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The FG 42 (German: Fallschirmjägergewehr 42, "paratrooper rifle 42") is a selective-fire 7.92×57mm Mauser automatic rifle [4][5] produced in Nazi Germany during World War II. [7] The weapon was developed specifically for the use of the Fallschirmjäger airborne infantry in 1942 and was used in very limited numbers until the end of the war.
Similar to the Gewehr 43 rifle but the difference is the rifle uses a 30 round StG-44's magazine. - Knorr-Bremse Paratrooper Rifle Knorr-Bremse: 7.92x57mm Mauser - A prototype automatic rifle designed in 1941-1942 to complete against the FG-42 rifle, the rate of fire of this rifle is about 500 to 550. Grossfuss Sturmgewehr
StG 44. The StG 44 (abbreviation of Sturmgewehr 44, "assault rifle 44") is a German assault rifle developed during World War II by Hugo Schmeisser. It is also known by its early designations as the MP 43 and MP 44 (Maschinenpistole 43 and 44). The StG 44 was an improvement of an earlier design, the Maschinenkarabiner 42 (H).
A paratroop crew firing a mortar Burning German Junkers Ju 52s at Ypenburg, Netherlands, in 1940 Fallschirmjäger landing on Crete in 1941 German paratroopers prepare to be flown to the Greek island of Leros in 1943 Fallschirmjäger paratroopers at Kondomari, Crete, confronting Cretan Greek villagers Mass murder of Cretan Greek male civilians in Kondomari, Crete by Fallschirmjäger ...
Adolf Hitler was increasingly concerned with this, and after Hermann Göring had created the FG 42 (Fallschirmjägergewehr or Paratrooper Rifle) in a separate program from the army's similar Gewehr 41 efforts, Hitler cancelled all new rifle projects completely. This included the production of the MKb 42(H).
Prototype machine gun FG 42: Battle rifle, light machine gun: Front-line, assault, fire support, suppression, defense: Gas-operated, rotating bolt Nazi Germany: Rheinmetall, Heinrich Krieghoff Waffenfabrik, L. O. Dietrich 7.92×57mm Mauser: 300–600 750–900 1943 7000 4.2–4.95 Grossfuss Sturmgewehr: Assault rifle: Front-line, assault: Gas ...
360° below 20° elevation. 60° above 20° elevation. Rate of fire. 8 rpm. Muzzle velocity. 350 m/s (1,148 ft/s) Effective firing range. 6,800 m (7,434 yds) The 7.5 cm Leichtgeschütz 40 was a recoilless gun used by the German Army during World War II.
At the end of May the weakened division was pulled from the line and returned to Germany for refit, during which time was supplied with more than 1000 FG 42 automatic rifles as part of a new program to equip the paratrooper divisions, although only the 2nd Parachute Division would have the weapon in large numbers. The division was sent to ...