MG 42

The MG42 was the World War 2 upgrade of the MG34. Though a different enough design to merit being listed as a different gun, the MG42 was an attempt by Wartime Germany to create a crew served machine gun that was easier to manufacture. The MG42 used stampings whereas the MG34 was a finely machined gun, thus slow to produce in large quantities. It was chambered in 7.92x57mm Mauser aka 8mm Mauser also tested after the war in .30-06 at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Maryland.

Trivia: The MG42 TMH is used in the Iranian LP26 Flare Pistol

MG42

Specifications

MG42 Light Machine Gun 7.92x57mm Mauser

MG42 Light Machine Gun.

• Caliber: 7.92x57mm Mauser, .30-06

• Length: 48 inches

• Barrel Length: 20.18 inches

• Weight: Gun: 25.50 pounds

• Muzzle Velocity: 2475 feet per second

• Maximum range: is 3,500 meters

• Maximum effective range: is 914 meters

• Cyclic rate of fire: 1200-1350 rounds per minute

The MG42 machine gun appears in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

• German soldiers and Soviet soldiers in Brother's War (2009)

• German soldiers during an ambush in Darby's Rangers (1958)

• German soldiers and Audie Murphy as himself in To Hell and Back

• German soldiers in A Bridge Too Far

• Tommy Lee Jones as Mitch Garnett in The Park is Mine

• Used as part of the M56 Smart Guns in Aliens

• German prison guards in The Great Escape

• Valkyrie

• Fistful of Dynamite (1971)

• German soldiers in The Longest Day (1963)

• German soldiers in The Bridge at Remagen (1969)

• German soldiers in The Devil's Brigade (1968)

• German soldiers in Saving Private Ryan

• Martin Balsam as Bennett in Death Wish 3

Television

• Weaponology
• German soldiers in Band of Brothers

• German soldiers in Combat!

• German soldiers in Rat Patrol

Video Games

• Battlefield: 1942 (mounted on german,japanese,soviet vehicle & on sand bag)

• Call of Duty

• Call of Duty: United Offensive

• Call of Duty: Finest Hour

• Call of Duty: Big Red One

• Call of Duty 2

• Call of Duty 3

• Call of Duty: World at War

• Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts

• Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45

• Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (MG42 mounted) and in two expansion pack.(Spearhead and Breakthrough Expansion Pack)

• Medal of Honor: Frontline

• Medal of Honor: Infiltrator

• Day Of Defeat: Source

• Mafia 2

• Call of Duty: World at War

• Return to Castle Wolfenstein (MG42 mounted)

• Sniper Elite

• Silent Storm

• Wolfenstein (MG42 mounted, and as part of the fictional Particle Cannon)

Anime

• Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade

MG3

The MG3 is the modern rendition of the MG42 machine gun. Changes include a chrome-lined barrel, a new friction ring buffer, an improved feeding mechanism, recalibrated sights and NATO compatibility.[1] The MG3 is chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO.

Specifications

MG3 Light Machine Gun in 7.62x51mm NATO

MG3 Light Machine Gun.

• Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO

• Length: 48.22 inches

• Barrel Length: 22.24 inches

• Weight:
• :Gun: 25 pounds
• :Tripod: 36 pounds
• :Total: 61 pounds

• Muzzle Velocity: 2,690 feet per second

• Maximum range: is 3,500 meters

• Maximum effective range: is 1,200 meters

• Cyclic rate of fire: 700-800 or 1100-1200 rounds per minute depending on the Booster and Bolt

The MG3 machine gun appears in the following films and video games used by the following actors:

Film

• Used by Sailor (Randall 'Tex' Cobb) while in the Huey helicopter in Uncommon Valor

• Mounted on Jeeps in Hotel Rwanda

• Hatcher's men in Rundown, The
• Czech soldiers in The Living Daylights

Video Games

Game Title	Appears as	Mods	Notation	Release Date
Steel Beasts	MG3A1		Mounted on Leopard 2A4 tanks	2000
Battlefield: Bad Company				2008
Counter-Strike Online	Terminator	Christmas Special		2009
Socom Confrontation				2008

Anime

• Rico in Gunslinger Girl

• CANAAN

Cetme Ameli 5.56

Cetme Ameli 5.56 Light Machine Gun - 5.56x45mm. Basically a miniaturized version of the the full sized MG42/MG3 with some modern design changes.

The Spanish version of the MG42/MG3 chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO / .223 Remington. It has been in service from 1982 to the present day.

Film

• RoboCop 2

Video Games

• SOCOM: Confrontation