Le bon et les méchants) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1976 | |
| A Bridge Too Far | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Seen in several scenes. | 1977 | |
| Star Wars (1977) | Stormtroopers, Sandtrooper and Chewbacca | Modified. BlasTech DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle. | 1977 | |
| Mama, I'm Alive (Mama, ich lebe) | Peter Prager | Günther Becker | Belt-fed. | 1977 |
| Sokolovo | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1978 | |
| The Liberation of Prague | Germans, Czech insurgents, and Soviet troops | Belt-fed. | 1978 | |
| Pirates of the XXth Century (Piraty XX veka) | Belt-fed. Seen on the one photo. | 1979 | ||
| Stalker (1979) | Belt-fed. Seen abandoned. | 1979 | ||
| From Hell to Victory | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1979 | |
| The Big Red One | German and Italian troops | Belt-fed. | 1980 | |
| Mercedes Gets Away from the Chase ('Mersedes' ukhodit ot pogoni) | Igor Livanov | Lt. Aleksandr Yermolenko | Belt-fed. | 1980 |
| Mikhail Golubovich | Starshina (Sgt. Maj.) Ivan Golovin | |||
| Anatoliy Rudakov | Sr. Sgt. Leonid Mikhaylov | |||
| German troops | ||||
| Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga) | German and Soviet soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1981 | |
| Trail of the Pink Panther | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1982 | |
| The Keep | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1983 | |
| The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley (Pasácek z doliny) | Czechoslovak soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1983 | |
| The Fourth Year of War (Shyol chetvyortyy god voyny...) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle and half-track APC | 1983 | |
| Les Morfalous | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1984 | |
| Battle for Moscow | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Real MG 34 can be seen only in documentary footage. | 1985 | |
| Come and See | SS soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1985 | |
| A Youth Orchestra (Orkestar jedne mladosti) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1985 | |
| Confrontation (Protivostoyanie) | German Volkssturm | Belt-fed. Documentary footage. | 1985 | |
| The Red Spectacles | Members of the Kerberos Squad | Belt-fed. | 1987 | |
| Escape from Sobibor | Ukrainian Guards | Belt-fed. | 1987 | |
| The Russians Are Coming | Belt-fed. | 1987 | ||
| Before Sunrise (Pered rassvetom) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycles | 1989 | |
| Gu-Ga | German and Soviet soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1989 | |
| It's We, O God! (Eto mi, Gospodi!..) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1990 | |
| Europa Europa | Marco Hofschneider | Salomon Perel | Belt-fed. | 1990 |
| Hanns Zischler | Captain von Lereneau | |||
| German soldiers | ||||
| Hit the Dutchman | Belt-fed. Mounted on the armored BMW 321. | 1992 | ||
| Schindler's List | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle side car. | 1993 | |
| Stalingrad (1993) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1993 | |
| Congo | Junta soldier | Belt-fed. | 1995 | |
| To Go and Not Return (Poyti i ne vernutsya) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycles | 1992 | |
| Brother 2 (Brat 2) | Belt-fed. In illegal Fascist's gunshop. | 2000 | ||
| U-571 | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2000 | |
| Charlotte Gray | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2001 | |
| Enemy at the Gates | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2001 | |
| Spy Game | Lebanese terrorists. | Belt-fed. | 2001 | |
| Edges of the Lord | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on a motorcycle. | 2001 | |
| The Pianist | German soldiers. | Belt-fed. | 2002 | |
| We Were Soldiers | NVA soldiers | belt-fed. | 2002 | |
| Warriors (Guerreros) | Albanian soldiers | Belt-fed. Bipod-mounted | 2002 | |
| Senso '45 | German troops | Belt-fed. | 2002 | |
| Saints and Soldiers | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2003 | |
