Technical Specifications

Type	General-purpose machine gun
Country of origin	Nazi Germany
Manufacturer	* * Mauser Werke AG * Wilhelm Gustloff Stiftung * Steyr-Daimler-Puch * MAGET (Maschinenbau und Gerätebau GmbH, Berlin-Tegel)
Designer	Werner Gruner
Designed	1942
Produced	1942–1945 (Nazi Germany)
In service	1942–present
Used by	See Users
No. built	423,600
Weight	11.6 kg
Length	1220 mm
Barrel length	530 mm
Cartridge	7.92×57mm Mauser
Action	Recoil-operated, roller-locked
Muzzle velocity	740 m/s (s.S. Patrone)
Rate of fire	Fully-automatic only
Maximum range	4700 m

Data from MG 42 (Wikipedia, 2026-09-22). Text licensed under CC BY-SA. Image: CC BY-SA 2.0 — Phanatic.

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