The following is a list of World War II German Firearms which includes German firearms, prototype firearms and captured foreign firearms used by the Wehrmacht, Luftwaffe, Waffen-SS, Deutsches Heer, the Volkssturm and other military armed forces in World War II. • Seitengewehr 42. • Seitengewehr 98. • S84/98 III bayonet.

The MG 42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or "machine gun 42") is a German recoil-operated air-cooled general-purpose machine gun used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of World War II.

With its standard bipod it was a light machine gun, ideal for infantry assaults; mounted on its tripod it served as a sustained fire medium machine gun spewing bullets to a range of 3,829 yards. Between 1939 and 1945, Nazi Germany manufactured over 354,000 of this proven and effective weapon.

The MG 34 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 34, or "machine gun 34") is a German recoil-operated air-cooled general-purpose machine gun, first tested in 1929, introduced in 1934, and issued to units in 1936.

By the autumn of 1944, the Germans were fielding large numbers of MG-42s, one gun per 10-man squad. And while accuracy was not a shortcoming of the MG-42, the large quantities of ammunition it used, and its tendency to quickly overheat, certainly were.

2018年1月9日 · LMG:Light machine gun,轻机枪 一般是发配到班一级的机枪，和班组步兵用同样的子弹的机枪，两脚架和大容量弹鼓或者弹链，重枪管可以保持更长时间射击不过热，同理还有HMG，Heavy machine gun 重机枪，一般车载或者用三脚架，发配到连级以上，子弹起码全威力步枪弹以上，12.7或者14.5也可以，除了用来拆人，更可以用来拆房子，主要是一个人搬不动。 GPMG-通用机枪general purpose machine gun，一般使用全威力步枪弹，拆了三脚架可以当轻 …

2025年1月10日 · MG42, German general-purpose machine gun, used as a standard weapon by many armies around the world. The MG42 was designed in Germany in 1938, and it was placed in action on all fronts by mid-1942. Its original calibre was 7.92 mm, but when West Germany entered the North Atlantic Treaty.

2024年8月14日 · The new West German forces needed an LMG / HMG system, so re-chambering the unit into 7.62x51 NATO led to the new production of MG42s and the re-chambering of older war models. It is interesting to note that in many of these war models, they would have a mix of Nazi administration markings, as …

During World War II, the MG42 machine gun was a reliable and powerful symbol of German engineering. This article takes an in-depth look at this iconic firearm, covering its design, historical significance, operational capabilities, and its lasting impact on modern warfare.

2024年8月20日 · Captured in large numbers in 1940, the Germans issued the LMG 24/29 to many of their coastal defense, garrison, and anti-partisan units in France. In German service, it was known as the 7.5mm Maschinengewehr 116(f).