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gptkbp:instanceOf
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shooting
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gptkbp:action
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recoil-operated
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gptkbp:barrelLength
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530 mm (21 in)
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gptkbp:caliber
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gptkb:7.92×57mm_Mauser
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gptkbp:designer
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gptkb:Werner_Gruner
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gptkbp:feedSystem
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belt-fed
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gptkbp:fireModes
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fully automatic
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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MG 42 machine gun
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:FN_MAG
gptkb:M60_machine_gun
gptkb:MG_3
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gptkbp:introduced
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1942
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gptkbp:length
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1,220 mm (48 in)
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gptkbp:manufacturer
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gptkb:Metall_und_Lackierwarenfabrik_Johannes_Großfuß
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gptkbp:nickname
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gptkb:Hitler's_buzzsaw
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gptkbp:notableFor
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reliability
high rate of fire
ease of manufacture
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gptkbp:numberBuilt
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over 400,000
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gptkbp:origin
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gptkb:Nazi_Germany
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gptkbp:predecessor
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gptkb:MG_34
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gptkbp:rateOfFire
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1,200–1,500 rounds/min
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gptkbp:successor
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gptkb:MG_3
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gptkbp:touristAttraction
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iron sights
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gptkbp:usedBy
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gptkb:Wehrmacht
gptkb:Croatian_Armed_Forces
gptkb:Axis_powers
gptkb:Waffen-SS
gptkb:Italian_Social_Republic
gptkb:Finnish_Army_(captured)
gptkb:Yugoslav_Partisans_(captured)
gptkb:Algerian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Angolan_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Argentine_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Australian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Austrian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Belgian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Beninese_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Bolivian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Botswanan_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Brazilian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Burkinabe_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Burundian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Cameroonian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Canadian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Cape_Verdean_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Central_African_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Chadian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Chilean_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Colombian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Comorian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Congolese_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Czechoslovak_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Danish_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Djiboutian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Dutch_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Ecuadorian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Egyptian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Equatorial_Guinean_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Eritrean_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Ethiopian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Finnish_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:French_Army_(postwar,_as_AA-52_prototype)
gptkb:Gabonese_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Gambian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Ghanaian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Greek_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Guinea-Bissau_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Guinean_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Indian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Indonesian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Iranian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Iraqi_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Ivorian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Jordanian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Kenyan_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Lebanese_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Lesotho_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Liberian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Libyan_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Luxembourg_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Madagascan_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Malagasy_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Malawian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Malian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Mauritanian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Mauritian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Mexican_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Moroccan_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Mozambican_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Namibian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:New_Zealand_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Nigerian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Nigerien_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Norwegian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Pakistani_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Paraguayan_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Peruvian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Polish_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Portuguese_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Rwandan_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Sao_Tomean_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Saudi_Arabian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Senegalese_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Seychellois_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Somali_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:South_African_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:South_Korean_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Spanish_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/58)
gptkb:Sudanese_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Swazi_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Swedish_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Swiss_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_51,_influenced_design)
gptkb:Syrian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Taiwanese_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Tanzanian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Togolese_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Tunisian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Turkish_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:US_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Ugandan_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Uruguayan_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Venezuelan_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Vietnamese_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Yemeni_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Zambian_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:Zimbabwean_Army_(postwar,_as_MG_42/59)
gptkb:postwar_German_Bundeswehr_(as_MG_42/59_and_MG_3)
Israeli forces (captured)
Sierra Leone Army (postwar, as MG 42/59)
various countries post-WWII
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gptkbp:usedIn
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gptkb:World_War_II
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gptkbp:weight
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11.6 kg (25.6 lb)
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gptkbp:bfsParent
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gptkb:German_Army_Ordnance_Office
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gptkbp:bfsLayer
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6
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