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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
(Production: 1936 – 1945)
- Type: Machine Gun
- Country of Origin: Nazi Germany
- Caliber: 7.92mm
- Cartridge: 7.92x57mm Mauser
- Weight: 26.7 lbs (12.1 kg)
- Length: 48 in (121.9 cm)
- Barrel length: 24.7 in (62.7 cm)
- Capacity: 50 round belt drum, 75 round twin drum (with replacement receiver cover), belt (typically issued as 50 or 250 round)
- 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:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fighting Film Collection No. 1 (Boyevoy kinosbornik No. 1) | German soldiers | In documentary footage | 1941 | |
| Our Girls (Nashi devushki) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle. | 1942 | |
| 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 | ||||
| A Good Lad (Slavnyy malyy) | German soldiers | 1943 | ||
| Invincible (Nepobedimye) | German and Soviet soldiers | 1943 | ||
| In the Name of the Fatherland (Vo imya Rodiny) | 1943 | |||
| Native Shores (Rodnye berega) | German soldiers | 1943 | ||
| The Front (1943) | 1943 | |||
| The Marine Battalion (Morskoy batalion) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1944 | |
| 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 | ||
| 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 | |
| Zigmund Kolosovskiy | German soldiers | Mostly on tripod | 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 | |
| The Secret Brigade (Konstantin Zaslonov) | German soldiers, Soviet partisans | 1949 | ||
| Little Partisan (Malý partyzán) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1950 | |
| Breakthrough | German soldiers | with Gurtrommel | 1950 | |
| Decision Before Dawn | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1951 | |
| The Unforgettable Year 1919 (Nezabyvaemyy 1919 god) | On tripod; seen in Whites headquarters | 1951 | ||
| Action B (Akce B) | UPA fighters | Belt-fed. | 1952 | |
| Paratrooper | German soldiers | 1953 | ||
| 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 | |
| Canal (Kanal) | A Polish insurgent | 1957 | ||
| 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. | |||
| The Last Salvo (Posledniye zalpy) | Mikhail Kozakov | Starshina Gorbachyov | 1960 | |
| Spring (Kwiecien) | German soldiers | Located in the German bunker. | 1961 | |
| Peace to Him Who Enters (Mir vkhodyashchemu) | Belt-fed. Seen abandoned | 1961 | ||
| Operation Caviar | German soldiers | mounted on a Volkswagen Type 166 Schwimmwagen | 1961 | |
| There Beyond the Forest (Tam za lesem) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1962 | |
| Bells Without Joy (Carillons sans joie) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1962 | |
| The Four Days of Naples | German soldiers | 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 Gurttrommel 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 Living and the Dead (Zhivye i Myortvye) | Russian soldiers | 1964 | ||
| Attack and Retreat (Italiani brava gente) | Italian soldiers | 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 | |
| Across the Cemetery (Cherez kladbishche) | German soldiers | On tripod | 1965 | |
| The Heroes of Telemark | German soldiers | 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 | |
| Zhenya, Zhenechka and "katyusha" | German soldiers | 1967 | ||
| Krepkiy oreshek | German soldiers | 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 Shield and the Sword (Shchit i mech) | Georgiy Martynyuk | Aleksey Zubov alias Alois Hagen | 1968 | |
| German soldiers | ||||
| 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 Gurttrommel 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 | ||||
| The Battle of Neretva | German troops, Ustasha, chetniks and partisans | 1969 | ||
| Ljubisa Samardzic | Novak | |||
| The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter) | German soldiers | 1970 | ||
| 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 | |
| Poem of Kovpak: Alarm (Duma o Kovpake: Nabat) | German soldiers and Soviet partisans | 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 | |
| Chained Drivers (Okovani šoferi) | Veljko Mandic | Kosta | 1975 | |
| Viktor Pavlov | Feldwebel Ramke | |||
| German soldiers, Yugoslavian partisans | ||||
| Poem of Kovpak: Snow-Storm (Duma o Kovpake: Buran) | German soldiers and Soviet partisans | 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 | |
