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FG 42

2017-04-28T11:36:51Z

BasicReality: reconfigured call of duty 3

[[Image:FG421stPattern.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 with iron sights flipped up (no scope mounted), 1st pattern (metal buttstock and sharply-angled pistol grip) - 7.92x57mm Mauser‎]]
[[Image:Firearm FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 1st pattern with Zeiss ZF4 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|‎FG 42 7.92x57mm Mauser early version with ZF4 scope (top) and late-war version with ZFG42 scope (bottom)]]
[[Image:FG 42 II.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:1288256728.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model with bipod and bayonet deployed - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:FG 42 with ZFG 42.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model with bipod and ZFG42 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]

This automatic rifle was produced in limited numbers for the German Luftwaffe's ''Fallschirmjäger'' (paratrooper) units during the Second World War. The slim in-line design, coupled with the side mounted 20 round magazine made it one of the more distinctive designs of its era. Early models had a sharply angled pistol grip (the idea of which was to allow paratroopers to fire while descending, though it is unclear how successful this was in practice) and plastic furniture, while later models had a standard grip and wooden furniture. In addition the weapon could also be fitted with a ZF4 or ZFG42 scope. Both versions also featured an integral bipod and bayonet, the bayonet permanently mounted and deployed in a manner similar to that on the Russian [[SKS rifle]].

The FG42 was intended to be a universal weapon, merging the capabilities of a submachine gun, machine gun and precision rifle; designers complained they were being asked to make an "Eierlegende Wollmilchsau" (a egg-laying woolly dairy pig) and the Heer refused to participate in the program, stating that a gun meeting the Luftwaffe's requirements could only be found in utopia. In practice, the light weight of the FG42 coupled to use of a full-sized rifle round and offset magazine made fully-automatic fire extremely hard to manage and could severely damage the lightweight operating mechanism, and practical use was largely restricted to semi-auto. Captured FG42s were studied after the war by the US military, with one called T44 converted to belt feed using a side-mounted [[MG42]] feed cover and used to gather data which would ultimately be used to design the [[M60 Machine Gun]].

Semi-auto only copies are produced by HZA Kulmbach GmbH, known as BD-42/I (a copy of the early model) and BD-42/II (late model).

==Specifications==
(1943 – 1945)

* '''Type:''' Battle Rifle

* '''Caliber:''' 7.92 x 57mm Mauser

* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.2}}

* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|945}}

* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|500}}

* '''Capacity:''' 10 or 20

* '''Fire Modes:''' Safe / Semi / Auto

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{{Gun Title}}
=== Film ===
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[The Eagle Has Landed]]'' || . || German Fallschirmjäger || . || 1976
|-
| ''[[Memorial Day]]'' || . || German soldier || . || 2011
|-
|}

=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''As'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' || "FG42 Paratroop Rifle" || || Scoped || 2001
|-
| ''[[Battlefield: 1942]]'' || || Expansion pack "Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII" || || 2002
|-
| ''[[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty (2003)|Call of Duty]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
|-
| ''[[Day of Defeat]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || With and without ZF4 || FG42 Ausf. G || 2003
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || || 2003
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2005
|-
| ''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]'' || || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2005
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty 3]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || With and without ZF4 || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2006
|-
| ''[[Company of Heroes]]'' || || In one of the expansions || || 2006-2009
|-
| ''[[Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45]] || || With deployable bipod || || 2006
|-
| ''[[UberSoldier]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]'' || As the "FG42" || || || 2007
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'' || || || || 2008
|-
| ''[[Karma Online]]'' || "FG42" || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Enemy Front]]'' || FG42 || || Second Model|| 2014
|-
| ''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2016
|-
| ''[[Sniper Elite 4]]'' || FG 42 || Iron sights only || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2017
|-
| ''[[Day of Infamy]]'' || FG 42 || With and without ZF4 || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2017
|-
|}

=== Anime ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]'' || Kerberos members || . || 1998
|-
| ''[[Najica Blitz Tactics]]'' || || . || 2001
|-
|}

