German 7.9-mm Dual Purpose Machine Gun MG 34

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Название: German 7.9-mm Dual Purpose Machine Gun MG 34

Издательство: War Department

Страниц: 71

Формат: PDF

Размер: 11 Мб

Качество: Хорошее

Год: 1943

Язык: английский

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The Maschinengewehr 34, or MG 34, is a German air-cooled machine gun that was first produced and accepted into service in 1934, and first issued to units in 1935. It accepts the 7.92 x 57mm Mauser cartridge.

It was designed to perform both as a light machine gun and in heavier roles, as an early example of a general-purpose machine gun. In the light machine gun role, it can be equipped with a bipod and 50-round ammunition belt contained in a drum-shaped magazine attached to the receiver. In the heavier role, it is mounted on a larger tripod and is belt-fed. In practice, the infantry relied mainly on belt-cartridge ammunition for the bipod version, functioning as a classic medium support infantry weapon. The MG34 was later phased out in favour of the MG42.

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