Polygonal rifling
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Polygonal rifling is a type of gun barrel rifling where the traditional sharp-edged "lands and grooves" are replaced by less pronounced "hills and valleys", so the barrel bore has a polygonal cross-se
Canon de montagne de 4 modele 1859 Le Petulant
Hexagonal rifling of Le Petulant
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 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