[[Category:Gun]]
[[Category:Rifle]]
[[Category:Battle Rifle]]

FG 42

2017-04-28T11:29:55Z

BasicReality:

[[Image:FG421stPattern.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 with iron sights flipped up (no scope mounted), 1st pattern (metal buttstock and sharply-angled pistol grip) - 7.92x57mm Mauser‎]]
[[Image:Firearm FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 1st pattern with Zeiss ZF4 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|‎FG 42 7.92x57mm Mauser early version with ZF4 scope (top) and late-war version with ZFG42 scope (bottom)]]
[[Image:FG 42 II.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:1288256728.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model with bipod and bayonet deployed - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:FG 42 with ZFG 42.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model with bipod and ZFG42 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]

This automatic rifle was produced in limited numbers for the German Luftwaffe's ''Fallschirmjäger'' (paratrooper) units during the Second World War. The slim in-line design, coupled with the side mounted 20 round magazine made it one of the more distinctive designs of its era. Early models had a sharply angled pistol grip (the idea of which was to allow paratroopers to fire while descending, though it is unclear how successful this was in practice) and plastic furniture, while later models had a standard grip and wooden furniture. In addition the weapon could also be fitted with a ZF4 or ZFG42 scope. Both versions also featured an integral bipod and bayonet, the bayonet permanently mounted and deployed in a manner similar to that on the Russian [[SKS rifle]].

The FG42 was intended to be a universal weapon, merging the capabilities of a submachine gun, machine gun and precision rifle; designers complained they were being asked to make an "Eierlegende Wollmilchsau" (a egg-laying woolly dairy pig) and the Heer refused to participate in the program, stating that a gun meeting the Luftwaffe's requirements could only be found in utopia. In practice, the light weight of the FG42 coupled to use of a full-sized rifle round and offset magazine made fully-automatic fire extremely hard to manage and could severely damage the lightweight operating mechanism, and practical use was largely restricted to semi-auto. Captured FG42s were studied after the war by the US military, with one called T44 converted to belt feed using a side-mounted [[MG42]] feed cover and used to gather data which would ultimately be used to design the [[M60 Machine Gun]].

Semi-auto only copies are produced by HZA Kulmbach GmbH, known as BD-42/I (a copy of the early model) and BD-42/II (late model).

==Specifications==
(1943 – 1945)

* '''Type:''' Battle Rifle

* '''Caliber:''' 7.92 x 57mm Mauser

* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.2}}

* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|945}}

* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|500}}

* '''Capacity:''' 10 or 20

* '''Fire Modes:''' Safe / Semi / Auto

-----
{{Gun Title}}
=== Film ===
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[The Eagle Has Landed]]'' || . || German Fallschirmjäger || . || 1976
|-
| ''[[Memorial Day]]'' || . || German soldier || . || 2011
|-
|}

=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''As'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' || "FG42 Paratroop Rifle" || || Scoped || 2001
|-
| ''[[Battlefield: 1942]]'' || || Expansion pack "Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII" || || 2002
|-
| ''[[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty (2003)|Call of Duty]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
|-
| ''[[Day of Defeat]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || With and without ZF4 || FG42 Ausf. G || 2003
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || || 2003
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2005
|-
| ''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]'' || || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2005
|-
| ''[[Company of Heroes]]'' || || In one of the expansions || || 2006-2009
|-
| ''[[Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45]] || || With deployable bipod || || 2006
|-
| ''[[UberSoldier]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty 3]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]'' || As the "FG42" || || || 2007
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'' || || || || 2008
|-
| ''[[Karma Online]]'' || "FG42" || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Enemy Front]]'' || FG42 || || Second Model|| 2014
|-
| ''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2016
|-
| ''[[Sniper Elite 4]]'' || FG 42 || Iron sights only || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2017
|-
| ''[[Day of Infamy]]'' || FG 42 || With and without ZF4 || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2017
|-
|}

