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MG 34
The MG34 is a general-purpose machine gun produced by Germany during the Second World War. The forerunner of the more widely produced MG42, the weapon was noted for long production times due to use of time-intensive machined parts, but remained in production alongside its replacement throughout the war.
A variation of the gun, the MG34 Panzerlauf, was commonly used as secondary armament on German tanks, since the MG42's barrel change system could not easily be operated when it was mounted. This version lacked a stock, featured an armored barrel shroud and could be fitted with a solenoid for remote firing. Tanks carried a kit to allow the Panzerlauf variant to be converted for ground use, including a stock and bipod.
Specifications
Caliber: 7.92x57mm
Length: 48.25 inches
Barrel Length: 24.75 inches
Weight: 26.75 pounds
Capacity: 50 round belt drum, 75 round twin drum (with replacement receiver cover), belt (typically issued as 50 or 250 round)
Fire modes: Safe-semi-auto
The MG34 machine gun can be seen in the following films and video games used by the following actors:
Film
| Title | Actor | Character | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lad from Our Town (Paren iz Nashego Goroda) | Mounted on German motorcycle | 1942 | ||
| Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Ivan Nikulin - Russkiy Matros) | Boris Chirkov | Zakhar Fomichyov | 1944 | |
| Ivan Nikulin: Russian Sailor (Ivan Nikulin - Russkiy Matros) | German soldiers and Soviet sailors | 1944 | ||
| The Marine Battalion (Morskoy batalion) | German soldiers | 1944 | ||
| The Silent Barricade | German soldier | 1949 | ||
| Little Partisan (Malý partyzán) | German soldiers | 1950 | ||
| Action B (Akce B) | UPA fighters | 1952 | ||
| Paratrooper | German soldiers | 1953 | ||
| Soldiers (Soldaty) | German soldiers, Russian soldiers | 1956 | ||
| Canal (Kanal) | Polish insurgent | 1957 | ||
| The Unconquered (Neporazení) | German soldiers | 1958 | ||
| Spring (Kwiecien) | German soldiers | 1961 | ||
| Tam za lesem | German soldiers | 1962 | ||
| Death Is Called Engelchen | German troops, Partisans | 1963 | ||
| Gdzie jest general? | German soldiers | 1964 | ||
| At Your Threshold (U Tvoyego Poroga) | Mounted in German Pz.Kpfw.IV medium tank | 1964 | ||
| The Assassination (Atentát) | German soldiers | 1964 | ||
| The Living and the Dead (Zhivye i Myortvye) | Russian soldiers | 1964 | ||
| The Adventures of Werner Holt (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt) | Klaus-Peter Thiele | Werner Holt | 1965 | |
| The Adventures of Werner Holt (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt) | Manfred Karge | Gilbert Wolzow | 1965 | |
| The Adventures of Werner Holt (Die Abenteuer des Werner Holt) | German soldiers | 1965 | ||
| Cast a Giant Shadow | Kirk Douglas | "Mickey" Marcus | 1966 | |
| Spring on The Oder (Vesna na Odere) | German soldiers | 1967 | ||
| Zhenya, Zhenechka and "katyusha" | German soldiers | 1967 | ||
| Krepkiy oreshek | German soldiers | 1967 | ||
| At War as at War (Na Voyne kak na Voyne) | German soldier | 1968 | ||
| The Bridge at Remagen | German soldiers | 1969 | ||
| Play Dirty | German soldiers | 1969 | ||
| Play Dirty | Michael Caine | Captain Douglas | 1969 | |
| The Battle of Neretva | German troops, Ustasha, chetniks and partisans | 1969 | ||
| The Battle of Neretva | Ljubisa Samardzic | Novak | 1969 | |
| The Naval Mettle (Morskoy kharakter) | German soldiers | 1970 | ||
| Bedknobs and Broomsticks | German soldiers | 1971 | ||
| No Way Back (Obratnoj dorogi net) | German soldiers | 1971 | ||
| Liberation: The Last Assault | German soldiers | 1971 | ||
| Trial of the Road (Proverka na dorogakh) | German soldiers | Mounted on motorcycle | 1971 | |
