MG-42

[HungaryHungryHitler]

The NATO 7.62mm version is labelled MG-3. MG-42 refers to the 7.92mm (8mm mauser) version.

[TaZ101SAGA]

My favourite machine gun :)

[18Maart1915Gallipoli]

Go Turkey Go !

Remember all times...Turks are allways born Soldiers, so don't mess with us.

Heeeeeyyyytttt !!!!

[Steilhandgranate]

@18Maart1915Gallipoli You know why? Cause most of the Turks living in the Asia Minor coast line and in Pontus are mixed with Greeks living there before 1922. ;)

[18Maart1915Gallipoli]

@Steilhandgranate

You are right that ( some of us ) got mixed with other races, absoluteley normal... becouse the Ottoman

Empire was very big, north Africa, half Europe, middle east and some part of Russia....

But we Turks began our campaign with Atilla the Hun...who conquered Rome ! So we are born fighters in

our genes... that mixing is not important becouse we raised them as fighters and Righteous aswell...

But now these days the only thing we seek is WORLD PEACE..

[18Maart1915Gallipoli]

Atilla was not a muslim...we weren't also ( Ottoman Turks )...becouse there are many Turkish races.

But when we became muslim, our only goal was to bring justice to the known world, but you will think

otherwise...that's fine. We never struggled for an injustice case. Check our history, everywhere we came

there was peace, safety and justice. But when we are under attack we are always ready to figt to the very

last man...Google : Gallipoli war 1915

[18Maart1915Gallipoli]

By the way, The MG 42 - machine gun is still my favourite...becouse it's still the fastest and deadliest...7.92 mm

up to 1200 rounds per minute !!! Not that i am planning to kill someone...only for self defense.

[zezimahunter1]

@18Maart1915Gallipoli should see the recoil on that beast

[18Maart1915Gallipoli]

@zezimahunter1

Yes, it's awesome !!

German technology....

[18Maart1915Gallipoli]

@zezimahunter1

I love firearms but only when i am in Turkey we can shoot with 12 gauge shot gun....but from now on...

'' I promise...in GOD's name - I will never shoot any wild pigs any more...back in Turkey...my ...

It's real bad man...think or try to think : Some asshole is gonna shoot you ( wild pig ) , the dogs are

after you...and than : BAMM !!!! Poor little ( 175 kg ) swine...Now I only can hurt somebody, when my

country is under attack....in the first place, otherwise I Swear I

[18Maart1915Gallipoli]

@zezimahunter1

Oh man...i love this gun !!

It's a shame i don't live in the USA...here in Holland you are not allowed to have one...

Remember : '' Guns don't Kill...People do ''

I am also a Turk and when i am on vacation there, i shoot with shotgun...but that's never the same

kick one could get shooting a MG 42 , i guess... Jeeesus !!

[Steilhandgranate]

@18Maart1915Gallipoli And in english that is?

[18Maart1915Gallipoli]

@Steilhandgranate

Oh, i was only angry about the situation in Turkey...i mean the opposition ( political party ) the CHP.

They really suck !!

But one day they will be burried in history...that's for sure, believe me.

Have a nice day and remember....MG 42 !!!!!!

[Steilhandgranate]

@18Maart1915Gallipoli I see... Well, have a nice day too. :D

[Smustanggt03]

old turd, little depressed? i would be too whats the fun in that why dont you play solitaire while you sit there with your remote machine gun geez

[OniSan10]

the first what i thought when i saw this was " this lazy fat amarican guys "

[JrGuacamoles]

God Bless the American second Amendment

[GOLTURBO555]

born to kill

[schmonable]

hahah the reaction time in 1:09 is the best! XD

[willyhuber]

that.is.insane. never imagined it to fire that quickly.

[duanescot]

amazing rate on fire on this 42, seems even faster than normal

[fassenkugel]

@duanescot its normal.

[TimTimONE]

böse puste

[fuggsakes]

What i really really want to see is someone with 5 250 round belts ready to go and 3 barrels just tearing rounds, firing, reloading and changing barrels as fast as possible, showing what a 42 can REALLY do

[VitaminsAndPiss]

Sucked in to the stupid Allied soldiers (International Banker and Communist bodyguards) who had to face that in WWII.