=== Anime ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]'' || Kerberos members || . || 1998
|-
| ''[[Najica Blitz Tactics]]'' || || . || 2001
|-
|}

[[Category:Gun]]
[[Category:Rifle]]
[[Category:Battle Rifle]]

FG 42

2017-04-28T11:29:24Z

BasicReality: added Day of Infamy

[[Image:FG421stPattern.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 with iron sights flipped up (no scope mounted), 1st pattern (metal buttstock and sharply-angled pistol grip) - 7.92x57mm Mauser‎]]
[[Image:Firearm FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 1st pattern with Zeiss ZF4 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|‎FG 42 7.92x57mm Mauser early version with ZF4 scope (top) and late-war version with ZFG42 scope (bottom)]]
[[Image:FG 42 II.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:1288256728.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model with bipod and bayonet deployed - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:FG 42 with ZFG 42.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model with bipod and ZFG42 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]

This automatic rifle was produced in limited numbers for the German Luftwaffe's ''Fallschirmjäger'' (paratrooper) units during the Second World War. The slim in-line design, coupled with the side mounted 20 round magazine made it one of the more distinctive designs of its era. Early models had a sharply angled pistol grip (the idea of which was to allow paratroopers to fire while descending, though it is unclear how successful this was in practice) and plastic furniture, while later models had a standard grip and wooden furniture. In addition the weapon could also be fitted with a ZF4 or ZFG42 scope. Both versions also featured an integral bipod and bayonet, the bayonet permanently mounted and deployed in a manner similar to that on the Russian [[SKS rifle]].

The FG42 was intended to be a universal weapon, merging the capabilities of a submachine gun, machine gun and precision rifle; designers complained they were being asked to make an "Eierlegende Wollmilchsau" (a egg-laying woolly dairy pig) and the Heer refused to participate in the program, stating that a gun meeting the Luftwaffe's requirements could only be found in utopia. In practice, the light weight of the FG42 coupled to use of a full-sized rifle round and offset magazine made fully-automatic fire extremely hard to manage and could severely damage the lightweight operating mechanism, and practical use was largely restricted to semi-auto. Captured FG42s were studied after the war by the US military, with one called T44 converted to belt feed using a side-mounted [[MG42]] feed cover and used to gather data which would ultimately be used to design the [[M60 Machine Gun]].

Semi-auto only copies are produced by HZA Kulmbach GmbH, known as BD-42/I (a copy of the early model) and BD-42/II (late model).

==Specifications==
(1943 – 1945)

* '''Type:''' Battle Rifle

* '''Caliber:''' 7.92 x 57mm Mauser

* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.2}}

* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|945}}

* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|500}}

* '''Capacity:''' 10 or 20

* '''Fire Modes:''' Safe / Semi / Auto

-----
{{Gun Title}}
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[The Eagle Has Landed]]'' || . || German Fallschirmjäger || . || 1976
|-
| ''[[Memorial Day]]'' || . || German soldier || . || 2011
|-
|}

=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''As'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' || "FG42 Paratroop Rifle" || || Scoped || 2001
|-
| ''[[Battlefield: 1942]]'' || || Expansion pack "Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII" || || 2002
|-
| ''[[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty (2003)|Call of Duty]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
|-
| ''[[Day of Defeat]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || With and without ZF4 || FG42 Ausf. G || 2003
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || || 2003
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2005
|-
| ''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]'' || || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2005
|-
| ''[[Company of Heroes]]'' || || In one of the expansions || || 2006-2009
|-
| ''[[Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45]] || || With deployable bipod || || 2006
|-
| ''[[UberSoldier]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty 3]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]'' || As the "FG42" || || || 2007
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'' || || || || 2008
|-
| ''[[Karma Online]]'' || "FG42" || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Enemy Front]]'' || FG42 || || Second Model|| 2014
|-
| ''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2016
|-
| ''[[Sniper Elite 4]]'' || FG 42 || || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2017
|-
| ''[[Day of Infamy]]'' || FG 42 || With and without ZF4 || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2017
|-
|}

