German MG-34 & MG-42 Machine Guns

Am Shooting Journal ^ | 6/28/2018 | J Hines

[circlecity]

"Regular troops carried Mauser rifles and MP40-style submachine guns"

Did the German infantry have a semi-automatic rifle similar to the M1?

[Bonemaker]

G43.

[Ouderkirk]

My understanding was the K98k was the standard issue for infantry.

IIRC the average infantryman had a machine gun.

[Ouderkirk]

IIRC the average infantryman did not have a machine gun.

[Tijeras_Slim]

The MG 34 came first dummkopf.

[rellimpank]

--So the Germans comes out with the MG-34 machine gun. --other than his lousy writing ,this guy has his numbers mixed up--

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MG_34

[buwaya]

“chain-fed”?

[rellimpank]

—ditto—( and firing an MG-42 is great fun but you sure can’t trip off single shots)

[Bringbackthedraft]

I guess this pretty much explains why the front line soldier had a 98K and 5 rounds of ammo on the eastern front. The damn MG’s used up all their ammo. High cyclic rate means someone has to carry all those ammo cans.

[wally_bert]

Basic investigation and common sense is asking a lot.

[SJSAMPLE]

The MG34 was first. The MG42 came out during the war and was the simpler, cheaper option.

[wally_bert]

Schultz!!!!!

[Harold Shea]

Think the author has it backwards about the two weapons.

The 42 qas the cheaper weapon with stamped parts.

My daddy carried a BAR when he landed at Normandy and he

would mention that bad boy MG42 with a shudder.It scared

the hell out of everyone.Not to mention what would happen

if it caught you.

[central_va]

NCOs had a choice of weapons. Most chose the mp 40 Schmeisser

[SJSAMPLE]

The Germans built their infantry squads around the machine gun. Those carrying rifles had a primary responsibility of supporting and defending the machine gun.

[puppypusher]

The author of the article got everything bassackwards.The MG 34 was made of machined steel parts so it was heavier and more expensive to purchase.

The MG 42 was made from stamped metal parts so it was made much more easily as a result it was also cheaper.

It was belt fed with metalic linked cartridges.Something all of our belt fed weapons adopted with the M60 machine gun of the Vietnam war era.

[OKSooner]

Engrish second ranguage.

[Big Red Badger]

Chain Feed...
I had a girl Friend like that.

[Henchster]

This website is DREADFUL and should be banned by FR.

Their stories are “written” by someone who doesn’t speak English, and the “facts” are so wrong they are laughable.