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| - Fighting somewhere between Frankenberg and Arnsberg, Gustav Hozzel heard a familiar sound, that of a giant tearing heavy canvas, which only an MG42 made. He crawled towards the sound expecting some German Emergency Militiamen servicing the gun but found American soldiers doing a professional job with it. The Americans had found it in a warehouse along with crates of ammunition and put it to good use. This, and an American .50 caliber machine gun, managed to break a Soviet attack.
- The Maschinengewehr 42, or MG 42 for short, was the main German light and heavy machine gun (or General-purpose machine gun) used by the German forces from 1942 to 1945, the gun is developed to replace the MG 34, a less reliable weapon. It fires the 7.92x57mm Mauser round, same as the Kar 98, K43 and FG 42. The muzzle pressure of the MG 42 has been greatly increased, it could reach a rate of fire of 1200~1500 rounds per minute (one of the highest average rates of fire of any single-barreled machine gun in history). Due to its rate of fire and the design ofthe barrel, the MG 42 is often quickly overheat, the spare barrel is its standard equipment, the change of barrel is so quickly that an experienced operator can finish this in less than 10 seconds - much faster than most allied machinegun
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| - The Maschinengewehr 42, or MG 42 for short, was the main German light and heavy machine gun (or General-purpose machine gun) used by the German forces from 1942 to 1945, the gun is developed to replace the MG 34, a less reliable weapon. It fires the 7.92x57mm Mauser round, same as the Kar 98, K43 and FG 42. The muzzle pressure of the MG 42 has been greatly increased, it could reach a rate of fire of 1200~1500 rounds per minute (one of the highest average rates of fire of any single-barreled machine gun in history). Due to its rate of fire and the design ofthe barrel, the MG 42 is often quickly overheat, the spare barrel is its standard equipment, the change of barrel is so quickly that an experienced operator can finish this in less than 10 seconds - much faster than most allied machinegun of the time. The MG 42 was designed to be cheaper and easier to build that it's predecessor, the MG 34. Like the browning .30 cal machine gun used by the Americans, the MG 42 was operated by a crew of two or one soldiers and was renowned in American and British circles, with its distinctive 'saw cutting' sound always striking fear into the hearts of the troops, in many cases, people will go prone as soon as they hear the weapon opens fire, even it was not aiming at them. Due to its successful design, the MG 42 is rechambered in 7.62x51mm NATO, designated MG 3 and still in service in some NATO countries today.
- Fighting somewhere between Frankenberg and Arnsberg, Gustav Hozzel heard a familiar sound, that of a giant tearing heavy canvas, which only an MG42 made. He crawled towards the sound expecting some German Emergency Militiamen servicing the gun but found American soldiers doing a professional job with it. The Americans had found it in a warehouse along with crates of ammunition and put it to good use. This, and an American .50 caliber machine gun, managed to break a Soviet attack.
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