The FG 42 (German: Fallschirmjägergewehr 42, "paratrooper rifle 42") is a selective-fire 7.92×57mm Mauser automatic rifle produced in Nazi Germany during...

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of an airborne operation, before heavier weapons like the MG-42 could be sent in. The FG-42 was a select fire rifle, which had a 20-round magazine that...

would minimize logistical problems. The German 7.92×57mm Mauser chambered FG 42 battle rifle/automatic rifle was one of the first inline firearms incorporating...

The FG 1250 or Fahr- und Zielgerät FG 1250 (driving and aiming device FG 1250) was a German active infrared night-vision device mounted on tanks and other...

and the SKS carbine, which employed simpler tilting bolt operation. The FG 42 is a selective fire automatic rifle or battle rifle produced in Germany...

42 and M53 CETME Ameli, Spanish GPMG FG 42 ShKAS machine gun, Soviet aircraft ordnance, only Allied machine gun that could fire faster than the MG 42...

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...

"WF-51: A Swiss Intermediate-Cartridge Copy of the FG-42". 5 August 2024. "WF-54: The Swiss FG-42 Scaled up to 7.5×55". 19 August 2024. warhistoryonline...

season, the Virginia Cavaliers. With Virginia, he posted a stellar 50% FG, 42% 3FG, 90% FT shooting season, but came up just .004 short in free throw...

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position showering it with a hail of lead. The Germans first developed the FG 42 for its paratroopers in the assault and later the Sturmgewehr 44 (StG 44)...

closed bolt) include: ArmaLite AR-100 - AR-101 and AR-102 CETME Model A FG 42 FN SCAR - Heat Adaptive Modular Rifle LWRC Infantry Automatic Rifle - M6A4...

began development of the selective-fire function which resulted in the FG 42 battle rifle developed in 1942 at the request of the German Air Force (Luftwaffe)...

machine gun and M249 SAW. American M60, which is based on the German FG 42 and uses the MG 42's feed system and stamp-steel construction. American M240, itself...

placed higher above the bore. The weapon has many parallels with the German FG 42 automatic rifle. Both feed from the left side, and both fire from an open...

at the Minnesota Military Museum at Fort Ripley Little Falls, Minnesota FG 42 List of Russian weaponry M1 Garand M1941 Johnson rifle Modern Firearms article...

McNab, Chris (2013). German Automatic Rifles 1941-45: Gew 41, Gew 43, FG 42 and StG 44. Osprey Publishing. p. 19. Grant, Niel (2015). Mauser Military...

on the Bren, which had the advantage of a changeable barrel. The German FG 42 paratrooper's rifle used the Lewis gun's gas assembly and bolt design which...

746 m/s Chris McNab (2013). German Automatic Rifles 1941–45: Gew 41, Gew 43, FG 42 and StG 44. Osprey Publishing. pp. 34 and 40. ISBN 978-1-78096-387-7. gives...

competitions McNab, Chris (2013). German Automatic Rifles 1941-45: Gew 41, Gew 43, FG 42 and StG 44. Osprey Publishing. p. 19. Grant, Niel (2015). Mauser Military...

Karabiner 98a and G98/40 version of the Hungarian 35M bolt-action rifles or the FG 42 automatic rifle A rather complicated aiming device was mounted to the left...

armed forces had issued a 7.92×57mm automatic (select fire) rifle, the FG 42, in limited numbers, but the heavy recoil of the round made it difficult...

(91–183 m) range of the typical submachine gun). After a false start with the FG 42, this led to the development of the Sturmgewehr 44 select-fire assault rifle...

with the Kg m/21 and Kg m/37 that was loaded from the left, similar to the FG 42. It had a rate of fire of 480 rounds per minute.  Finland Used some small...

made of brown leather in this period, although M1940 webbing differed. The FG-42 rifle was used heavily by units of the Fallschirmjäger. The RZ 20 Fallschirmjäger...

McNab, Chris (2013). German Automatic Rifles 1941–45: Gew 41, Gew 43, FG 42 and StG 44. Bloomsbury Publishing. ISBN 978-1-78096-387-7. Pegler, Martin...

on the left side.  Finland  North Korea  Spanish Republic  Soviet Union FG 42 M1918 Browning Automatic Rifle M1941 Johnson machine gun List of Russian...

M14 rifle. Examples of rifles considered to be battle rifles include the FG 42, Gewehr 43, FN FAL, Howa Type 64, and Desert Tech MDR. A sniper rifle is...

Chris (20 March 2013). German Automatic Rifles 1941-45: Gew 41, Gew 43, FG 42 and StG 44. Osprey Publishing. p. 13. ISBN 978-1-78096-385-3. Musgrave,...