| Oasis | Josef Vinklár | Nowak | 1973 | |
| Zdenek Rehor | Berg | |||
| Jaroslav Rozsíval | Olda | |||
| Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny) | Boris Shcherbakov | Ovseyev | 1975 | |
| Long Miles of War (Dolgie vyorsty voyny) | Yuri Duvanov | Klimchuk | 1975 | |
| Chained Drivers (Okovani šoferi) | Veljko Mandic | Kosta | 1975 | |
| Chained Drivers (Okovani šoferi) | Viktor Pavlov | Feldwebel Ramke | 1975 | |
| Chained Drivers (Okovani šoferi) | German soldiers, Yugoslavian partisans | 1975 | ||
| Libera, My Love (Libera, amore mio ...) | Claudia Cardinale | Libera Valente | handed to the partisans | 1975 |
| Libera, My Love (Libera, amore mio ...) | Italian partisans | 1975 | ||
| Front Without Flanks (Front bez flangov) | German soldiers | 1975 | ||
| The Eagle Has Landed | German soldiers | Mounted on motorcycle side car | 1976 | |
| The Anxious Month of September (Trevozhnyy Mesyats Veresen) | Victor Fokin | Ivan Kapelyukh | 1976 | |
| Star Wars (Original Trilogy) | Imperial Stormtroopers | As the "DLT-19 heavy blaster rifle" | 1977, 1980, 1983 | |
| Soldier of Orange | German soldiers | 1977 | ||
| A Bridge Too Far | German soldiers | 1977 | ||
| One-Two, Soldiers Were Going... | German soldiers | Mounted on motorcycle | 1977 | |
| Front Beyond the Front Line (Front za liniey fronta) | German soldiers | 1977 | ||
| Special Forces Detachment (Otryad osobogo naznacheniya) | German soldiers | 1978 | ||
| The Big Red One | German and Italian troops | 1980 | ||
| Raiders of the Lost Ark | Billy Horrigan | Gunner | Mounted on Gobler's car | 1981 |
| Front in the Rear of the Enemy (Front v tylu vraga) | German and Soviet soldiers | 1981 | ||
| The Keep | German soldiers | 1983 | ||
| The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley (Pasácek z doliny) | Czechoslovak soldiers | 1983 | ||
| Les Morfalous | German soldiers | 1984 | ||
| Top Secret! | East German soldiers | Mounted on the car | 1984 | |
| Until the End (Až do konce) | Vítezslav Jandák | Scharführer SS Otto | 1984 | |
| The Dirty Dozen: Next Mission | A German soldier | 1985 | ||
| Battle for Moscow | German soldiers | real MG34 can be seen only in documentary footage. Other MG34 actually visually modified PK machine guns | 1985 | |
| Come and See (Idi i smotri) | SS soldiers | 1985 | ||
| The Red Spectacles | Members of the Kerberos Squad | 1987 | ||
| Escape from Sobibor | Guards | 1987 | ||
| Schindler's List | German soldiers | Mounted on motorcycle side car | 1993 | |
| Stalingrad | German soldiers | 1993 | ||
| Sahara (1995) | German soldiers | 1995 | ||
| Saving Private Ryan | German soldiers | MG34 Panzerlauf, mounted on Tiger tanks | 1998 | |
| Brother 2 (Brat 2) | In illegal Fascist's gunshop | 2000 | ||
| Charlotte Gray | German soldiers | 2001 | ||
| Avalon | A single Class-B player | 2001 | ||
| Edges of the Lord | German soldiers | 2001 | ||
| In August of 1944 | Seen in village chairman house and on former battlefield | 2001 | ||
| We Were Soldiers | NVA soldiers | 2002 | ||
| The Star (Zvezda) | German soldiers | 2002 | ||
| Warriors (Guerreros) | Albanian soldiers | Bipod-mounted and tripod-mounted | 2002 | |
| Our Own (Svoi) | various characters | Mounted on motorcycles, halftruck APC and Pz.Kpfw.IV, and used on bipod | 2004 | |
| Attack on Leningrad | A German soldier | Mounted on a motorcycle | 2007 | |
| The Bridge | German soldiers | Bipod-mounted | 2008 | |
| Death Race | Max Ryan | Pachenko | Four MG-34 Light Machine Guns mount on Pachenko's 1966 Buick Riviera | 2008 |
| Female Agents | . | German soldiers | Mounted on a motorcycle sidecar | 2008 |
| Hitler's Kaput! (Gitler kaput!) | German soldiers | 2008 | ||
| Max Manus: Man of War | German troops | 2008 | ||