| Underworld (2003) | Belt-fed. Seen in the armory. | 2003 | ||
| Zelary | German soldier | Belt-fed. Mounted on a motorcycle. | 2003 | |
| Strange Gardens (Effroyables jardins) | Nazi German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on an armored vehicle. | 2003 | |
| Our Own (Svoi) | various characters | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycles, halftruck APC, and used on bipod. | 2004 | |
| Mr. & Mrs. Smith | Belt-fed. | 2005 | ||
| The Last Train (Der letzte Zug) | Belt-fed. | 2006 | ||
| The Island (Ostrov) | German soldier | Belt-fed. | 2006 | |
| Attack on Leningrad | German soldier | Belt-fed. Mounted on a motorcycle. | 2007 | |
| Hannibal Rising | German soldier | Belt-fed. Mounted on a motorcycle. | 2007 | |
| Female Agents (Les Femmes de l'ombre) | German soldier | Belt-fed. Mounted on a motorcycle. | 2008 | |
| Hitler's Kaput! (Gitler kaput!) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2008 | |
| Max Manus: Man of War | German troops | Belt-fed and with Gurtrommel 34. | 2008 | |
| Valkyrie | German soldier | Belt-fed. | 2008 | |
| Winter in Wartime | German soldier | Belt-fed. Mounted on vehicle and motorcycle. | 2008 | |
| Everyman's War | German soldier | Belt-fed. | 2009 | |
| Dead Snow | Lasse Valdal | Vegard | Belt-fed. Mounted on a snowmobile. | 2009 |
| The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2009) | Swedish soldiers. | Belt-fed. See in the photo. | 2009 | |
| X-Men Origins: Wolverine | Liev Schreiber | Victor Creed & German soldier | Belt-fed. | 2009 |
| The Priest (Pop) | German and Soviet soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2009 | |
| Pillbox (Dot) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2009 | |
| The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) | German soldiers, Red Army soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2010 | |
| Habermann | German troops | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle. | 2010 | |
| Paradox Soldiers (My iz budushchego 2) | German troops | Belt-fed. | 2010 | |
| Assassination Games | Belt-fed. Is seen in a workshop. | 2011 | ||
| My Way | Wehrmacht soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2011 | |
| New Kids Nitro | Flip van der Kuil | Barrie | Belt-fed. Dual-mounted in the back of a sports car, fitted with extra barrel covers | 2011 |
| "Narkomovskiy" Train (Narkomovskiy oboz) | Sergey Makhovikov | Starshina Viktor Filippov | Belt-fed and with Gurtrommel 34. | 2011 |
| Vlad Furman | Capt. Aleksandr Baragozov | |||
| German soldiers | ||||
| Red Tails | German troops | Belt-fed. Twin AA mount & mount on halftrack | 2012 | |
| Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed | German soldiers | Belt-fed and with Gurtrommel 34. Man-portable, mounted on SdKfz Halftrack. | 2012 | |
| Manhunt (Oblawa) | Polish partisans | Belt-fed. | 2012 | |
| In the Fog (V tumane) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle, possibly also on half-track APC | 2012 | |
| Stalingrad (2013) | German and Russian soldiers | Belt-fed. With bipod and tripod-mounted | 2013 | |
| Fury (2014) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2014 | |
| Days of Honour. Uprising (Czas honoru. Powstanie) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2014 | |
| Saints and Soldiers: The Void | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2014 | |
| War Pigs | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on a half-track. | 2015 | |
| April 9th | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on Sd.Kfz. 221. | 2015 | |
| 1944 | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2015 | |
| Woman in Gold | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle | 2015 | ||
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Death Trooper | Modified. Heavy Death Trooper Blaster. | 2016 | |
| Overlord (2018) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on a half-track. | 2018 | |
| Narvik: Hitler's First Defeat | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2022 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Man from U.N.C.L.E. | THRUSH operatives | Belt-fed. | 1964-1968 | |
