Re: OT: Can't Resist Great MG-42 Shot

On Mar 30, 12:18?pm, Juergen Nieveler
<juergen.nieveler.nos...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
"Andrew Chaplin" <ab.chap...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
The Bundeswehr slowed it down to around 700 rds/min when they
redesigned it in 7.62 NATO as the MG 3.

1200 - just checked in my copy of "Schuetzenwaffen heute" :-)

Lovely weapon when shooting from a prone position with a bipod (or with
the heavy field mount) - one of our trainings was meant to simulate
shooting at targets at >100m range, with the real range being 25m
(pistol range being used...). and you had to hit 3 out of 5 with a 15
round belt... a belt WITHOUT any gaps, you really had to be fast on the
trigger.

Juergen Nieveler
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During WW2 the MG-42 served as both LMG and HMG depending on the
configuration and role intended. Usually one man would not be
operating it- but two. The other carried the ammo boxes and/or
drums... plus he had to be there to change out the barrel frequently
from overheating due to the high rpms. Depending on the bolt weight
and barrel, the MG-42 could cycle between 800-1300 rpm! The MG-45
prototype was 1500-1800 rpm!!!

Rob

p.s. The older MG-34 was usually fired from either the ground or from
the second soldier's shoulder with him grabbing the bipod legs (AA
role)! A very precarious situation. With the MG-42s incredible
firepower and heating, this method was dropped. You will often see in
wartime photos the second soldier wearing mits to protect his hands
from the hot MG-42 barrel during change-outs.

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