MG-42 at Knob Creek

[RRVCrinale]

I wonder what the creators of this weapon would think if they could get to see not only how important their brainchild was to machine gun technological development, but that their creation is so well-respected by the people it once was aimed against?

[redmax28]

one good thing that came out of ww2

[CMDRFandragon]

make that that fire any faster and there would b no need for a Minigun haha

[schnellguy]

Rock and ROLL,MG-42s rule!

[Nostro200]

@schnellguy

nonono

LOCK AND LOAD!

[cdeavellar]

the mg 42 was one the best machine guns ever.

[re1gamer]

german kickass technology. :D

[Velocity4000fps]

A bad ass mg for sure.

[MyTymeBand08]

Fact is....this is a just plain stupid, and typically over engineered "Deutch" weapon. High rate of fire, that is very hard to control, with a system for switching out barrels every 250 rounds. Thank God Deutchlanders didn't get the idea of the Gatling multi barrel. D-Day may have gone alot worse.

[mxwelch]

You don't need a barrel change that soon unless you fire non-stop. Sorry, I disagree about it being a "stupid" design and so do a lot of weapon developers.

[RudolfMaister]

Yeah, the MG42 is stupid, that is probably why most modern MGs were derived from it.

[Southern661]

the MG42 is stupid? ask ANY verteran of WW2 and he will tell you when an MG went off, ALL HEADS WENT DOWN.

[TheTarheelsofHalo]

Wow. If the MG42 was so stupid, why did they make an almost EXACT copy of it so it could still be used today? (MG3)

[mxwelch]

Not only that but the M60 GPMG is a result of some of that engineering. The MG42 was and still is one of the best MGs ever developed.

[urmomxl9990]

umm actually u chane the barrel after every 1000 rounds and this is only from non stop shooting

[mxwelch]

Well, only an idiot would fire it for almost a minute without stopping. Crew served weapons are suppossed to last a little longer than that.

[xBiGTxLPZx]

@urmomxl9990 no you only have to change the barrel after over heating.

[DerSpartaner]

The legendary MG.....funny I talked about it in the Mail I sent you mxwelch :-D

Imported or rebuilded one ? If it´s imported this is really RARE !!!!

But whatever, nice little MG ;-)

[mxwelch]

I have no idea of the origins but I would suspect it's a rebuild. No way some guy is going to let people put rounds through an original all day.

And my comment about "Hitler's Zipper" was based on what many G.I.s called it.

[KarZyTheSocialist]

Hitler's hammer!

[mxwelch]

I accidentally erased a comment of someone calling you a dumbass for calling it Hitler's Hammer. Well, that dumbass should have researched it before calling you a dumbass. It was called "Hitler's Zipper".

[KarZyTheSocialist]

Ah i see, i hear its also called Hitlers buzzsaw

[DerSpartaner]

In German it was called "Hitlers Säge" which means "Hitlers Saw".

[EddRoadrunner]

lol knob... sneek sneek sneek

[ibanezdaytripper]

weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee­eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[4a3b2c1d]

oh, ok lol.

[4a3b2c1d]

Where is Knob Creek? What state? I only know of a range in NE oklahoma, and one in Kentucky that have yearly MG shoots...

[mxwelch]

Knob Creek is in Kentucky.

[gunmetalxXx]

the best machine gun in ww2!!! :)and the new version (MG3) is the best today xD