| Hogan's Heroes | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1965 - 1971 | |
| Stawka wieksza niz zycie | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1966-68 | |
| The Rat Patrol | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on German vehicles. | 1966-68 | |
| Four Tankers and A Dog (Czterej pancerni i pies) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1966 - 1970 | |
| Seventeen Moments of Spring | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1973 | |
| Omega Option (Variant "Omega") | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle; in documentary footage infantry and mounted on half-track APC | 1975 | |
| Born by Revolution: On the Night of the 20th (Rozhdyonnaya revolyutsiey: V noch na 20-e) | Soviet partisans | Belt-fed. | 1976 | |
| Waves of the Black Sea (Volny Chyornogo morya) - Film 3 | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on a motorcycl. | 1976 | |
| Archiv des Todes | German soldiers | Belt-fed. "Wettlauf mit der Zeit" (S1E09) | 1980 | |
| Take Him Alive (Vzyat zhivym) | Fyodor Sukhov | Lt. Vasiliy Romashkin | Belt-fed. | 1983 |
| German soldiers | ||||
| Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade) - Part 1 | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1984 | |
| Front Without Mercy (Front ohne Gnade) - Part 3 | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1984 | |
| Nancy Wake (1987) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle. | 1987 | |
| Dresden | Harry Capehorn | Charly | Mounted on British Avro Lancaster B I bombers; standing in for Browning .303 Mk II* | 2006 |
| British pilots | ||||
| March of Millions | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Ep. 2 | 2007 | |
| KochiKame | Belt-fed. On the photo. (Ep. 06) | 2009 | ||
| Danger 5 | Belt-fed. | 2011-2015 | ||
| Our Mothers, Our Fathers | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2013 | |
| Foyle's War - Season 8 | German soldiers | Belt-fed. "Sunflower" (S8E3) | 2013 | |
| Snipers. Love Under the Gun (Snaypery. Lyubov pod pritselom) | German troops, Soviet scout | Belt-fed and with Gurtrommel 34. Mounted on a tripod. | 2013 | |
| Spies (Razvedchitsy) | Anatoliy Rudenko | Vladimir Semyonov | Belt-fed. | 2013 |
| German soldiers, Polish partisans | ||||
| Naked Among Wolves | SS soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2015 | |
| Bosch - Season 4 | Belt-fed. Seen in the armory. | 2018 | ||
| Mantis Jump (Pryzhok Bogomola) | A German soldier | Belt-fed. Mounted on a motorcycle | 2019 | |
| The Mandalorian - Season 2 | Stormtrooper | Modified. DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle. | 2020 | |
| Andor | Modified. DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle. | 2022 |
Video game
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb | Belt-fed. | 2003 | ||
| The Great Escape (2003) | Belt-fed. | 2003 | ||
| Call of Duty: World at War | Belt-fed. In archival footage. Wehrmacht soldiers firing a MG 34. | 2008 | ||
| Battlefield Heroes | Belt-fed. | 2009 | ||
| Men of War (Video Game) | Belt-fed. With bipod, tripod and mounted on a vehicle. | 2009 | ||
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | Belt-fed. Added in Battlefield: Bad Company 2: Vietnam, Mounted on T54 tanks and GAZ69 trucks | 2010 | ||
| Star Wars Battlefront | Modified. BlasTech DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle. | 2015 | ||
| Star Wars Battlefront II | Modified. BlasTech DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle, DLT-19X and DLT-19D Targeting Rifles. | 2017 | ||
| Battlefield V | Belt-fed and with Patronentrommel 34. | 2018 | ||
| Caliber | 2019 | |||
| Enlisted | Belt-fed, Gurtrommel 34 and Patronentrommel 34; On the roof of the tank; On a motorcycle; In a Lafate 34 tripod; With anti-aircraft sight. | 2021 | ||
| Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront | Belt-fed, Gurtrommel 34 and Patronentrommel 34; In a Lafate 34 tripod. | 2021 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro | Jodo | With Gurtrommel 34. | 1979 |
| Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front | Aquironia soldier | Belt-fed. | 1994 |
| Najica Blitz Tactics | Lady | With Gurtrommel 34. "Mission: 007 - The Murderous Bullet Shot with a Wry Smile". | 2001 |
| Strike Witches 2 | Hanna-Justina Marseille | With Gurtrommel 34. | 2010 |
| Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow | Hanna-Justina Marseille | With Gurtrommel 34. | 2014-2015 |
| Raisa Pöttgen | |||
| Edytha Neumann | |||
| Izetta: The Last Witch | Germania infantryman | Belt-fed and with Gurtrommel 34. | 2016 |
Animation
| Title | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jackboots on Whitehall | German soldier | Belt-fed. Mounted on Sd.Kfz.250. | 2010 |
| What If...? - Season 1 | HYDRA gunner | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle; "What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?" (S1E01) | 2021 |
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Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting Film Collection No. 1 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 1) | German soldiers | In documentary footage | 1941 | |
| Lad from Our Town (Paren iz Nashego Goroda) | Mounted on German motorcycle | 1942 | ||
| Antosha Rybkin | Grigoriy Shpigel | A German soldier | 1942 | |
| Boris Chirkov | Antosha Rybkin | |||
| We Will Come Back (Sekretar raykoma) | Mikhail Kuznetsov | Sasha Rusov | 1942 | |
| Pyotr Lyubeshkin | Feduyshin | |||
| German troops and Soviet partisans | ||||
| Invincible (Nepobedimye) | German and Soviet soldiers | 1943 | ||
| Native Shores (Rodnye berega) | German soldiers | 1943 | ||
| The Front | Seen in the pillbox; on tripod | 1943 | ||
| Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Ivan Nikulin - Russkiy Matros) | Boris Chirkov | Zakhar Fomichyov | 1944 | |
| German soldiers and Soviet sailors | ||||
| Six P.M. (V shest chasov vechera posle voyny) | German soldiers | 1944 | ||
| Zigmund Kolosovskiy | German soldiers | Mostly on tripod | 1946 | |
| The Star (Zvezda) | German soldiers | 1949 | ||
| The Secret Brigade (Konstantin Zaslonov) | German soldiers, Soviet partisans | 1949 | ||
| Breakthrough | German soldiers | with Gurtrommel | 1950 | |
| The Unforgettable Year 1919 (Nezabyvaemyy 1919 god) | On tripod; seen in Whites headquarters | 1951 | ||
| Paratrooper | German soldiers | 1953 | ||
| Canal (Kanal) | A Polish insurgent | 1957 | ||
| The Last Salvo (Posledniye zalpy) | Mikhail Kozakov | Starshina Gorbachyov | 1960 | |
| Operation Caviar | German soldiers | mounted on a Volkswagen Type 166 Schwimmwagen | 1961 | |
| Tam za lesem | German soldiers | 1962 | ||
| The Four Days of Naples | German soldiers | 1962 | ||
| Gdzie jest general? | German soldiers | 1964 | ||
| The Living and the Dead (Zhivye i Myortvye) | Russian soldiers | 1964 | ||
| Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente) | Italian soldiers | 1964 | ||
| Across the Cemetery (Cherez kladbishche) | German soldiers | On tripod | 1965 | |
| Zhenya, Zhenechka and "katyusha" | German soldiers | 1967 | ||
| Krepkiy oreshek | German soldiers | 1967 | ||
| The Shield and the Sword (Shchit i mech) | Georgiy Martynyuk | Aleksey Zubov alias Alois Hagen | 1968 | |
| German soldiers | ||||
| The Battle of Neretva | German troops, Ustasha, chetniks and partisans | 1969 | ||
| Ljubisa Samardzic | Novak | |||
| The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter) | German soldiers | 1970 | ||
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks | German soldiers | 1971 | ||
| Poem of Kovpak: Alarm (Duma o Kovpake: Nabat) | German soldiers and Soviet partisans | 1973 | ||
| Chained Drivers (Okovani šoferi) | Veljko Mandic | Kosta | 1975 | |
| Chained Drivers (Okovani šoferi) | Viktor Pavlov | Feldwebel Ramke | 1975 | |
| Chained Drivers (Okovani šoferi) | German soldiers, Yugoslavian partisans | 1975 | ||
| Poem of Kovpak: Snow-Storm (Duma o Kovpake: Buran) | German soldiers and Soviet partisans | 1975 | ||
| The Anxious Month of September (Trevozhnyy Mesyats Veresen) | Viktor Fokin | Ivan Kapelyukh | 1976 | |
| Poem of Kovpak: Carpathians, Carpathians... (Duma o Kovpake: Karpaty, Karpaty...) | Nikolay Merzlikin | Vasily Nikolayev | 1976 | |