=== Anime ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]'' || Kerberos members || . || 1998
|-
| ''[[Najica Blitz Tactics]]'' || || . || 2001
|-
|}

[[Category:Gun]]
[[Category:Rifle]]
[[Category:Battle Rifle]]

FG 42

2017-04-28T11:26:33Z

BasicReality: Added day of defeat

[[Image:FG421stPattern.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 with iron sights flipped up (no scope mounted), 1st pattern (metal buttstock and sharply-angled pistol grip) - 7.92x57mm Mauser‎]]
[[Image:Firearm FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 1st pattern with Zeiss ZF4 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|‎FG 42 7.92x57mm Mauser early version with ZF4 scope (top) and late-war version with ZFG42 scope (bottom)]]
[[Image:FG 42 II.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:1288256728.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model with bipod and bayonet deployed - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:FG 42 with ZFG 42.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model with bipod and ZFG42 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]

This automatic rifle was produced in limited numbers for the German Luftwaffe's ''Fallschirmjäger'' (paratrooper) units during the Second World War. The slim in-line design, coupled with the side mounted 20 round magazine made it one of the more distinctive designs of its era. Early models had a sharply angled pistol grip (the idea of which was to allow paratroopers to fire while descending, though it is unclear how successful this was in practice) and plastic furniture, while later models had a standard grip and wooden furniture. In addition the weapon could also be fitted with a ZF4 or ZFG42 scope. Both versions also featured an integral bipod and bayonet, the bayonet permanently mounted and deployed in a manner similar to that on the Russian [[SKS rifle]].

The FG42 was intended to be a universal weapon, merging the capabilities of a submachine gun, machine gun and precision rifle; designers complained they were being asked to make an "Eierlegende Wollmilchsau" (a egg-laying woolly dairy pig) and the Heer refused to participate in the program, stating that a gun meeting the Luftwaffe's requirements could only be found in utopia. In practice, the light weight of the FG42 coupled to use of a full-sized rifle round and offset magazine made fully-automatic fire extremely hard to manage and could severely damage the lightweight operating mechanism, and practical use was largely restricted to semi-auto. Captured FG42s were studied after the war by the US military, with one called T44 converted to belt feed using a side-mounted [[MG42]] feed cover and used to gather data which would ultimately be used to design the [[M60 Machine Gun]].

Semi-auto only copies are produced by HZA Kulmbach GmbH, known as BD-42/I (a copy of the early model) and BD-42/II (late model).

==Specifications==
(1943 – 1945)

* '''Type:''' Battle Rifle

* '''Caliber:''' 7.92 x 57mm Mauser

* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.2}}

* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|945}}

* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|500}}

* '''Capacity:''' 10 or 20

* '''Fire Modes:''' Safe / Semi / Auto

-----
{{Gun Title}}
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[The Eagle Has Landed]]'' || . || German Fallschirmjäger || . || 1976
|-
| ''[[Memorial Day]]'' || . || German soldier || . || 2011
|-
|}

=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''As'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' || "FG42 Paratroop Rifle" || || Scoped || 2001
|-
| ''[[Battlefield: 1942]]'' || || Expansion pack "Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII" || || 2002
|-
| ''[[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty (2003)|Call of Duty]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
|-
| ''[[Day of Defeat]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || With and without ZF4 || FG42 Ausf. G || 2003
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || || 2003
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2005
|-
| ''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]'' || || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2005
|-
| ''[[Company of Heroes]]'' || || In one of the expansions || || 2006-2009
|-
| ''[[Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45]] || || With deployable bipod || || 2006
|-
| ''[[UberSoldier]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty 3]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]'' || As the "FG42" || || || 2007
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'' || || || || 2008
|-
| ''[[Karma Online]]'' || "FG42" || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Enemy Front]]'' || FG42 || || Second Model|| 2014
|-
| ''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2016
|-
| ''[[Sniper Elite 4]]'' || FG 42 || || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2017
|-
|}