[akula296]

oh , Gott wie peimlich erschießt im sitzen ,hat wohl angst vorm rückschlag,,, lach,,,

[Suffersosweetly]

He looks like he is having a blast... I want one of those....

[pintofshite]

Great video, thanks for posting

[Nubira109]

The guy looks like he's angry about a neighbour...

"Don't touch my fence!"

[DIOSpeedDemon]

That is a beautiful piece of WW2 History. Thanks for making the video for all of us who have never seen this German Weapon. Thank you sir. RH DSD

[igvbefhipvbewivner]

poor old man.........

[TheNoobishGamer]

this is one scary gun!

[numbuhfour33]

i see something on fire in the distance!...or is that a flag....

[lynx69able]

just another lazy sunday shooting my boring ass mg-42, sigh

[Deutsche22]

@lynx69able Yeah, this guy seems so bored and must be so rich to even own and shoot it. I'd have it on my shoulder or at least be in a prone stance (maybe his back is injured?).

[szaki]

Hahaha!

Most boring machine gunner on plastic chair!

[p0werf00L]

why not switch to a couch and have the tv running while ur at it to get the real feeling? ^^

[triangletrexx]

What a great fun. I swear i see him smiling.

[dardraa]

i want one

[reddogeatfish]

Freaks...

[newpoke1]

ich find es nicht schön, dass ein "typischer" Amerikaner unsere Waffen sinnlos benutzt. Auf dem Stuhl sitzend ohne zu zielen sinnlos Munition verballern. Überflüssiger Resourcen- Vebrauch. Das ist meine Meinung und möchte keinen damit beleidigen. Ich find es halt nicht gut.

[atalkingowl]

@newpoke1 der Mann ist eindeutig rund 65 bis 70 Jahre alt thats der einzige Weg, er schießen kann, oder er könnte seine eine mächtige Waffe verletzt werden

[T1w4z]

@newpoke1 Genau das ging mir eben durch den Kopf als ich das Video geklickt habe. Typisch für die Leute da drüben.

[HolbergEM]

For those "specialists" who think that MG42 is "no good"- try to compare Dodge and Mercedes, Chrysler and BMW etc etc etc. Or..should we try to recall who built first "american" rockets, jet planes and...nuclear bombs? To make it simple for you, I put it this way - the guys in the uniforms designed by Hugo Boss just couldn't have bad machine guns.)))

[diadorim1234]

@HolbergEM Sturmovnik was better then stuka, p51 better then fw190, t34 was better then panzer 4, russian submachine gun better then mp40, B26 was better then ju88, British destroyers were better then u-boats, German intelligence should be called german quessing, German auxiliary troops were alchoholic analfabetic retards, and yes the mg42 was the best gun of the war.

[HolbergEM]

@diadorim1234 In your dreams, pal. My favorite part - brits destroyers and u-boats. Thanx for sharing some laughs.This is pointless and time consuming. I'm glad, though, that you did't argue with my comparison "chart".

[stottie301]

@HolbergEM germans:)

[Arkanii1]

@HolbergEM You are very wise mate:) That is reality, and it is amazing how far the german technology was in 1940

[HolbergEM]

I like the choice of chair;) Patio style shooting.

[LemoneyFishmas]

@HolbergEM Hahahahahahahhaha I can just imagine that guy in some backward neighbourhood, 'Keep the Fuck offa my lawn'

[pacificcoast]

they sure send lead downrange fast, don't they? looks like a good time guys, nice range you have yourselves there!

[FRURMELLL]

...I can't see what's so fun about shooting a radio controlled MG42...

...JUST pick it up and hip fire it!

[Warmaker01]

@FRURMELLL It's not "radio controlled." That's how the tripod mount for the MG-42 is. The tripod makes it alot more easy for a machinegun crew to fire it. All they have to do is adjust an elevation to fire and it can be swung left and right (Traverse & Elevation mechanism). All while simply pressing a paddle switch to fire without having to lean into the weapon. The tripod absorbs the recoil. Anything to make an Heavy MG team's job easier and employ the weapon effectively.

