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MG 42
Adopted by Germany in 1942, in an effort to reduce the machining time and cost inherent in the production of the MG34, the MG42 is perhaps the deadliest machine gun used during the war. Light weight and great reliability made it the first true modern general purpose machine gun, able to be used in the light machine gun role on a bipod or the medium machine gun role on a tripod. The MG42 is one of the fastest-firing single-barrel guns which does not require an external power source; with a cyclic rate of 1200 rounds per minute, individual shots are mostly indiscernible. The rate is so fast that even a trained operator has trouble firing a single shot from the fullauto-only gun. The distinctive sound led to nicknames such as "Hitler's buzzsaw." The MG42 also features an extremely fast barrel change system, allowing sustained fire even with the extremely high fire rate.
The weapon was issued in the light machine gun role with an ammo drum containing a 50-round belt (the same one used on the MG34), while in the medium role the MG42 typically used 250-round belts. The gun is chambered in the 7.92x57mm Mauser cartridge, the same cartridge used in the well known K98k infantry rifles, and ammunition is interchangeable (though Kar 98 ammunition was not issued in belts, making this of limited use in practical terms). Machine gun ammunition was slightly more powerful in order to avoid jams and run the mechanism more reliably.
MG42
Specifications
- Caliber: 7.92x57mm Mauser
- Length: 48 inches
- Barrel Length: 20.18 inches
- Weight: Gun: 25.50 pounds
- Muzzle Velocity: 2,475 feet per second
- Maximum range: 3,800 yards
- Maximum effective range: 1,000 yards
- Cyclic rate of fire: 1200-1350 rounds per minute
The MG42 machine gun appears in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| To Hell and Back | Audie Murphy | Audie Murphy | 1955 | |
| To Hell and Back | German Soldiers | 1955 | ||
| The Young Lions | German soldiers | 1958 | ||
| Darby's Rangers | German soldiers | 1958 | ||
| The Great Escape | German prison guards | 1963 | ||
| The Longest Day | German soldiers | 1963 | ||
| The Devil's Brigade | German soldiers | 1968 | ||
| Where Eagles Dare | German soldiers | 1968 | ||
| The Bridge at Remagen | German soldiers | 1969 | ||
| Fistful of Dynamite | 1971 | |||
| A Bridge Too Far | German soldiers | 1977 | ||
| Death Wish 3 | Martin Balsam | Bennett | 1985 | |
| The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission | Sonny Landham | Sam Sixkiller | 1985 | |
| The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission | German Soldiers | 1985 | ||
| The Park is Mine | Tommy Lee Jones | Mitch Garnett | 1985 | |
| Aliens | Jenette Goldstein | PFC J. Vasquez | Mocked up as M56 Smart Gun | 1986 |
| Aliens | Mark Rolston | Private M. Drake | Mocked up as M56 Smart Gun | 1986 |
| Stray Dog: Kerberos Panzer Cops | Yoshikatsu Fujiki | Inui | 1991 | |
| Saving Private Ryan | German soldiers | 1998 | ||
| Black Book | 2006 | |||
| Valkyrie | German soldier | 2008 | ||
| Brother's War | German and Soviet soldiers | 2009 |
Television
- German soldiers in Band of Brothers
- German soldiers in Combat!
- German soldiers in Rat Patrol
Video Games
- Battlefield: 1942 (mounted on German, Japanese, Soviet vehicles and sandbags)
- Commandos 3: Destination Berlin (man-portable)
- Medal of Honor: Allied Assault (MG42 mounted) and in two expansion pack.(Spearhead and Breakthrough Expansion Pack)
- Medal of Honor: Underground (mounted only)
- Return to Castle Wolfenstein (MG42 mounted)
- Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory (portable and mounted)
- The Royal Marines Commando (mounted only)
- Wolfenstein (MG42 mounted, and as part of the fictional Particle Cannon)
- Clive Barker's Jericho (unusable)
- UberSoldier (stationary and portable)
- Time Crisis IV (with DShK grips)
Anime
MG3
The MG3 is the modern rendition of the MG42 machine gun. Changes include a chrome-lined barrel, a new friction ring buffer, an improved feeding mechanism, recalibrated sights and NATO compatibility. The MG3 is chambered in 7.62x51mm NATO.
Specifications
- Caliber: 7.62x51mm NATO
- Length: 48.22 inches
- Barrel Length: 22.24 inches
- Weight:
- :Gun: 25 pounds
- :Tripod: 36 pounds
- :Total: 61 pounds
- Muzzle Velocity: 2,690 feet per second
- Maximum range: is 3,500 meters
- Maximum effective range: is 1,200 meters
- Cyclic rate of fire: 700-800 or 1100-1200 rounds per minute depending on the Booster and Bolt
The MG3 machine gun appears in the following films and video games used by the following actors:
Film
- Used by Sailor (Randall 'Tex' Cobb) while in the Huey helicopter in Uncommon Valor
- Mounted on Jeeps in Hotel Rwanda
- Hatcher's men and Harvey (Jon Gries) in The Rundown (2003)
- Czech soldiers in The Living Daylights
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battlefield Play4Free | 2011 | |||
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | With optional C-More red dot sight or ACOG scope | 2010 | ||
| Battlefield: Bad Company | 2008 | |||
| Counter-Strike Online | Terminator | "Christmas Special," Gold finishes | 2008 | |
| SOCOM: Confrontation | 2008 | |||
| Battlefield 2 | MG3A1, coaxial mounting | Mounted on Leopard 2A6 tanks | 2005 | |
| Project Reality | Hand-held & fixed defensive mounting, with optional ELCAN scope & 75-round ammo drum & 200-round ammo box | 2005 | ||
| Project Reality | MG3A1, vehicle mounting | Mounted on Leopard 2A6 tanks | 2005 | |
| Devil May Cry 2 | Mounted on "Infested Tank" (Leopard 2A5) | 2003 | ||
| Steel Beasts | MG3A1 | Mounted on Leopard 2A4 tanks | 2000 | |
| Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker | MG3 | 2010 | ||
| World in Conflict | MG3A1 | Mounted on Leopard 2 tanks | 2007 |
Anime
- Rico in Gunslinger Girl
- Daedala forces in Canaan
- Hayate Ayasaki in Hayate the Combat Butler
CETME Ameli
A Spanish-made light machine gun externally based off the MG42/MG3, designed by CETME (Centre for Technical Studies of Military Equipment), chambered in 5.56x45mm NATO / .223 Remington. It has been in service from 1982 to the present day. Despite it's very close external resemblance to the German MGs, the weapon operates using a roller-locked delayed-blowback mechanism, similar to the the vast majority of Heckler & Koch weapons.
Specifications
- Caliber: 5.56x45mm NATO
- Length: 38.2 inches
- Barrel Length: 15.75 inches
- Weight: Gun: 14 pounds
- Cyclic rate of fire: 850 or 1200 rounds per minute
The CETME Ameli machine gun appears in the following films, television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:
Video Games
| Game Title | Appears as | Mods | Notation | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOCOM: Confrontation | With 200-round ammo drum | 2008 |