=== Anime ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]'' || Kerberos members || . || 1998
|-
| ''[[Najica Blitz Tactics]]'' || || . || 2001
|-
|}

[[Category:Gun]]
[[Category:Rifle]]
[[Category:Battle Rifle]]

FG 42

2017-04-28T11:15:39Z

BasicReality: Added Sniper Elite 4

[[Image:FG421stPattern.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 with iron sights flipped up (no scope mounted), 1st pattern (metal buttstock and sharply-angled pistol grip) - 7.92x57mm Mauser‎]]
[[Image:Firearm FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 1st pattern with Zeiss ZF4 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|‎FG 42 7.92x57mm Mauser early version with ZF4 scope (top) and late-war version with ZFG42 scope (bottom)]]
[[Image:FG 42 II.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:1288256728.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model with bipod and bayonet deployed - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:FG 42 with ZFG 42.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model with bipod and ZFG42 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]

This automatic rifle was produced in limited numbers for the German Luftwaffe's ''Fallschirmjäger'' (paratrooper) units during the Second World War. The slim in-line design, coupled with the side mounted 20 round magazine made it one of the more distinctive designs of its era. Early models had a sharply angled pistol grip (the idea of which was to allow paratroopers to fire while descending, though it is unclear how successful this was in practice) and plastic furniture, while later models had a standard grip and wooden furniture. In addition the weapon could also be fitted with a ZF4 or ZFG42 scope. Both versions also featured an integral bipod and bayonet, the bayonet permanently mounted and deployed in a manner similar to that on the Russian [[SKS rifle]].

The FG42 was intended to be a universal weapon, merging the capabilities of a submachine gun, machine gun and precision rifle; designers complained they were being asked to make an "Eierlegende Wollmilchsau" (a egg-laying woolly dairy pig) and the Heer refused to participate in the program, stating that a gun meeting the Luftwaffe's requirements could only be found in utopia. In practice, the light weight of the FG42 coupled to use of a full-sized rifle round and offset magazine made fully-automatic fire extremely hard to manage and could severely damage the lightweight operating mechanism, and practical use was largely restricted to semi-auto. Captured FG42s were studied after the war by the US military, with one called T44 converted to belt feed using a side-mounted [[MG42]] feed cover and used to gather data which would ultimately be used to design the [[M60 Machine Gun]].

Semi-auto only copies are produced by HZA Kulmbach GmbH, known as BD-42/I (a copy of the early model) and BD-42/II (late model).

==Specifications==
(1943 – 1945)

* '''Type:''' Battle Rifle

* '''Caliber:''' 7.92 x 57mm Mauser

* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.2}}

* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|945}}

* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|500}}

* '''Capacity:''' 10 or 20

* '''Fire Modes:''' Safe / Semi / Auto

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{{Gun Title}}
=== Film ===
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[The Eagle Has Landed]]'' || . || German Fallschirmjäger || . || 1976
|-
| ''[[Memorial Day]]'' || . || German soldier || . || 2011
|-
|}

=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''As'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' || "FG42 Paratroop Rifle" || || Scoped || 2001
|-
| ''[[Battlefield: 1942]]'' || || Expansion pack "Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII" || || 2002
|-
| ''[[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty (2003)|Call of Duty]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || || 2003
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2005
|-
| ''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]'' || || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2005
|-
| ''[[Company of Heroes]]'' || || In one of the expansions || || 2006-2009
|-
| ''[[Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45]] || || With deployable bipod || || 2006
|-
| ''[[UberSoldier]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty 3]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]'' || As the "FG42" || || || 2007
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'' || || || || 2008
|-
| ''[[Karma Online]]'' || "FG42" || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Enemy Front]]'' || FG42 || || Second Model|| 2014
|-
| ''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2016
|-
| ''[[Sniper Elite 4]]'' || FG 42 || || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2017
|-
|}

=== Anime ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]'' || Kerberos members || . || 1998
|-
| ''[[Najica Blitz Tactics]]'' || || . || 2001
|-
|}

[[Category:Gun]]
[[Category:Rifle]]
[[Category:Battle Rifle]]

FG 42

2017-02-04T18:05:24Z

BasicReality: Added Heroes & Generals.