| Viktor Plotnikov | Medved | |||
| German soldiers and Soviet partisans | ||||
| Port | German soldiers | Standard and Panzerlauf | 1976 | |
| Star Wars (A New Hope, 1977) | Imperial Stormtroopers | As the "DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle" | 1977 | |
| Star Wars (Return of the Jedi, 1983) | Imperial Stormtroopers | As the "DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle" | 1983 | |
| Soldier of Orange | German soldiers | 1977 | ||
| One-Two, Soldiers Were Going... | German soldiers | Mounted on motorcycle | 1977 | |
| Front Beyond the Front Line (Front za liniey fronta) | German soldiers | 1977 | ||
| The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye) | German soldiers | On tripod | 1977 | |
| Night Over Chile (Noch nad Chili) | Chilean soldiers | On bipod and tripod | 1977 | |
| Special Destination Force (Otryad osobogo naznacheniya) | German soldiers | 1978 | ||
| Escape to Athena | German soldiers | 1979 | ||
| Country Trip of Sergeant Tsybulya (Dachnaya poezdka serzhanta Tsybuli) | Sergei Ivanov | Sgt. Tsybulya | 1979 | |
| Vladimir Alekseyenko | Grandfather Karpo | Mounted on BTR-152 | ||
| German soldiers | Mounted on BTR-152, motorcycles, armoured train | |||
| We Take All Upon Ourselves (Beryom vsyo na sebya) | German soldiers | 1980 | ||
| From the Bug to the Vistula (Ot Buga do Visly) | Aleksandr Denisov | Anton Zemlyanko | 1980 | |
| German soldiers and Soviet partisans | ||||
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Billy Horrigan | Gunner | Mounted on Gobler's car | 1981 |
| Top Secret! | East German soldiers | Mounted on the car | 1984 | |
| The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission | A German soldier | 1985 | ||
| Counter-offensive (Kontrudar) | German soldiers | 1985 | ||
| Stalingrad | German soldiers | 1993 | ||
| Sahara (1995) | German soldiers | 1995 | ||
| Avalon | A single Class-B player | 2001 | ||
| In August of 1944 | Seen in village chairman house and on former battlefield | 2001 | ||
| The Star (Zvezda) | German soldiers | 2002 | ||
| Rose Street | SS soldiers | 2003 | ||
| The Bridge | German soldiers | Bipod-mounted | 2008 | |
| Death Race | Max Ryan | Pachenko | Four MG-34 Light Machine Guns mount on Pachenko's 1966 Buick Riviera | 2008 |
| Female Agents | German soldier | Mounted on a motorcycle sidecar | 2008 | |
| Crossfire (Les Insoumis) | In the warehouse of weapons | 2008 | ||
| U-900 | German soldiers | on tripod | 2008 | |
| Brother's War | A German soldier | 2009 | ||
| Dnieper Line: Love and War | German soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Spoils of War | 2009 | |||
| Lieutenant Suvorov | Aleksandr Lyapin | Lt. Aleksandr Suvorov | 2009 | |
| Lieutenant Suvorov | German and Soviet soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Degraded Officer (Razzhalovannyi) | German soldiers | 2009 | ||
| The Golden Mean (Zolotoe sechenie) | Oksana Skakun | female model | with 50 round belt drum magazine | 2010 |
| Vadim Skvirskiy | Jean-Paul | with 75 round saddle drum magazine | ||
| What Men Talk About (O chyom govoryat muzhchiny) | German soldiers | 2010 | ||
| Memorial Day | German soldiers | 2011 | ||
| War of the Dead | 2011 | |||
| Run Boy Run | German soldiers | mounted on motorcycles | 2013 | |
| Fury | MG34 Panzerlauf, mounted on Tiger I Tank | 2014 | ||
| 13 Minutes | German soldiers | with Gurtrommel | 2015 | |
| Battle for Sevastopol | German soldiers | 2015 | ||
| Anthropoid | German soldiers | 2016 | ||
| Allied | German soldiers | Seen mounted on a halftrack | 2016 | |
| Anthropoid | SS soldiers | 2016 | ||
| Panfilov's 28 (28 panfilovtsev) | German soldiers | 2016 | ||
| To Paris! (Na Parizh) | Daniil Vakhrushev | Volkssturmmann Walter Doring | 2019 | |
| Persian Lessons | Jonas Nay | SS-Rottenführer Max Beyer | Mounted on a motorcycle | 2020 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Long Road in the Dunes (Ilgais cels kapas) | German soldiers | Ep.4,5 | 1982 | |
| Bergerac | German soldiers | "Sins of the Fathers" (S04E08) | 1985 | |