[justaman6972]

crazy cycle rate! like a chainsaw motor geezuz on a stick!

[BadBunnyRides]

@justaman6972 Funny you should say that, Allied troops called it "Adolfs chainsaw" or just "chainsaw". I think it's here on youtube, you'd have to look, but there is a movie the Allies made about the MG34 and MG42 to show too troops going to Europe. In it the narrator says "It's Bark is worse then it's Bite!". God I always wonder how many G.I.'s got themselves killed thinking that.

[8301968]

@BadBunnyRides Probably as many as were told by the US brass "You guys have the best tanks in the war, don't be afraid of those German tanks. I was told this by a vet who was a gunner in a Sherman. He said "We got the s*** shot out of us, those Tigers chewed us to pieces. They were outta range of our guns and murdering us at the same time.

[Casemaster3000]

Do they still use MG42 in the german army?

[SupraTompan]

@Casemaster3000

No, but germans and many other countries uses a newer version of it, it's the MG3 7.62*51.

[FreakkyJack]

@Casemaster3000 No, hey use a newer version, the MG 3 (7.62*51 - MG 3 has a lower rpm than the MG42 [ 1500 RPM and the MG 3 1200 RPM] and now the MG 4 which will replace the MG 3 in tanks and so on.

[Siiderihai89]

Well that was most pathetic MG42-shooting I have ever seen. Machinegun.. no.. Masterpiece like that deserves more.

[robster3001]

That´s typically American...

Sitting on a plastic chair, firing a gun into nowhere without any targets...

Where is the hotdog and a diet coke...

[korn6499]

the machine gun for only the best army in the world

[SgtBastard101]

And everybody stops what they are doing once they hear the anonymous sound of the MG42....

[kinemaster16]

kiero kiero kiero kiero kieo esa metralleta

[the82spartans]

1:09  lol

[FRURMELLL]

How is shooting it like that fun? Using a fully automatic robot arm and tripod? Wtf?

[EdwardTheGray]

Actually, the tripod was used to make the gun more accurate, as the amount of recoil that the gun produces is far greater without it.

[XDemonRoxasX]

its a special bipod for seniors xDDD

[8LocKDowN8]

@XDemonRoxasX Dude u made my day XD!! I think I poped alittle! XD!!!!

[XDemonRoxasX]

anytime man =]

[zangalanga1]

why didn't he fired that weapon from his home, by remote control, via internet?

[the82spartans]

Ha! Good one.

Gives high 5

[sohok8]

grandpops could never fire this shit without the tripod

[gamechamp94]

The MG-42 isn´t the same Weapon as the MG3! The MG 3 looks exactly like the MG-42 but it´s a better version.

(Das optimierte MG-42 ist das MG3^^)

[smokinthepot]

it shoots a smaller NATO approved callibre at a slower fire rate how is this improvements??? keep it to the NAZI specs plz lol

[TaZ101SAGA]

@smokinthepot It's cheaper to run, which is also NATO cares about, ammo consumption. Some times you've just gotta let the lead rip! I agree though, they should have kept it in 8mm.

[pakoezeroe]

btw the gun s name ist today mg3 and thats not the tripod its the feldlafette i was mg gunner in german army

[stefalbert]

yeah...this guy ( grandpa...) doesn't really enjoying it , so it seems......fishing or shooting a Mg42...all the same to him...lol

[SS13E3]

jeez loose the lawn chair atleast and get behind the gun.

To have fun while shooting from the lafette you should atleast buy the periscope sight

[FastMg42]

i WAS GOING TO SAY THE SAME but those periscope at least original ones are rare and expensive this set up was only used in bunkers the average grunt had a regular Mg42 with the bi pod.

[Udonis1989]

shooting mg42 with trypod looks so lame like drive a lamborghini with 25 miles per hour...

[aenigmate]

Looks like a very boring evening...XD

[762full]

haha awesome

[daf867]

whos has to clean all that shit up?

[purpleravenstar]

@daf867: Brass is sent back to manufacturers to reload them. Makes them companies smile and giggle like little kids during events like the ones on Big Sandy and Knob Creek.