[[Image:FG421stPattern.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 with iron sights flipped up (no scope mounted), 1st pattern (metal buttstock and sharply-angled pistol grip) - 7.92x57mm Mauser‎]]
[[Image:Firearm FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 1st pattern with Zeiss ZF4 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|‎FG 42 7.92x57mm Mauser early version with ZF4 scope (top) and late-war version with ZFG42 scope (bottom)]]
[[Image:FG 42 II.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:1288256728.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model with bipod and bayonet deployed - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:FG 42 with ZFG 42.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model with bipod and ZFG42 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]

This automatic rifle was produced in limited numbers for the German Luftwaffe's ''Fallschirmjäger'' (paratrooper) units during the Second World War. The slim in-line design, coupled with the side mounted 20 round magazine made it one of the more distinctive designs of its era. Early models had a sharply angled pistol grip (the idea of which was to allow paratroopers to fire while descending, though it is unclear how successful this was in practice) and plastic furniture, while later models had a standard grip and wooden furniture. In addition the weapon could also be fitted with a ZF4 or ZFG42 scope. Both versions also featured an integral bipod and bayonet, the bayonet permanently mounted and deployed in a manner similar to that on the Russian [[SKS rifle]].

The FG42 was intended to be a universal weapon, merging the capabilities of a submachine gun, machine gun and precision rifle; designers complained they were being asked to make an "Eierlegende Wollmilchsau" (a egg-laying woolly dairy pig) and the Heer refused to participate in the program, stating that a gun meeting the Luftwaffe's requirements could only be found in utopia. In practice, the light weight of the FG42 coupled to use of a full-sized rifle round and offset magazine made fully-automatic fire extremely hard to manage and could severely damage the lightweight operating mechanism, and practical use was largely restricted to semi-auto. Captured FG42s were studied after the war by the US military, with one called T44 converted to belt feed using a side-mounted [[MG42]] feed cover and used to gather data which would ultimately be used to design the [[M60 Machine Gun]].

Semi-auto only copies are produced by HZA Kulmbach GmbH, known as BD-42/I (a copy of the early model) and BD-42/II (late model).

==Specifications==
(1943 – 1945)

* '''Type:''' Battle Rifle

* '''Caliber:''' 7.92 x 57mm Mauser

* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.2}}

* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|945}}

* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|500}}

* '''Capacity:''' 10 or 20

* '''Fire Modes:''' Safe / Semi / Auto

-----
{{Gun Title}}
=== Film ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''Actor'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[The Eagle Has Landed]]'' || . || German Fallschirmjäger || . || 1976
|-
| ''[[Memorial Day]]'' || . || German soldier || . || 2011
|-
|}

=== Video Games ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="170"|'''As'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Mods'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' || "FG42 Paratroop Rifle" || || Scoped || 2001
|-
| ''[[Battlefield: 1942]]'' || || Expansion pack "Battlefield 1942: Secret Weapons of WWII" || || 2002
|-
| ''[[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty (2003)|Call of Duty]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || || 2003
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2005
|-
| ''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]'' || || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2005
|-
| ''[[Company of Heroes]]'' || || In one of the expansions || || 2006-2009
|-
| ''[[Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45]] || || With deployable bipod || || 2006
|-
| ''[[UberSoldier]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty 3]]'' || || || || 2006
|-
| ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]'' || As the "FG42" || || || 2007
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'' || || || || 2008
|-
| ''[[Karma Online]]'' || "FG42" || || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Enemy Front]]'' || FG42 || || Second Model|| 2014
|-
| ''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2016
|-
|}

=== Anime ===
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]'' || Kerberos members || . || 1998
|-
| ''[[Najica Blitz Tactics]]'' || || . || 2001
|-
|}

[[Category:Gun]]
[[Category:Rifle]]
[[Category:Battle Rifle]]