MG34

The Maschinengewehr 34, or MG34, was a German machine gun that was first produced and accepted for service in 1934, and first issued to units in 1935. It was an air-cooled machine gun firing 7.92 mm Mauser rounds and had similar performance to other medium machine guns. WW2 Germany machine gun Source link http://www. ... WW2 Germany machine gun Source link http://www. ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... The 7x57 Mauser, also known as the 7 mm Mauser, 7 mm Spanish Mauser, and . ... A machine gun is a fully-automatic firearm that is capable of firing bullets in rapid succession. ...

However, it was also designed to perform both as a light squad machine gun and also in heavier roles, in an early example of a general-purpose machine gun. In the light role, it was intended to be equipped with a bipod and 75-round drum. In the heavier role it was mounted on a larger tripod and was belt-fed. In practice the infantry usually just belt-fed the bipod version, resulting in it functioning as a classic medium support weapon. A squad automatic weapon (SAW) is a light or general-purpose machine gun, usually equipped with a bipod and firing a 7. ... A general purpose machine gun (GPMG) in concept is a compromise weapon, a machine gun intended to fill the role of either a light machine gun or medium machine gun, while at the same time being man-portable. ... A bipod is a support device that is similar to a tripod or monopod, but with only two legs. ... Tripod can refer to: A tripod supporting a television camera. ... A belt feeding into an M249 machine gun, from an Army training manual A belt feeding into a M1919A4 from a wooden ammo box A belt is an ammunition feeding device for a firearm. ...

History

MG34 with drum magazine

The MG34 was used as the primary infantry machine gun during the 1930s, and remained as the primary tank and aircraft defensive weapon. It was intended that it would be replaced in infantry service by the related MG42, but there were never enough of the new design to go around, and MG34s soldiered on in all roles until the end of World War II. It was intended that it would replace the MG-13 and other older machine guns, but these ended up still being used in WWII as demand was never met. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (889x588, 232 KB) MG34 machinegun on bipod File links The following pages link to this file: MG34 ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (889x588, 232 KB) MG34 machinegun on bipod File links The following pages link to this file: MG34 ... // Events and trends A public speech by Benito Mussolini, founder of the Fascist movement The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical lifestyles, as countries were struggling to find a solution to the global depression. ... The Maschinengewehr 42, or MG 42 was a machine gun that was developed for and entered service with Germany in 1942, during World War II. The 7. ... Combatants Allied Powers Axis Powers Commanders {{{commander1}}} {{{commander2}}} Strength {{{strength1}}} {{{strength2}}} Casualties 17 million military deaths 8 million military deaths {{{notes}}} World War II, also known as the Second World War, was a military conflict that took place between 1939 and 1945. ...

It was designed primarily by Heinrich Vollmer from the Mauser Werke, based on the recently introduced Rheinmetall-designed Solothurn 1930 (MG30) that was starting to enter service in Switzerland. The principal changes were to move the feed mechanism to a more convenient location on the left of the breech, and the addition of a shroud around the barrel. Changes to the operating mechanism improved the rate of fire to between 800 and 900 RPM. Mauser is the common name of German arms manufacturer Mauser-Werke Oberndorf Waffensysteme GmbH, as well as the line of bolt action rifles they built for the German armed forces. ... Rheinmetall is a German defense company with factories in Düsseldorf and Unterlüß. It has a long tradition of making guns and artillery pieces. ... The Maschinengewehr 30, or MG30 was a German-designed machine gun that saw some service with various armed forces in the 1930s. ...

The new gun was accepted for service almost immediately and was generally liked by the troops. It was used to great effect by German soldiers assisting the fascists in the Spanish Civil War. At the time it was introduced it had a number of advanced features and the GPMG concept that it aspired to was an influential one. However the MG34 was also expensive, both in terms of construction and the raw materials needed (49 kg of steel) and it was unable to be built in the sorts of numbers required for the ever expanding German army. It also proved to be rather temperamental, jamming easily when dirty. Fascism (in Italian, fascismo), capitalized, was the authoritarian political movement which ruled Italy from 1922 to 1943 under the leadership of Benito Mussolini. ... The Spanish Civil War (July 1936–April 1939) was a conflict in which the incumbent Second Spanish Republic and political left-wing groups fought against a right-wing nationalist insurrection led by General Francisco Franco, who eventually succeeded in ousting the Republican government and establishing a dictatorship. ...

Characteristics

The MG34 could use both magazine-fed and belt-fed 7.92 mm ammunition. Belts were supplied in 50-round single strips or 250-round boxes. The drums held either 50 rounds in the standard version, or 75 in the "double drum" version. Early guns had to be modified to use the drums by replacing a part on the gun, but this modification was later supplied from the factory.

In the light machine gun role it was used with a bipod and weighed only 12.1 kg. In the medium machine gun role it could be mounted on one of two tripods, a smaller one weighing 6.75 kg, the larger 23.6 kg. The larger tripod, the MG-34 Laffette, included a number of features such as a scope and special sighting eqipment for indirect fire. The legs could be extended to allow it to be used in the anti-aircraft role (and many were), and when lowered it could be placed to allow the gun to be fired "remotely" while it swept an arc in front of the mounting with fire, or aimed through a periscope attached to the tripod. (Redirected from 1 E1 kg) Categories: Orders of magnitude (mass) ... (Redirected from 1 E0 kg) Categories: Orders of magnitude (mass) ... View through a 4x rifle scope A telescopic sight, commonly referred to as a scope, is a device used to give an accurate point of aim for a firearm. ...

Derivatives

1. One variant on the MG34 was the MG34/41. the MG34/42 was requested as the first war experiences in the beginging of the World War II proved that a higher fire rate generate more dispersion of the bullets. The MG34/41 could cope with a fire rate of 1200 rpm (MG34 could cope with 800 à 900 rpm). the weight of the MG34/41 was 14 kg, slightly more than the original MG34 version (12,1 kg). A limited number of MG34/41 was produced (300 pcs send to the Eastern Front).
2. By the late 1930s an effort had started to simplify the MG34, leading to the MG42. The MG42's square barrel cover made it unsuitable for use in tank cupolas however, and the MG34 remained in production until the end of the war for this role.
3. Tanks normally use the MG34-T model, whose main difference was that it had a different barrel sheath that was heavier and had not the normal ventilation holes from MG34 on it.
4. The MG34 was also used as the basis of a new anti-aircraft gun, the MG81. For this role the breech was slightly modified to allow feeds from either side, and in one version two guns were bolted together on a single trigger to form a weapon known as the MG81Z (for zwilling, German for "twin"). Production of the MG34 was never enough to satisfy any of its users, and while the MG81 was a huge improvement over the earlier MG30-based MG15 and MG17, those guns could be still found in use until the end of the war.

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Statistics

• Caliber: 7.92 mm
• Load: continuous belt feed (50 or 200 round strips) or 75 round beltless saddle drum
• Action: selective fire, air cooled
• Rate of fire: 800 to 900 round/min
• Weight: 12.1 kg (26.7 lb)
• Weight with tripod: 19.2 kg (42.3 lb)

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External links

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See also

• List of World War II firearms of Germany