| Brother's War | A German soldier | 2009 | ||
| Dnieper Line: Love and War | German soldiers | 2009 | ||
| Spoils of War | 2009 | |||
| The Priest (Pop) | German and Soviet soldiers | 2009 | ||
| The Brest Fortress (Brestskaya Krepost) | German soldiers, Red Army soldiers | 2010 | ||
| Habermann | German troops | 2010 | ||
| What Men Talk About (O chyom govoryat muzhchiny) | German soldiers | 2010 | ||
| Paradox Soldiers (My iz budushchego 2) | German troops | 2010 | ||
| Memorial Day | German soldiers | 2011 | ||
| New Kids Nitro | Flip van der Kuil | Barrie | dual-mounted in the back of a sports car, fitted with extra barrel covers | 2011 |
| My Way | Wehrmacht soldiers | 2011 | ||
| War of the Dead | 2011 | |||
| Saints and Soldiers: Airborne Creed | German soldiers | man-portable, mounted on SdKfz Halftrack and Panzer tank | 2012 | |
| Manhunt (Oblawa) | Polish partisans | 2012 | ||
| Red Tails | German troops | twin AA mount | 2012 | |
| Red Tails | German troops | on halftrack | 2012 | |
| Stalingrad | German and Russian soldiers | bipod and tripod-mounted | 2013 |
Television
| Title | Actor | Character | Note / Episode | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stawka wieksza niz zycie | German soldiers | 1966-68 | ||
| Czterej pancerni i pies | German soldiers | 1966-1970 | ||
| Seventeen Moments of Spring | German soldiers | 1973 | ||
| Archiv des Todes | German soldiers | "Wettlauf mit der Zeit" (S1E09) | 1980 | |
| Sahara (1995) | Alan David Lee | Bates | 1995 | |
| Snipers. Love Under the Gun (Snaypery. Lyubov pod pritselom) | German troops, Soviet scout | 2013 | ||
| Our Mothers, Our Fathers | German soldiers | 2013 | ||
| Foyle's War - Season 8 | German soldiers | "Sunflower" (S8E3) | 2013 |
Video Games
| Game Title | Mods | Notations | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Commandos: Behind Enemy Lines | Hull mounted on Panzer III and Panzer IV tanks | 1998 | |
| Hidden & Dangerous | 1999 | ||
| Return to Castle Wolfenstein | 2001 | ||
| Medal of Honor: Frontline | Mounted in German Panzer IV tanks | 2002 | |
| Silent Storm | 2003 | ||
| Call of Duty | Mounted on German tanks | 2003 | |
| Forgotten Hope | Man-portable, mounted on M2 tripod, bunkers and machine gun nests, Sturmboot landing craft, Type 166 Schwimmwagen, SdKfz 251/1 "Hanomag" Halftrack, SdKfz 222 Armored Car, Panzer II, III, IV, Sturmpanzer IV Brummbär, Panther and Tiger tanks and Junkers Ju 87 Stuka dive bomber | 2003 | |
| Call of Duty: United Offensive | Man-portable and vehicle-mounted | 2004 | |
| Call of Duty: Big Red One | 2005 | ||
| Call of Duty 3 | 2006 | ||
| Darkest Hour: Europe '44-'45 | With deployable mod | Mounted on SdKfz 251 Ausf D Haltrack, Marder III Tank Destroyer, Stug III Assault Gun, Panzer III, Panzer IV, Panther and Tiger tanks and Jagdpanther and Jagdtiger tank destroyers | 2006 |
| Red Orchestra: Ostfront 41-45 | Man-portable, mounted on SdKfz 251 halftrack, Panzer III/IV F1/F2/G/H, Panther and Tiger tanks | 2006 | |
| Call of Duty: World at War: Final Fronts | Mounted on German Panzer IV tanks and Half-Tracks | 2008 | |
| Wolfenstein | Mounted on Tiger tanks | 2009 | |
| Battlefield: Bad Company 2 | Battlefield: Vietnam | Mounted on T54 tanks and GAZ69 trucks | 2010 |
| World War II Online: Battleground Europe | 2001-2011 | ||
| Day of Defeat | ? | ||
| Star Wars: Battlefront | As the imperial sniper rifle | ? | |
| Heroes & Generals | Mounted in Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger | 2012 | |
| Deadfall Adventures | with 50 round drum | 2013 |
Anime
| Character | Film Title | Note | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanna Justina Marseille | Strike Witches | 2008-present | |
| Asobi ni Ikuyo: Bombshells from the Sky | Mounted on Tiger I heavy tanks | 2010 |