| 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 (1976) | 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 |
| One-Two, Soldiers Were Going... | German soldiers | Mounted on motorcycle | 1977 | |
| Soldier of Orange | German soldiers | 1977 | ||
| Front Beyond the Front Line (Front za liniey fronta) | German soldiers | 1977 | ||
| Night Over Chile (Noch nad Chili) | Chilean soldiers | On bipod and tripod | 1977 | |
| The Ascent (Voskhozhdeniye) | German soldiers | On tripod | 1977 | |
| Sokolovo | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1978 | |
| The Liberation of Prague | Germans, Czech insurgents, and Soviet troops | Belt-fed. | 1978 | |
| Special Destination Force (Otryad osobogo naznacheniya) | German soldiers | 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 | |
| Escape to Athena | German soldiers | 1979 | ||
| Hanover Street | 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 | |||
| 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 | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga) | German and Soviet soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1981 | |
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Billy Horrigan | Gunner | Mounted on Gobler's car | 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 | |
| Start Liquidation (Pristupit k likvidatsii) | 1983 | |||
| Les Morfalous | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1984 | |
| Top Secret! | East German soldiers | Mounted on the car | 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 Dirty Dozen: Next Mission | A German soldier | 1985 | ||
| Counter-offensive (Kontrudar) | German soldiers | 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 | ||
| Steal the Sky | 1988 | |||
| 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 | ||
| A Midnight Clear | 1992 | |||
| To Go and Not Return (Poyti i ne vernutsya) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycles | 1992 | |
| Schindler's List | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle side car. | 1993 | |
| Stalingrad (1993) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 1993 | |
| Les Misérables | A German soldier | 1995 | ||
| Congo | Junta soldier | Belt-fed. | 1995 | |
| 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 | |
| Avalon | A single Class-B player | 2001 | ||
| In August of 1944 | Seen in village chairman house and on former battlefield | 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 | |
| The Star (Zvezda) (2002) | 2002 | |||
| Hart's War | 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 | |
| Rose Street | SS soldiers | 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 Gurttrommel 34. | 2008 | |
| Valkyrie | German soldier | Belt-fed. | 2008 | |
| Winter in Wartime | German soldier | Belt-fed. Mounted on vehicle and motorcycle. | 2008 | |
| Defiance (2008) | with Gurttrommel 34 | 2008 | ||
| Death Race (2008) | with Gurttrommel 34 | 2008 | ||
| The Bridge (2008) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2008 | |
| Crossfire (Les Insoumis) | In the warehouse of weapons | 2008 | ||
| U-900 | German soldiers | on tripod | 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 | |
| Brother's War | A German soldier | 2009 | ||
| Dnieper Line: Love and War | German soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Lieutenant Suvorov | Aleksandr Lyapin | Lt. Aleksandr Suvorov | 2009 | |
| German and Soviet soldiers | ||||
| Degraded Officer (Razzhalovannyi) | German soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Spoils of War | 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 | |
| What Men Talk About (O chyom govoryat muzhchiny) | German soldiers | 2010 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 Gurttrommel 34. | 2011 |
| Vlad Furman | Capt. Aleksandr Baragozov | |||
| German soldiers | ||||
| Death Race 2 | 2011 | |||
| Memorial Day | German soldiers | 2011 | ||
| War of the Dead | 2011 | |||
| Red Tails | German troops | Belt-fed. Twin AA mount & mount on halftrack | 2012 | |
| Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed | German soldiers | Belt-fed and with Gurttrommel 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 | |
| Run Boy Run | German soldiers | mounted on motorcycles | 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 | |
| The Monuments Men | 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 | ||
| Battle for Sevastopol | German soldiers | 2015 | ||
| 13 Minutes | German soldiers | with Gurtrommel | 2015 | |
