Was the MG42 a light machine gun?

The MG 42 is a 7.92×57mm Mauser, air-cooled, belt fed, open bolt, recoil-operated machine gun with a quick change barrel. It weighed 11.57 kg in the light machine gun role with the bipod, lighter than the MG 34 and easily portable.

Is the MG42 a heavy weapon?

The light machine gun, or MG42 light machine gun, is a heavy gun in Fallout 76.

What was the original purpose of the machine gun?

Innovators | Hiram Maxim. At the Paris Exhibition in 1881, a man told Maxim that if he wanted to make a fortune, he should invent a machine that would help these Europeans kill each other. Maxim did and sold his machine guns to European countries on the eve of World War I, changing the nature of combat.

Where was the MG42 first used?

It was created in Nazi Germany. It began being used by the Wehrmacht in 1942. It was used with (and sometimes replaced) the MG 34 machine gun in the German Armed Forces.

What did the MG42 fire?

The MG42 continued to serve in the post-war West German Bundeswehr. Rechambered so it would fire the NATO 7.62-millimeter cartridge, the Germans designated the weapon the MG3. It kept its blistering rate of fire. Today Germany and 30 other countries still use Hitler’s buzz saw.

Who designed the MG42?

Werner Gruner
MG 42/Inventors

When did Richard Jordan Gatling invent the machine gun?

1862
Richard Jordan Gatling, (born September 12, 1818, Maney’s Neck, North Carolina, U.S.—died February 26, 1903, New York, New York), American inventor best known for his invention of the Gatling gun, a crank-operated, multibarrel machine gun, which he patented in 1862.

What is the first machine gun?

Maxim machine gun
Maxim machine gun, first fully automatic machine gun (q.v.), developed by engineer and inventor Hiram Maxim in about 1884, while he was residing in England. It was manufactured by Vickers and was sometimes known as the Vickers-Maxim and sometimes just Vickers. These guns were used by every major power.