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[[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 ZFG42 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|‎FG 42 7.92x57mm Mauser early version with ZFG42 scope (top) and late-war version with ZF4 scope (bottom)]]
[[Image:FG 42 II.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 second model - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[Image:FG42 2nd with bipod and bayonet.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 ZF4 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
The '''FG 42''' (German: '''Fallschirmjägergewehr 42''', '''"paratrooper rifle 42"''') its a 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 French [[MAS-36]].
The '''FG 42''' (German: '''Fallschirmjägergewehr 42''', '''"paratrooper rifle 42"''') its a 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 French [[MAS-36]].


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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).
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).


* '''FG 42/I''' - It is characterized by a metal butt and a curved pistol grip.<br>
-Type E - First serial production - 50 units<br>
-Type F - Second serial production - 2000 units<br>
* '''FG 42/II''' - It is characterized by a wooden butt and a simple pistol grip.<br>
-Type G - Third serial production - 5000 units<br>
In both models, the bipod was standard equipment. In the FG 42 / I it was folded to the front of the weapon, in the FG 42 / II it was folded to the rear.
=FG 42/I=
[[File:FG421stPattern.jpg‎|thumb|right|450px|FG 42/I - 7.92x57mm Mauser‎]]
[[File:Firearm FG42.jpg|thumb|right|450px|FG 42/I with ZFG42 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
==Specifications==
==Specifications==
(1943 – 1945)
(1941–1942) (prototype)
 
(1942 – 1942) (FG 42/I)
 
* '''Number built:''' ~2050


* '''Type:''' Battle Rifle
* '''Type:''' Battle Rifle


* '''Caliber:''' 7.92 x 57mm Mauser
* '''Caliber:''' 7.92x57mm Mauser‎


* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.2}}
* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.15}}


* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|945}}
* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|940}}


* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|500}}
* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|502}}
 
* '''Feed System:''' 10, 20 round box magazine
 
* '''Rate of Fire:''' 900rpm


* '''Capacity:''' 10 or 20
* '''Muzzle velocity:''' 685 m/s


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


{{Clear}}
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{{Gun Title}}
{{Gun Title|FG 42/I}}
=== Film ===
 
==Film==
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=== Video Games ===
==Anime==
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|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
|-
| ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]'' || Kerberos members || . || 1998
|-
|}
 
==Video Games==
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
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!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="50"|'''Date'''
|-
|-
| ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' || "FG42 Paratroop Rifle" || || Scoped || 2001
| ''[[Battlefield: 1942]]'' || || FG 42/I ||Added with "Secret Weapons of WWII" expansion pack || 2002
|-
|-
| ''[[Battlefield: 1942]]'' || || || Added with "Secret Weapons of WWII" expansion pack || 2002
| ''[[BloodRayne]]'' || "Blitzgewehr 32" || FG 42/I || Incorrect magazine placement || 2002
|-
|-
| ''[[BloodRayne]]'' || "Blitzgewehr 32" || || Incorrect magazine placement || 2002
| rowspan=2|''[[Call of Duty 3]]'' || || FG 42/I |||| rowspan=2| 2006
|-
|-
| ''[[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
|||FG 42/I with ZFG42 scope||
|-
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty (2003)|Call of Duty]]'' || || || With Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2003
| ''[[Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45]] || || FG 42/I || With deployable bipod || 2006
|-
|-
| ''[[Day of Defeat]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || With and without ZF4 || FG42 Ausf. G || 2003
| ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]'' || "FG42" || FG 42/I || || 2007
|-
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || || || 2003
| rowspan=2|''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'' || || FG 42/I |||| rowspan=2| 2008
|-
|-
| ''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]'' || || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2005
|||FG 42/I with ZFG42 scope||
|-
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty 3]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || With and without ZF4 || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2006
| rowspan=2|''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || rowspan=2| Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || FG 42/I |||| rowspan=2| 2016
|-
|-
| ''[[Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45]] || || With deployable bipod || || 2006
|FG 42/I with ZFG42 scope||
|-
|-
| ''[[UberSoldier]]'' || || || || 2006
| ''[[Sniper Elite 4]]'' || FG 42 ||FG 42/I || Iron sights only || 2017
|-
|-
| ''[[Alliance of Valiant Arms]]'' || As the "FG42" || || || 2007
| rowspan=2|''[[Day of Infamy]]'' || rowspan=2| FG 42 || FG 42/I |||| rowspan=2| 2017
|-
|-
| ''[[Company of Heroes]]'' || || || Used by the "Fallschirmjäger Squad", added with the Opposing Fronts expansion pack || 2007
|FG 42/I with ZFG42 scope||
|-
|-
| ''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || W/o Zeiss ZF4 scope || 2nd pattern || 2007
|}
 
 
=FG 42/II=
[[File:FG 42 II.jpg|thumb|right|450px|FG 42/II - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
[[File:FG 42 with ZFG 42.jpg‎|thumb|right|450px|FG 42/II with ZF4 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser.]]
 
