Technical Specifications

Type	General-purpose machine gun
Country of origin	West Germany
Designed	1959
Produced	1959–present
In service	1959–present
Wars	See Conflicts
Used by	See Users
No. built	1 million+
Variants	See Variants
Weight	11.5 kg · 27.5 kg (mounted on tripod)
Length	1225 mm · 1097 mm (without stock)
Barrel length	565 mm
Cartridge	7.62×51mm NATO
Action	Recoil-operated, roller locked
Feed	50-round non-disintegrating DM1 belt (can be combined in a drum); 100-round disintegrating DM6/M13 belt
Muzzle velocity	820 m/s
Rate of fire	800–950 rounds/min (heavy-weight bolt) · 1,000–1,200 rounds/min (standard-weight bolt)
Range	200–1,200 m sight adjustments
Maximum range	600 m (bipod) · 1200 - (tripod mounted) · 3000 m (gun carriage) · 3750 m (terminal)

Data from MG 3 machine gun (Wikipedia, 2026-09-22). Text licensed under CC BY-SA. Image: Public domain — KrisfromGermany.

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