The Maschinenkarabiner 42(H) or MKb 42(H) (machine carbine Model 1942 (Haenel)) was an early German assault rifle firing an intermediate round of World War II. Designed in 1940 – 1941 by Hugo Schmeisser working for C. G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik, several thousand were made and the gun was used on the Eastern Front in 1943.

The Maschinenkarabiner 42 (W) (German: "machine carbine model 1942 (Walther)" ) or MKb 42 (W) was an early German assault rifle designed in 1940-41 by Walther during World War II. The Mkb 42 (W), and the more successful Maschinenkarabiner 42 (H) designed by Haenel, were predecessors of the Sturmgewehr 44 (StG 44) assault rifle.

2024年11月27日 · It was a select-fire rifle chambered for the short 8x33mm cartridge, developed by the Polte company. It used a long-stroke gas piston and a tilting bolt patterned after the Czech ZB-26 light machine gun. What makes the MKb42(H) stand out from the later Sturmgewehr models is that it was an open-bolt design.

The Maschinenkarabiner 42(H) or MKb 42(H) (machine carbine Model 1942 (Haenel)) was an early German assault rifle firing an intermediate round of World War II. Designed in 1940-41 by Hugo Schmeisser working for C. G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik, several thousand were made and the gun was...

The MKb.42(H) is a gas operated, selective-fire weapon. It uses a long-stroke gas piston, located above the barrel in a long gas tube. Barrel locking is achieved by tipping the rear part of the bolt down into the locking recess, cut into the machined steel insert in the stamped steel receiver.

The Haenel MKb 42(H) was an assault rifle developed in Nazi Germany during World War II. It was chambered for 7.92x33mm ammunition. The MKb 42(H) was an evolutionary step to the development of the StG 44.[1]

2012年10月14日 · The MKb 42(H) was a selective-fire assault rifle, the precursor to the famous Sturmgewehr 44. Visually, the most distinctive difference between the two weapons is the difference between the lengths of the gas tubes on the two weapons, with the MKb featuring a slightly longer gas tube atop the barrel.

2021年5月30日 · So who and when captured the first German Maschinenkarabiner 42? Some Russian sources claim that the first MkB were captured back in March 1943. However, this information has yet to be confirmed by any documents.

The Maschinenkarabiner 1942, more commonly known as the MKb 42 (or MkB 42), is a prototype assault rifle design. Contracts for a rifle firing 7.92×33mm rounds were sent to both Haenel and Walther, who then cobbled up a design based on the given specifications.

By this time Haenel, was already developing the new closed-bolt version of the MKb 42 (H). It was christened the 'MP43/I', a misnomer if there ever was one, to camouflage its introduction as a machine pistol (‘MP’), which Hitler favoured.