| Special Operations Squad (Otryad spetsyalnogo naznacheniya) | German soldiers, Soviet partisans | 1987 | ||
| Sahara | Alan David Lee | Bates | 1995 | |
| Band of Brothers | Ep. 1 "Currahee" | 2001 | ||
| Red Mountains (Krasnye gory) | Nazi German soldiers | 2013 | ||
| Ash (Pepel) | German soldiers | Mounted on motorcycle and Kettenkrad half-track motorcycle | 2013 | |
| Front | German soldiers | Mounted on motorcycles | 2014 | |
| The Interpreter (Perevodchik) | German soldiers and Hilfspolizei | Mounted on motorcycles; MG34 Panzerlauf mounted on Pz. III tank | 2014 | |
| The Executioner (Palach) | German soldiers | Mounted on motorcycles | 2015 | |
| Hunting the Devil (Okhota na dyavola) | SS guards | On tripod and on motorcycle | 2017 | |
| One Warrior in the Field (Odin v pole voin) | Aleksandr Sokolovskiy | Capt. Andrey Perevezyev | On motorcycle | 2018 |
| German soldiers | On motorcycles and an armored car | |||
| Black Pea Coats (Chyornye bushlaty) | Ivan Lapin | Kesha | 2018 | |
| The Last Battle (Posledniy boy) | Igor Petrusenko | Igor Runge | 2019 | |
| Vladimir Gorislavets | Yashka | |||
| German soldiers | On motorcycles and an armored car | |||
| Subject to Destruction (Podlezhit unichtozheniyu) | German soldiers | 2019 | ||
| SAS Rogue Heroes | Italian soldier | Mounted to Sd.Kfz.251 AFV | 2022 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden & Dangerous | 1999 | |||
| Call of Duty | Mounted on German tanks | 2003 | ||
| Day of Defeat | 2003 | |||
| Forgotten Hope | MG34 | Man-portable, mounted on M2 tripod, bunkers and machine gun nests, Sturmboot landing craft, Type 166 Schwimmwagen, SdKfz 251/1 "Hanomag" Halftrack, SdKfz 222 Armored Car, Panzer II, III, IV, Sturmpanzer IV Brummbär, Panther and Tiger tanks and Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber | 2003 | |
| Call of Duty: United Offensive | MG34 | Man-portable | 2004 | |
| Call of Duty 2: Big Red One | "MG34" | 2005 | ||
| Call of Duty 3 | MG34 | 2006 | ||
| Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 | MG34 | With deployable mod | Mounted on SdKfz 251 Ausf D Haltrack, Marder III Tank Destroyer, Stug III Assault Gun, Panzer III, Panzer IV, Panther and Tiger tanks and Jagdpanther and Jagdtiger tank destroyers | 2006 |
| Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 | MG34 | Man-portable, mounted on SdKfz 251 halftrack, Panzer III/IV F1/F2/G/H, Panther and Tiger tanks | 2006 | |
| World War II Online: Battleground Europe | MG34 | 2001-2011 | ||
| Deadfall Adventures | MG-34 | with 50 round drum | 2013 | |
| Payday 2 | "Buzzsaw 42" | as a modified MG42; added in Gage Historical Pack (2014) | 2013 | |
| Assassin's Creed Unity | with 50 round drum, 5mm shield & anti-aircraft sight | 2014 | ||
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | MG 34 | can be mounted on a BMW motorcycle | 2014 | |
| Heroes & Generals | MG34 | infantry and vehicle mounted variants | 2016 | |
| Day of Infamy | MG 34 | with 50 round drum | 2017 | |
| Squad 44: Letters From The Front | "MG 34" | Gurtrommel assault drum infantry configuration, Lafette and vehicle mounted, and Panzerlauf version | 2018 | |
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare | MG34 | with 50 round drum | 2019 | |
| Land of War: The Beginning | MG34 with Patronentrommel 34 magazine | 2021 |
MG 34 Panzerlauf
A variation of the gun, the MG 34 Panzerlauf, was commonly used as secondary armament on German tanks, since the MG 42's barrel change system could not easily be operated when it was mounted. This version lacked a stock, featured an armored barrel shroud and could be fitted with a solenoid for remote firing. Tanks carried a kit to allow the Panzerlauf variant to be converted for ground use, including a stock and bipod. A characteristic feature of this version is the almost entirely smooth barrel with only a few holes. However, it is a Heavy Barrel that allows long shooting without the need to replace it. That is why the tank version was equipped with anti-aircraft sights by the infantry. Later in the war, the standard version of the MG 34 and the MG 34 Panzerlauf could be seen serving the infantry.