==Specifications==
(1942 – 1945) (FG 42/II)
 
* '''Number built:''' ~5000
 
* '''Type:''' Battle Rifle
 
* '''Caliber:'''  7.92x57mm Mauser‎
 
* '''Weight:''' {{convert|kg|4.98}}
 
* '''Length:''' {{convert|mm|975}}
 
* '''Barrel length:''' {{convert|mm|500}}
 
* '''Feed System:''' 10, 20 round box magazine
 
* '''Rate of Fire:''' 680rpm
 
* '''Muzzle velocity:''' 685 m/s
 
* '''Fire Modes:''' Semi-Auto/Full-Auto
{{Clear}}
-----
{{Gun Title|FG 42/II}}
 
==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'''
|-
|-
| ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]'' || || || || 2008
| ''[[Najica Blitz Tactics]]'' || || . || 2001
|-
|-
| ''[[Karma Online]]'' || "FG42" || || || 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'''
|-
|-
| ''[[Enemy Front]]'' || FG42 || || Second Model|| 2014
| ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]'' || "FG42 Paratroop Rifle" || FG 42/II with ZF4 scope || || 2001
|-
|-
| ''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' || FG 42 ||scope and bayonet  ||Second Model || 2014
| ''[[Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory]]'' || || FG 42/II with ZF4 scope || || 2003
|-
|-
| ''[[Heroes & Generals]]'' || Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 || With and without ZF4 || 1st pattern || 2016
| ''[[Call of Duty (2003)|Call of Duty]]'' || || FG 42/II with ZF4 scope || || 2003
|-
|-
| ''[[Sniper Elite 4]]'' || FG 42 || Iron sights only || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2017
| rowspan=2|''[[Day of Defeat]]'' ||rowspan=2|Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 ||FG 42/II|||| rowspan=2| 2003
|-
|-
| ''[[Day of Infamy]]'' || FG 42 || With and without ZF4 || FG42 Ausf. E|| 2017
|FG 42/II with ZF4 scope||
|-
|-
| ''[[ Call of Duty: WWII ]]'' || FG 42 || || 2nd pattern || 2017
| ''[[Forgotten Hope]]'' || || FG 42/II || || 2003
|-
|-
| ''[[Post Scriptum]]'' || || || 2nd pattern; introduced in ''Day of Days'' update || 2018
| rowspan=2|''[[Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood]]'' || ||FG 42/II|||| rowspan=2| 2005
|-
|-
| ''[[Battlefield V]]'' || || || || 2018
|||FG 42/II with ZF4 scope||
|-
|-
|}
| ''[[ÜberSoldier]]'' || || FG 42/II || || 2006
 
|-
=== Anime ===
| ''[[Company of Heroes]]'' || || FG 42/II || Used by the "Fallschirmjäger Squad", added with the Opposing Fronts expansion pack || 2007
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;" border="1" style="border: 1px solid #D0E7FF; background-color:#ffffff; text-align:left; font-size: 95%"
|-
|-bgcolor=#D0E7FF
| rowspan=2|''[[Forgotten Hope 2]]'' || || FG 42/II |||| rowspan=2| 2007
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="280"|'''Title'''
|-
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="200"|'''Character'''
|||FG 42/II with ZF4 scope||
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="250"|'''Note'''
|-
!align=center bgcolor=#D0E7FF width="80"|'''Date'''
| ''[[Karma Online]]'' || "FG42" ||  || || 2011
|-
| ''[[Enemy Front]]'' || FG42 || FG 42/II || || 2014
|-
| ''[[World of Guns: Gun Disassembly]]'' || FG 42 || FG 42/II || scope and bayonet || 2014
|-
| rowspan=2|''[[Call of Duty: WWII]]'' || || FG 42/II |||| rowspan=2| 2017
|-
|||FG 42/II with ZF4 scope||
|-
| ''[[Post Scriptum]]'' || || FG 42/II || introduced in ''Day of Days'' update || 2018
|-
|-
| ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]'' || Kerberos members || . || 1998
| rowspan=2|''[[Battlefield V]]'' || || FG 42/II |||| rowspan=2| 2018
|-
|-
| ''[[Najica Blitz Tactics]]'' || || . || 2001
|||FG 42/II with ZF4 scope||
|-
|-
|}
|}

Revision as of 12:51, 19 January 2022

The FG 42 (German: Fallschirmjägergewehr 42, "paratrooper rifle 42") its a 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 French MAS-36.

