MG 34
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The MG 34 is a German recoil-operated, air-cooled machine gun, first tested in 1929, introduced in 1934, and issued to units in 1936. It introduced an entirely new concept in automatic firepower – the
MG 42 with inserted Gurt 34 reusable non-disintegrating metal ammunition belt
German soldiers with an MG 34 using a 50-round Gurttrommel
A Wehrmacht infantry squad with the MG 34 in the light machine gun role
Machine gun team with MG34 at the Eastern Front
MG 42
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The MG 42 is a German recoil-operated air-cooled general-purpose machine gun used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of World War II. Entering production in 1942, it
MG 34
…Einheitsmaschinengewehr (universal machine gun) – and is generally considered the world's first general-purpose machine gun (GPMG). Both the MG 34 and MG 42 were erroneously nicknamed "Spandau" by Allied troops, a carryover from the World War I nickname for the MG 08, which was produced at the Spandau…
MG 42 with extended bipod
Wehrmacht reenactors with an MG 34 general-purpose machine gun mounted on a Lafette 34 tripod
A Waffen-SS soldier in 1944 carrying an MG 42 configured as a light support weapon with a folding bipod and 50-round basket drum containing the ammo belt.
MG 42 with its bipod unfolded