| Rogue One: A Star Wars Story | Death Trooper | Modified. Heavy Death Trooper Blaster. | 2016 | |
| Allied | German soldiers | Seen mounted on a halftrack | 2016 | |
| Anthropoid | German soldiers / SS soldiers | 2016 | ||
| Panfilov's 28 (28 panfilovtsev) | German soldiers | 2016 | ||
| Overlord (2018) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on a half-track. | 2018 | |
| To Paris! (Na Parizh) | Daniil Vakhrushev | Volkssturmmann Walter Doring | 2019 | |
| Persian Lessons | Jonas Nay | SS-Rottenführer Max Beyer | Mounted on a motorcycle | 2020 |
| Red Notice | 2021 | |||
| Narvik: Hitler's First Defeat | German soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2022 | |
| Sisu | 2023 | |||
| Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny | 2023 |
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 | |
| Long Road in the Dunes (Ilgais cels kapas) | German soldiers | With Gurttrommel 34. Ep.4,5 | 1982 | |
| 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 | |
| Bergerac - Season 4 | German soldiers | With Gurttrommel 34. "Sins of the Fathers" (S04E08) | 1985 | |
| Nancy Wake (1987) | German soldiers | Belt-fed. Mounted on motorcycle. | 1987 | |
| Special Operations Squad (Otryad spetsyalnogo naznacheniya) | German soldiers, Soviet partisans | With Gurttrommel 34. | 1987 | |
| Sahara | Alan David Lee | Bates | With Gurttrommel 34. | 1995 |
| Band of Brothers | Belt-fed. Ep. 1 "Currahee" | 2001 | ||
| Peep Show (TV Series) | 2003 | |||
| The Penal Battalion | 2004 | |||
| 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 Gurttrommel 34. Mounted on a tripod. | 2013 | |
| Spies (Razvedchitsy) | Anatoliy Rudenko | Vladimir Semyonov | Belt-fed. | 2013 |
| German soldiers, Polish partisans | ||||
| Red Mountains (Krasnye gory) | Nazi German soldiers | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2013 | |
| Ash (Pepel) | German soldiers | With Gurttrommel 34. Mounted on motorcycle and Kettenkrad half-track motorcycle | 2013 | |
| Front | German soldiers | With Gurttrommel 34. Mounted on motorcycles | 2014 | |
| The Interpreter (Perevodchik) | German soldiers and Hilfspolizei | With Gurttrommel 34. Mounted on motorcycles | 2014 | |
| Bitch War (Suchya voyna) | With Gurttrommel 34. Mounted on motorcycles | 2014 | ||
| Naked Among Wolves | SS soldiers | Belt-fed. | 2015 | |
| The Executioner (Palach) | German soldiers | With Gurttrommel 34. Mounted on motorcycles | 2015 | |
| Hunting the Devil (Okhota na dyavola) | SS guards | With Gurttrommel 34. One on tripod and another one mounted on motorcycle | 2017 | |
| Bosch - Season 4 | Belt-fed. Seen in the armory. | 2018 | ||
| One Warrior in the Field (Odin v pole voin) | Aleksandr Sokolovskiy | Capt. Andrey Perevezyev | With Gurttrommel 34. On motorcycle | 2018 |
| German soldiers | With Gurttrommel 34. On motorcycles and an armored car. | |||
| Black Pea Coats (Chyornye bushlaty) | Ivan Lapin | Kesha | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2018 |
| Mantis Jump (Pryzhok Bogomola) | A German soldier | Belt-fed. Mounted on a motorcycle | 2019 | |
| The Last Battle (Posledniy boy) | Igor Petrusenko | Igor Runge | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2019 |
| Vladimir Gorislavets | Yashka | With Gurttrommel 34. | ||
| German soldiers | With Gurttrommel 34. On motorcycles and an armored car | |||
| Subject to Destruction (Podlezhit unichtozheniyu) | German soldiers | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2019 | |
| The Mandalorian - Season 1 | Modified. DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle. | 2019 | ||
| The Mandalorian - Season 2 | Stormtrooper | Modified. DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle. | 2020 | |
| Andor | Modified. DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle. | 2022 | ||
| SAS Rogue Heroes | Italian soldier | With Gurttrommel 34. Mounted to Sd.Kfz.251 AFV | 2022 | |
| The Mandalorian - Season 3 | Modified. BlasTech DC-15A Blaster Rifle. | 2023 |
Video game
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden & Dangerous | With Gurttrommel 34. | 1999 | ||
| World War II Online: Battleground Europe | MG34 | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2001-2011 | |
| Indiana Jones and the Emperor's Tomb | Belt-fed. | 2003 | ||
| The Great Escape (2003) | Belt-fed. | 2003 | ||
| Day of Defeat | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2003 | ||
| Forgotten Hope | MG34 | With Gurttrommel 34. Portable and mounted in the turrets of armored vehicles. | 2003 | |
