Key Points - The Nazi German MG 42, introduced in 1942, was a fearsome 7.92x57mm Mauser general-purpose machine gun renowned for its devastatingly high rate of fire (1,200-1,800 rpm) and reliability, ...

The German arms industry has always been a fairly robust and advanced one. From Mauser to HK, it is often ahead of the game. This was very true during World War II when the Nazi forces made numerous ...

Few weapons have defined the tempo of modern warfare quite like the machine gun. It isn’t a new concept by any means, with the notion of rapid fire volleys being something dating back to the Age of ...