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MG42 machine gun
URI:
https://gptkb.org/entity/MG42_machine_gun
GPTKB entity
Statements (139)
Predicate
Object
gptkbp:instanceOf
shooting
gptkbp:action
recoil-operated
gptkbp:barrelLength
530 mm (21 in)
gptkbp:cartridge
gptkb:7.92×57mm_Mauser
gptkbp:designer
gptkb:Metall_und_Lackierwarenfabrik_Johannes_Großfuß_AG
gptkbp:feedSystem
belt-fed
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
MG42 machine gun
gptkbp:influenced
gptkb:MG3_machine_gun
gptkb:FN_MAG
gptkb:M60_machine_gun
gptkbp:introducedIn
1942
gptkbp:length
1,220 mm (48 in)
gptkbp:nickname
gptkb:Hitler's_buzzsaw
gptkbp:notableFor
high rate of fire
gptkbp:origin
gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:predecessor
gptkb:MG34_machine_gun
gptkbp:rateOfFire
1,200–1,500 rounds/min
gptkbp:successor
gptkb:MG3_machine_gun
gptkbp:usedBy
gptkb:Bulgarian_Army
gptkb:Croatian_Home_Guard
gptkb:Albanian_Army
gptkb:Bosnian_Army
gptkb:Estonian_Army
gptkb:Israeli_Army
gptkb:Latvian_Army
gptkb:French_Army
gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkb:Romanian_Army
gptkb:Turkish_Army
gptkb:West_German_Army
gptkb:Bundeswehr
gptkb:Greek_Army
gptkb:Italian_Army
gptkb:Danish_Army
gptkb:Lithuanian_Army
gptkb:Swiss_Army
gptkb:Austrian_Army
gptkb:Finnish_Army
gptkb:Hungarian_Army
gptkb:Kriegsmarine
gptkb:Russian_Army
gptkb:Soviet_Army
gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkb:Czechoslovak_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:French_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Serbian_Army
gptkb:Soviet_Red_Army_(captured)
gptkb:Spanish_Army
gptkb:Egyptian_Army
gptkb:Albanian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Albanian_partisans_(captured)
gptkb:Austrian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Belarusian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Belgian_Army_in_exile_(captured)
gptkb:Belgian_Resistance_(captured)
gptkb:Bosnian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Bulgarian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Bulgarian_partisans_(captured)
gptkb:Bundeswehr_(postwar)
gptkb:Canadian_Army_(captured)
gptkb:Croatian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Czechoslovak_Army_in_exile_(captured)
gptkb:Danish_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Danish_Army_in_exile_(captured)
gptkb:Danish_Resistance_(captured)
gptkb:Dutch_Army_in_exile_(captured)
gptkb:Egyptian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Estonian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Finnish_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Free_French_Forces_(captured)
gptkb:French_Army_in_exile_(captured)
gptkb:Greek_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Greek_Army_in_exile_(captured)
gptkb:Greek_partisans_(captured)
gptkb:Hungarian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Hungarian_partisans_(captured)
gptkb:Israeli_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Latvian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Lebanese_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Lithuanian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Luxembourg_Army_in_exile_(captured)
gptkb:Luxembourg_Resistance_(captured)
gptkb:New_Zealand_Army_(captured)
gptkb:Norwegian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Norwegian_Army_in_exile_(captured)
gptkb:Norwegian_Resistance_(captured)
gptkb:Polish_Army_in_exile_(captured)
gptkb:Polish_Home_Army_(captured)
gptkb:Romanian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Romanian_partisans_(captured)
gptkb:Russian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Serbian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Slovak_partisans_(captured)
gptkb:Slovenian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:South_African_Army_(captured)
gptkb:Soviet_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Swiss_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Syrian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Turkish_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Ukrainian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:West_German_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Yugoslav_Army_in_exile_(captured)
gptkb:Yugoslav_partisans_(captured)
gptkb:Volkssturm
gptkb:Italian_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Yugoslav_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Croatian_Army
gptkb:Lebanese_Army
gptkb:Norwegian_Army
gptkb:Polish_Army
gptkb:Portuguese_Army
gptkb:Slovak_Army
gptkb:Slovenian_Army
gptkb:Syrian_Army
gptkb:Ukrainian_Army
gptkb:Yugoslav_People's_Army
gptkb:Czechoslovak_Army
gptkb:East_German_Army
gptkb:Polish_Army_(postwar)
gptkb:Belarusian_Army
gptkb:British_Army_(captured)
gptkb:Finnish_Army_(captured)
gptkb:Italian_partisans_(captured)
gptkb:Soviet_partisans_(captured)
gptkb:East_German_Army_(postwar)
Luftwaffe
French Resistance (captured)
US Army (captured)
Australian Army (captured)
Dutch Resistance (captured)
Indian Army (captured)
Polish Armed Forces in the West (captured)
many postwar armies
gptkbp:usedIn
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:weight
11.6 kg (25.6 lb)
gptkbp:bfsParent
gptkb:MG3_machine_gun
gptkb:Sd.Kfz._251
gptkb:Sd.Kfz._251_half-track
gptkbp:bfsLayer
6