| Call of Duty: United Offensive | MG34 | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2004 | |
| Soldiers: Heroes of World War II | 2004 | |||
| Call of Duty 2: Big Red One | "MG34" | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2005 | |
| Call of Duty 3 | MG34 | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2006 | |
| Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 | MG34 | With Gurttrommel 34. Portable and mounted in the turrets of armored vehicles. | 2006 | |
| Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 | MG34 | With Gurttrommel 34. Portable and mounted in the turrets of armored vehicles. | 2006 | |
| Forgotten Hope 2 | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2007 | ||
| Call of Duty: World at War | Belt-fed. In archival footage. Wehrmacht soldiers firing a MG 34. | 2008 | ||
| Mare Nostrum | "MG34 Machine Gun" | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2007 | |
| 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 Bad Company 2: Vietnam, Mounted on T54 tanks and GAZ69 trucks | 2010 | ||
| Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad | Portable with Gurttrommel 34 and Patronentrommel 34. Stationary on a Lafate 34 tripod. | 2011 | ||
| Dino D-Day | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2011 | ||
| Deadfall Adventures | MG-34 | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2013 | |
| Payday 2 | "Buzzsaw 42" | With Gurttrommel 34. As a modified MG 42; added in Gage Historical Pack (2014) / Mounted on Lafette 34 tripod | 2013 | |
| Company of Heroes 2 | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2013 | ||
| Assassin's Creed Unity | With Gurttrommel 34 & 5mm shield & anti-aircraft sight | 2014 | ||
| World of Guns: Gun Disassembly | MG 34 | With Gurttrommel 34. Can be mounted on a BMW motorcycle. | 2014 | |
| Star Wars Battlefront | Modified. BlasTech DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle. | 2015 | ||
| Heroes & Generals | MG34 | Portable with Gurttrommel 34. And mounted in armored vehicle turrets with Patronentrommel 34. | 2016 | |
| Star Wars Battlefront II | Modified. BlasTech DLT-19 Heavy Blaster Rifle, DLT-19X and DLT-19D Targeting Rifles. | 2017 | ||
| Day of Infamy | MG 34 | with 50 round drum | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2017 |
| Raid: World War II | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2017 | ||
| Battlefield V | Belt-fed and with Patronentrommel 34. | 2018 | ||
| Squad 44: Letters From The Front | "MG 34" | With Gurttrommel 34assault drum infantry configuration, Lafette and vehicle mounted. | 2018 | |
| Caliber | 2019 | |||
| Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019) | MG34 | With Gurttrommel 34 | 2019 | |
| World of Warships: Legends | With Gurttrommel 34 | 2019 | ||
| Enlisted | "MG 34" | Belt-fed, Gurttrommel 34. | 2021 | |
| "MG 34 Patronentrommel" | Belt-fed, Patronentrommel 34. | |||
| "7.92 mm MG34 machine gun" | On the roof of tanks, with anti-aircraft sight; On a motorcycle. | |||
| "MG34" | In a Lafette 34 tripod. | |||
| Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront | Belt-fed, Gurttrommel 34 and Patronentrommel 34; In a Lafate 34 tripod. | 2021 | ||
| Land of War: The Beginning | With Patronentrommel 34. | 2021 | ||
| Battlefield 2042 | With Patronentrommel 34. | 2021 |
Anime
| Title | Character | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro | Jodo | With Gurttrommel 34. | 1979 |
| Seven Cities Story: Arctic Front | Aquironia soldier | Belt-fed. | 1994 |
| Geobreeders | With Gurttrommel 34. | 1998 | |
| Najica Blitz Tactics | Lady | With Gurttrommel 34. "Mission: 007 - The Murderous Bullet Shot with a Wry Smile". | 2001 |
| First Squad: The Moment of Truth | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2009 | |
| Strike Witches 2 | Hanna-Justina Marseille | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2010 |
| Strike Witches: Operation Victory Arrow | Hanna-Justina Marseille | With Gurttrommel 34. | 2014-2015 |
| Raisa Pöttgen | |||
| Edytha Neumann | |||
| Izetta: The Last Witch | Germania infantryman | Belt-fed and with Gurttrommel 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 |
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. The barrel shroud was introduced into the Army in 1941 and was systematically replaced in tanks. It was also installed in older models. About 50,000 units were produced by the end of the war.