Specifications
(1936 – 1945)
- Place of origin: Nazi Germany
- Type: Machine Gun
- Cartridge: 7.92x57mm Mauser
- Length: 1219mm / (48.0 in)
- Barrel Length: 627mm (24.7 in)
- Weight: 12.1kg (26.7 lb)
- Capacity: 50 round belt drum, 75 round twin drum (with replacement receiver cover), belt (typically issued as 50 or 250 round)
- Fire modes: Safe/Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
- Rate of fire 800–900 rpm
The MG 34 Panzerlauf and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting Film Collection No. 3 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 3) | MG34 Panzerlauf, Mounted on Pz.II tank, in documentary footage | 1941 | ||
| Two Soldiers (Dva boytsa) | Mounted on Pz.III | 1943 | ||
| The Silent Barricade | A German soldier | used by infantry | 1949 | |
| The Unknown Soldier (1955) | mounted on Panzer IV | 1955 | ||
| Bells Without Joy (Carillons sans joie) | used as a stationary weapon by infantry. | 1962 | ||
| At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga) | Mounted on Pz.IV tank | 1964 | ||
| The Shield and the Sword (Shchit i mech) | Mounted on Germans Tanks | 1968 | ||
| Liberation: The Fire Bulge (Osvobozhdenie: Ognennaya Duga) | Mounted on Pz.IV Tiger tank | 1969 | ||
| Port (1976) | used by infantry | 1976 | ||
| Front Beyond the Front Line (Front za liniey fronta) | Mounted on German tank | 1977 | ||
| Long Road in the Dunes (Ilgais cels kapas) | MG34 Panzerlauf, mounted on Tiger I tank; documentary footage, Ep.5 | 1982 | ||
| Take Him Alive (Vzyat zhivym) | Mounted on Pz.IV Ausf.G | 1983 | ||
| Confrontation (Protivostoyanie) | German Volkssturm | Documentary footage | 1985 | |
| Appointment with Death | mounted on Pz.II. | 1988 | ||
| Saving Private Ryan | mounted on Tiger tanks | 1998 | ||
| All the Queen's Men | Mounted on Pz.III | 2001 | ||
| The Star (Zvezda) (2002) | Mounted on Pz.VI Tiger | 2002 | ||
| Our Own (Svoi) | Mounted on Pz.IV | 2004 | ||
| The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) | Mounted on Pz.III tank | 2010 | ||
| The White Tiger (Belyy tigr) | Mounted on Panzer VI Tiger | 2012 | ||
| Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed | Mounted on Panzer IV tank | 2012 | ||
| Stalingrad | Mounted on Panzer IV | 2013 | ||
| Fury | mounted on Pz.VI Tiger I | 2014 | ||
| The Interpreter (Perevodchik) | mounted on Pz. III tank | 2014 | ||
| Saints and Soldiers: The Void | mounted on Pz. III tank | 2014 | ||
| Battery Number One (Edinichka) | Barrels mounted on mockup German tanks | 2015 | ||
| Panfilov's 28 (28 panfilovtsev) | Mounted on Pz.IV | 2016 | ||
| T-34 (2018) | Mounted on Germans Tanks | 2018 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitch War (Suchya voyna) | German soldiers | mounted on Pz.II. | 2014 | |
| Arrow - Season 6 | mounted on Pz.II. | 2017-2018 | ||
| SS-GB | German military | 2017 |
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines | Mounted on Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks. | 1998 | ||
| Hidden & Dangerous | mounted on Germans tanks | 1999 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Underground | Mounted in Panzer II and Panzer III tanks | 2000 | ||
| Resident Evil – Code: Veronica | Mounted in Panzer VI Tiger | 2000 | ||
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein | Mounted in Panzer II and Panzer III tanks | 2001 | ||
| Battlefield: 1942 | mounted on German tanks | 2002 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Frontline | mounted on Germans tanks | 2002 | ||
| Forgotten Hope | mounted on German tanks | 2003 | ||
| Hidden & Dangerous 2 | mounted on German tanks | 2003 | ||
| Call of Duty: Finest Hour | mounted in King Tiger Tank | 2004 | ||
