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[[Image:FG421stPattern.jpg‎|thumb|right|500px|FG 42 rifle with iron sights flipped up (no scope mounted), 1st pattern with metal buttstock and pistol grip - 7.92x57mm‎]]
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This revolutionary semi-automatic rifle was produced in limited numbers for the German ''Fallschirmjäger'' (Airborne) 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 came with a dramatically angled pistol grip and metal furniture while later models had a standard grip and wooden furniture (possibly due to wartime shortages).  In addition though most had iron sights later models came with a low powered optical sight.
This revolutionary semi-automatic rifle was produced in limited numbers for the German ''Fallschirmjäger'' (Airborne) 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 came with a dramatically angled pistol grip and metal furniture while later models had a standard grip and wooden furniture (possibly due to wartime shortages).  In addition though most had iron sights later models came with a low powered optical sight.


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=== Television ===
=== Television ===


* The FG-42 was used as a prop to represent the las-guns carried by the Atreides troops in [[Frank Herbert's Dune]].
* Atreides Troops in the mini series [[Frank Herbert's Dune]], standing in for a fictional Laser weapon - 7.92 Mauser.


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Revision as of 02:37, 20 November 2008

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FG 42 rifle with iron sights flipped up (no scope mounted), 1st pattern with metal buttstock and pistol grip - 7.92x57mm‎
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This revolutionary semi-automatic rifle was produced in limited numbers for the German Fallschirmjäger (Airborne) 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 came with a dramatically angled pistol grip and metal furniture while later models had a standard grip and wooden furniture (possibly due to wartime shortages). In addition though most had iron sights later models came with a low powered optical sight.


Television

  • Atreides Troops in the mini series Frank Herbert's Dune, standing in for a fictional Laser weapon - 7.92 Mauser.
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