Specifications
(Production: 1941 – 1945)
- Type: Machine Gun
- Country of Origin: Nazi Germany
- Caliber: 7.92mm
- Cartridge: 7.92x57mm Mauser
- Weight: 26.7 lbs (12.1 kg)
- Length: 48 in (121.9 cm)
- Barrel length: 24.7 in (62.7 cm)
- Capacity: 50 round belt drum, 75 round twin drum (with replacement receiver cover), belt (typically issued as 50 or 250 round)
- 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 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Allied Assault | 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 | Mounted in Tiger tanks | 2007 | ||
| Forgotten Hope 2 | Mounted in Germans 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 German tanks | 2009 | ||
| Wolfenstein | Mounted on Tiger tanks | 2009 | ||
| Civilization V | Mounted on Tiger tanks | 2010 | ||
| Red Orchestra 2: Heroes of Stalingrad | mounted on German Tanks | 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 German 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 German tanks. | 2017 | ||
| Battlefield V | stationary with 75 round magazine and mounted in German vehicles. | 2018 | ||
| Squad 44: Letters From The Front | mounted on German tanks | 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 tanks | 2021 | ||
| Enlisted | "7.92 mm MG34 machine gun" | mounted on German tanks | 2021 | |
| Sniper Elite 5 | mounted on German tanks | 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 |
MG 34/41
Already in 1937, it was decided to replace the MG 34 due to the time-consuming manufacturing process and the sheer costs. A competition for the design of a new machine gun was announced. The competition was joined by companies such as the then little-known Großfuß. And Rheinmetall, where Louis Stange worked and designed the MG 34 . The Großfuß company presented the MG 39 model, and the Rheinmetall company presented the MG 39 Rh model. At the very beginning, they decided to abandon the MG 39 Rh model due to the fact that it operated on the principle of gas discharge through a side hole in the barrel. Therefore, Großfuß was commissioned for further development work. Louis Stange did not want to give up and decided to adapt his MG 34 model to competition standards. This is how the MG 34S (S-schnell / fast) was created and presented to the committee. Due to the achievements of Louis Stange, it was decided to give the rifle for testing under the military designation MG 34/41 and the Großfuß rifle under the designation MG 39/41, and both rifles were sent to the Eastern Front. From the very beginning, the MG 34/41 did not perform well. However, the MG 39/41 performed perfectly. It was decided to introduce the MG 39/41 model into mass production under the designation MG 42. And further development work on the MG 34/41 was suspended.
MG 34/41 - compared to the MG 34, it had a higher rate of fire up to 1,200 shots per minute. A shortened barrel and the possibility of feeding only from belts and a Gurtrommel 34 magazine. The structure was simplified to reduce production costs. It only fires with automatic fire. To simplify the design, the ability to change the mode has been removed.
Specifications
(Production: 1939 – 1942)
- Type: Machine Gun
- Country of Origin: Nazi Germany
- Caliber: 7.92mm
- Cartridge: 7.92x57mm Mauser
- Weight: 24.3 lbs (11 kg)
- Length: 44.3 in (112.4 cm)
- Barrel length: 19.8 in (50.2 cm)
- Capacity: Belt-fed, Gurtrommel 34 - 50 round belt drum magazine.
- Rate of fire: 1200 rpm
The MG 34/41 and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Video Games
| Title | Appears as | Mods | Notes | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forgotten Hope 2 | "Maschinengewehr 34/41" | Added in v2.64 "Compagnons" (2024) | 2007 |