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