The German MG3 is one of the most popular universal machine guns in the World. In fact, MG3 is modified version of the MG42, German WW2 era machinegun, adopted to fire 7.62mm NATO standard rounds instead of the 7.92 mm Mauser rounds. MG42 was worlds first truly "universal" machinegun, designed for use as both light machine gun on bipods or as heavy machine gun on tripod or AA or pintle mount. MG3 started as MG42/59 in 1959, and since 1968 MG3 itself is in mass production. MG3 is currently in service with the German Army (Bundeswehr) and is exported to Chile, Denmark, Italy, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Norway, Austria, Portuguese and Turkey. MG3 clones are built in Yugoslavia and other countries. The flag of NATO NATO 2002 Summit The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), sometimes called North Atlantic Alliance, Atlantic Alliance or the Western Alliance, is an international organisation for defence collaboration established in 1949, in support of the North Atlantic Treaty signed in Washington, D.C., on April 4, 1949. ... The Maschinengewehr 42, MG-42, or MG42 is a machine gun that was developed for and entered service with Nazi Germany in 1942, during World War II. The 7. ... Yugoslavia (Jugoslavija in all south Slavic languages) is a term used for three separate but successive political entities that existed during most of the 20th century on the Balkan Peninsula in Europe. ...
MG3 is belt-fed, air-cooled machinegun. It has short moving barrel with bolt locking into the barrel extension via two rollers (note that MG3 used roller locking, unlike the HK G3 series of the weapons, that used roller delayed blowback). MG3 has quick change barrel, that could be replaced after every 150 rounds fired with practical rate of fire of 200 to 250 rounds per minute. Weapon fires from open bolt. It has one of the highest rates of fire in its class and rated as extremely reliable (as one may expect from such a time- and war-pro design).
The MG3 is a 7.62 mm NATO machine gun and one of the most popular multi-purpose machine guns.
The MG3 was a improvement on the MG1 and MG2.
The MG3 is currently in service with the German Army (Bundeswehr) and has been exported to or license-built in Chile, Denmark, Italy, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Norway, Austria, Australia, Portugal, Poland and Turkey.
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