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).

  • FG 42/I - It is characterized by a metal butt and a curved pistol grip.

-Type E - First serial production - 50 units
-Type F - Second serial production - 2000 units

  • FG 42/II - It is characterized by a wooden butt and a simple pistol grip.

-Type G - Third serial production - 5000 units

In both models, the bipod was standard equipment. In the FG 42 / I it was folded to the front of the weapon, in the FG 42 / II it was folded to the rear.

FG 42/I

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FG 42/I - 7.92x57mm Mauser‎
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FG 42/I with ZFG42 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser

Specifications

(1941–1942) (prototype)

(1942 – 1942) (FG 42/I)

  • Number built: ~2050
  • Type: Battle Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.92x57mm Mauser‎
  • Weight: 9.1 lbs (4.2 kg)
  • Length: 37 in (94 cm)
  • Barrel length: 19.8 in (50.2 cm)
  • Feed System: 10, 20 round box magazine
  • Rate of Fire: 900rpm
  • Muzzle velocity: 685 m/s
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto

The FG 42/I and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Film

Title Actor Character Note Date
The Eagle Has Landed . German Fallschirmjäger . 1976
Memorial Day . German soldier . 2011

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade Kerberos members . 1998

Video Games

Title As Mods Note Date
Battlefield: 1942 FG 42/I Added with "Secret Weapons of WWII" expansion pack 2002
BloodRayne "Blitzgewehr 32" FG 42/I Incorrect magazine placement 2002
Call of Duty 3 FG 42/I 2006
FG 42/I with ZFG42 scope
Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 FG 42/I With deployable bipod 2006
Alliance of Valiant Arms "FG42" FG 42/I 2007
Call of Duty: World at War FG 42/I 2008
FG 42/I with ZFG42 scope
Heroes & Generals Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 FG 42/I 2016
FG 42/I with ZFG42 scope
Sniper Elite 4 FG 42 FG 42/I Iron sights only 2017
Day of Infamy FG 42 FG 42/I 2017
FG 42/I with ZFG42 scope


FG 42/II

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FG 42/II - 7.92x57mm Mauser.
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FG 42/II with ZF4 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser.

Specifications

(1942 – 1945) (FG 42/II)

  • Number built: ~5000
  • Type: Battle Rifle
  • Caliber: 7.92x57mm Mauser‎
  • Weight: 11 lbs (5 kg)
  • Length: 38.4 in (97.5 cm)
  • Barrel length: 19.7 in (50 cm)
  • Feed System: 10, 20 round box magazine
  • Rate of Fire: 680rpm
  • Muzzle velocity: 685 m/s
  • Fire Modes: Semi-Auto/Full-Auto

The FG 42/II and variants can be seen in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:

Anime

Title Character Note Date
Najica Blitz Tactics . 2001

Video Games

Title As Mods Note Date
Return to Castle Wolfenstein "FG42 Paratroop Rifle" FG 42/II with ZF4 scope 2001
Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory FG 42/II with ZF4 scope 2003
Call of Duty FG 42/II with ZF4 scope 2003
Day of Defeat Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 FG 42/II 2003
FG 42/II with ZF4 scope
Forgotten Hope FG 42/II 2003
Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood FG 42/II 2005
FG 42/II with ZF4 scope
ÜberSoldier FG 42/II 2006
Company of Heroes FG 42/II Used by the "Fallschirmjäger Squad", added with the Opposing Fronts expansion pack 2007
Forgotten Hope 2 FG 42/II 2007
FG 42/II with ZF4 scope
Karma Online "FG42" 2011
Enemy Front FG42 FG 42/II 2014
World of Guns: Gun Disassembly FG 42 FG 42/II scope and bayonet 2014
Call of Duty: WWII FG 42/II 2017
FG 42/II with ZF4 scope
Post Scriptum FG 42/II introduced in Day of Days update 2018
Battlefield V FG 42/II 2018
FG 42/II with ZF4 scope
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