The MG 42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or "machine gun 42") is a German recoil-operated air-cooled general-purpose machine gun used extensively...

(GPMG). Both the MG 34 and MG 42 were erroneously nicknamed "Spandau" by Allied troops, a carryover from the World War I nickname for the MG 08, which was...

weapon's design is derived from the World War II era MG 42 that fired the 7.92×57mm Mauser round. The MG 3 was standardized in the late 1950s and adopted into...

The MG 45 (also known as the MG 42V) was a machine gun based on the MG 42, which was developed but not fielded in significant numbers by the German Army...

standard German aircraft gun as the MG 15 and MG 17. It is most notable as the design pattern that led to the MG 34 and MG 42, and thus is one of the major...

machine gun. Swiss MG 51, a direct descendant of the MG42. Swiss SIG MG 710-3 Swiss SIG MG 50 Austrian MG 74, a direct descendant of the MG 42/59 and since...

corporation) and boss of MG 42 and MG 45 chief designer Werner Gruner had fled to the West after World War II also held all the essential MG 42 patents and became...

successful World War II German MG 42 and its accessories. The first prototypes emerged in around 1944, and looked much like MG 42, although the shape of receiver...

The MG 08 (Maschinengewehr 08) is a heavy machine gun (HMG) which served as the standard HMG of the Imperial German Army during World War I. It was an...

better in the tight confines of an aircraft. The MG 30 was also the basis for the famed MG 34 and MG 42 designs; variants of the latter are still in service...

26 ZB vz. 30 ZB vz. 53 Madsen machine gun Schwarzlose M1907/12 MG 08 MG 30 MG 34 MG 42 Chauchat ZB vz. 60 Dshk (supplies from USSR 1945) Degtyaryov DP-27...

in 1957 to SIG MG 710) began in 1955 and its design was influenced by the MG 45, a late World War II development of the German MG 42 machine gun. These...

US Army engineers after the war. These, along with some aspects of the MG 42 general-purpose machine gun, are commonly reported to have been incorporated...

bolt with rollers. Notable examples of firearms using this method are the MG 42 general-purpose machine gun and the CZ 52 semi-automatic pistol. It was...

92×57mm Mauser MG 42 machine gun of World War II but has more in common with the MG 45 and its post-war variant, the West German 7.62×51mm NATO MG 3. However...

with 30°, 45°, 60° and 90° bends, a version for the StG 44 and one for the MG 42. Only the 30° "I" version for the StG 44 was produced in any numbers. The...

1935. It was superseded by the MG 34 and then later the MG 42. An unusual feature of the MG 13 was its double-crescent trigger, which provided select...

1 x 7.92mm MG 42 machine gun. This design featured an open-topped turret. Around 200 produced. 234/2 – 1 x 5 cm KwK 39 L/60 gun, 1 x MG 42. Employed a...

the well-known MG 42 general-purpose machine gun, the development of which was ordered by the Waffenamt after shortcomings of the MG 34 had been recognized...

the idea to flip the BAR action upside down and mate it with the proven MG 42 belt-feeding mechanism. The work was started in the late 1940s by Dieudonné...

The T24 machine gun was a prototype reverse engineered copy of the German MG 42 general-purpose machine gun developed during World War II as a possible...

A machine gun (MG) is a fully automatic and rifled firearm designed for sustained direct fire with rifle cartridges. Other automatic firearms such as automatic...

armament consists of a 7.62 mm MG 42/59 coaxial machine gun operated by the tank gunner or commander and an additional 7.62 mm MG 42/59 configured as an anti-aircraft...

partly derived from German guns of World War II (most notably the FG 42 and the MG 42), but it contained American innovations as well. The final evaluation...

MG Motor is an automotive brand owned by SAIC Motor, a Chinese state-owned carmaker based in Shanghai. It is a continuation of the original MG marque,...

artillery fire. In addition, the standard mounting of at least one MG 34 or MG 42 machine gun allowed the vehicle to provide suppressive fire for the...

recoiling of the floating barrels, somewhat like the action of the German MG-42. The Gast principle has been little used in the West, but was used on a...

50-round length coil of ammunition belt, is the MG 42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or "machine gun 42"), a 7.92×57mm Mauser general-purpose machine...

a name that had been used on earlier models such as the MG M-type, MG D-type, MG J-type and MG T-type. The first version, announced at the end of June...

viagem aos antigos estádios de América-MG, Atlético-MG e Cruzëiro em BH" [A trip to the old stadiums of América (MG), Atlético Mineiro and Cruzeiro in BH]...