MG 42

GPTKB entity

Statements (87)

Predicate	Object
gptkbp:instance_of	gptkb:weapons
gptkbp:action	recoil-operated
gptkbp:barrel_length	533 mm
gptkbp:barrel_type	quick-change barrel belted ammunition
gptkbp:caliber	gptkb:7.92×57mm_Mauser
gptkbp:design	Heinrich Vollmer
gptkbp:design_influence	modern machine guns
gptkbp:feed_system	belt-fed
gptkbp:firing_mechanism	automatic
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label	MG 42
gptkbp:length	1,220 mm
gptkbp:mounting_options	tripod, vehicle-mounted, aircraft-mounted
gptkbp:muzzle_velocity	755 m/s
gptkbp:notable_feature	high rate of fire
gptkbp:notable_users	gptkb:Rwandan_Defence_Force gptkb:Eritrean_Defense_Forces gptkb:Libyan_Army gptkb:Niger_Armed_Forces gptkb:Polish_Armed_Forces gptkb:Qatari_Army gptkb:Sudanese_Armed_Forces gptkb:Gabonese_Armed_Forces gptkb:Nigerian_Armed_Forces gptkb:Namibian_Defence_Force gptkb:Somali_National_Army gptkb:Chadian_Armed_Forces gptkb:Finnish_Army gptkb:South_African_Defence_Force gptkb:Bundeswehr gptkb:Israeli_Defense_Forces gptkb:Egyptian_Army gptkb:Ghana_Armed_Forces gptkb:South_African_National_Defence_Force gptkb:Omani_Army gptkb:Bahraini_Army gptkb:Malian_Armed_Forces gptkb:Ethiopian_National_Defense_Force gptkb:United_Arab_Emirates_Armed_Forces gptkb:Burundian_National_Defence_Force gptkb:Central_African_Armed_Forces gptkb:Croatian_Army gptkb:Djiboutian_Armed_Forces gptkb:Kuwaiti_Army gptkb:Saudi_Arabian_Armed_Forces gptkb:Angolan_Armed_Forces gptkb:Syrian_Army gptkb:Serbian_Army gptkb:Somali_Armed_Forces gptkb:Zimbabwe_National_Army gptkb:Iraqi_Army gptkb:Jordanian_Army gptkb:Sierra_Leone_Armed_Forces gptkb:Equatorial_Guinea_Armed_Forces gptkb:Burkina_Faso_Armed_Forces gptkb:Liberian_Armed_Forces gptkb:Zambian_Defence_Force gptkb:Mozambican_Armed_Forces gptkb:Algerian_Army gptkb:South_Sudan_People's_Defense_Forces gptkb:Tanzanian_People's_Defence_Force gptkb:Yemeni_Army Ivory Coast Armed Forces Cameroonian Armed Forces Democratic Republic of the Congo Armed Forces Republic of the Congo Armed Forces Zaire Armed Forces
gptkbp:origin	gptkb:Nazi_Germany
gptkbp:production_years	1942-1945
gptkbp:range	1,200 m
gptkbp:rate_of_fire	1200 rounds per minute
gptkbp:recoil	short recoil
gptkbp:replaced_by	gptkb:MG_3
gptkbp:sights	iron sights
gptkbp:successor	gptkb:MG_3
gptkbp:used_by	gptkb:Wehrmacht gptkb:NATO_forces various paramilitary groups
gptkbp:used_in	gptkb:Gulf_War gptkb:Korean_War gptkb:Vietnam_War gptkb:World_War_II gptkb:Yugoslav_Wars
gptkbp:weight	11.5 kg
gptkbp:year_established	gptkb:1942
gptkbp:bfsParent	gptkb:The_German_Army_in_the_Second_World_War
gptkbp:bfsLayer	5