| Call of Duty: United Offensive | mounted on Pz.IV tank | 2004 | ||
| Call of Duty 2 | mounted on Pz.II tank | 2005 | ||
| Call of Duty 2: Big Red One | mounted on Pz.VI Tiger I tank | 2005 | ||
| Medal of Honor: European Assault | Mounted on German tanks | 2005 | ||
| Sniper Elite (2005) | Mounted on Panzer VI Tiger | 2005 | ||
| Company of Heroes (2006) | Mounted on Germans tanks | 2006 | ||
| Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 | Mounted on Germans tanks | 2006 | ||
| Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 | Mounted on Germans tanks | 2006 | ||
| Death to Spies | mounted in Panther tanks | 2007 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Airborne | mounted in Panzer VI Tiger tank | 2007 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Vanguard | Panzerlauf; mounted in Tiger tanks | 2007 | ||
| Call of Duty: World at War | mounted Panzer IV | 2008 | ||
| Call of Duty: World at War - Final Fronts | mounted on Panzer IV and Tiger tanks | 2008 | ||
| Mare Nostrum | Mounted on Paner II & Panzer III | 2008 | ||
| Men of War (Video Game) | Mounted on Germans tanks | 2009 | ||
| Wolfenstein | Mounted on Tiger tanks | 2009 | ||
| Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad | mounted on Germans Tank | 2011 | ||
| Sniper Elite V2 | mounted on Pz. VI Tiger and Sd.Kfz. 222 | 2012 | ||
| Company of Heroes 2 | mounted on Panzer IV Tank | 2013 | ||
| Sniper Elite III | mounted on Panzer III, IV and VI Tiger | 2014 | ||
| Call of Duty: Black Ops III | mounted in King Tiger Tank | 2015 | ||
| Heroes & Generals | mounted on Germans tanks | 2016 | ||
| Call of Duty: WWII | mounted on Panzer IV Ausf. F | 2017 | ||
| Raid: World War II | mounted on Panzer VI Tiger | 2017 | ||
| Sniper Elite 4 | mounted on Germans tanks. | 2017 | ||
| Battlefield V | stationary with 75 round magazine and mounted in German vehicles. | 2018 | ||
| Squad 44: Letters From The Front | mounted on german tank | 2018 | ||
| Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War | mounted in King Tiger Tank | 2020 | ||
| Battlefield 2042 | mounted on Pz.IV tank | 2021 | ||
| Call of Duty: Vanguard | mounted on german tank | 2021 | ||
| Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront | mounted on german tank | 2021 | ||
| Enlisted | mounted on german tank | 2021 | ||
| Sniper Elite 5 | mounted on german tank | 2022 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cat Planet Cuties | Mounted in Tiger I tanks | 2010 | |
| Strike Witches: The Movie | Mounted in Tiger I tanks | 2012 | |
| Girls und Panzer | Kuromorimine Girls High School | Mounted on all German WWII tanks | 2012 - 2013 |
| Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow | Mounted in Tiger I tank | 2014-2015 | |
| Girls und Panzer: der Film | Oarai and Kuromorimine Girls Academy | Mounted on all German WWII tanks | 2015 |
| Brave Witches | Mounted in Panzer IV tanks | 2016-2017 | |
| Izetta: The Last Witch | mounted on Germanian tanks | 2016 | |
| Joker Game | mounted on Germans tanks | 2016 | |
| Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 1 | Mounted on Panzer IV Ausf. H, Jagdpanzer 38(t) Hetzer, and Tiger | 2017 | |
| Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 2 | Mounted on Panzer IV Ausf. H, Panther and Tiger | 2019 | |
| Strike Witches: Road to Berlin | Mounted in Ratte and Tiger I tanks | 2020 | |
| Girls und Panzer das Finale: Part 3 | Mounted on Germans tanks | 2021 | |
| Macross Δ Movie: Absolute Live!!!!!! | Mounted on Panzer II tank | 2021 |
Animation
| Title | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| What If...? - Season 1 | Mounted on Pz.VI "Tiger"; "What If... Captain Carter Were The First Avenger?" | 2021 |