[daf867]

ah i see but you still gotta clean all that shit up yo

[naillcr125]

the men who deserve respect are those that died as a result of such weapon not some guy enjoying a hobby

[varocks183]

chances are hes a world war 2 Veteran so he does deserve respect.

[r33skyline4life]

rippin cloth gives me the shivers lookin at it btw rippin cloth is 1 of the mg42 nick name becuse it is imposissble to hear each round fire

[CaptainDiscount]

Reading about the MG42 doesn't do it justice. This is the first time I've seen it fired outside of a film and I can honestly understand why Allied soldiers shat themselves if they heard one of these. The rate of fire is phenomenal. No wonder they cut down so many troops on D-Day.

[generaldeejee]

the gi's had thompson's that fired 900 rounds a minute. The MG-42 fires 1200 rounds a minute so the difference isn't that big

[AMIGABLUEBIRD]

Thompson = Maschienenpistole

MG42 = Maschienegewehr

wenn das kein unterschied ist :)

[generaldeejee]

at short distances the caliber doesn't really matter, a pistol caliber can also be effective up to 100m.

[AMIGABLUEBIRD]

right , but the MG42 was made for a range of 800-1000meter .

ca 4000 joule energy ! iss another thing like a thompson oder other maschiene pistol ...

[generaldeejee]

4000 joule...you could kill an elephant with that power :p

[NubsWithGuns]

neat video thanks for sharing it

[paddyoconnor1996]

that lad got a fright lol

[TURK3471]

From this point on, beginning with mopo366, those who can't post a civil reply will be blocked.

If you're too ignorant to pay this man a bit of respect for his service to this country and his ability to enjoy this day in his own way then you deserve to be blasted into anonymity.

You will NEVER be half the man that he is.

[gusplaer]

Well, I say! I think he's a badass old man. I wish I could fire an MG-42. He's a badass just for shooting one, I don't know anything else about him so I'm not gonna make any uncivil comments. Cool Vid thanks for posting it.

[Rymramoch]

i love the mg42 :)

[heel60]

ja ami,gib dem 42 er futter !!!

[Cipher210]

damn did i hear 5 bucks a round?!

[oellampe]

german quality the best weapons in the world

[xGothimox]

If aliens ever come to our planet and wish to see our best weapons technology, I think we should show them this.

[RickyboyH]

His bursts are wayyy to long. He'd overheat the barrel pretty quick. You should change your barrel after every 200 rnds fired give or take, and the bolt/bolt carriage every 400rnds fired.. The way he's firing in this clip, he could practically overheat the barrel in less than 10 seconds. (It fires around 22-25rnds a second)

[gusplaer]

Barrels are cheap and he's firing a very expensive gun. So he can probly afford a few barrels.

[kameradNS]

Macht bestimmt Spaß'einfach in die Wüste zu schießen.

Lieber sollten sie die Muchel davor stellen!

[TheAlexx27]

haha at 1:10. he jumped randomly

[oliroolz]

haha lol wtf?

[ricochetVendetta]

case flew back at him

[drMerkwuerdigliebe]

a man who loves his hobby.

[parkerjon15]

panzer yoiu  have to get out more often

[PanzerAusfJ]

MG is important to keep a reliable rate of fire- if hes using 30 round belts from a tripod and no optics he wouldnt be able to see the beetan zone effect of fire past 600 metres, if hes got optics and used a bearing on recorded DFSW MG targets he could get better zones of fire, but stoppages isnt something Id like to put up on video-44gallon drums filled with red dye is good at 300 metres for a field shoot-10 round bursts

[PanzerAusfJ]

Hes getting a lot of stoppages.if he used his left hand to hold the belt feed the link wouldnt jam as much.he doesnt carry his IA out when he pulls the cocking handle back to open the cover he needs to let the working parts forward or it will cause another stoppage as it flies forwards when he begins to fire again.

[MicAmePaderborn]

Hey zooders !

Yor commemt is a Typicall Comment from a

weekend Hobby solider of a Call of Duty Player !!

You have no f..ing clue of what you are talking about !!! Like manny others here !!!

But let me tell you this....

It was not his reputation that Killed so manny Alied Soliders !!!

[BlueBajs]

Wh.. What?

[MicAmePaderborn]

Hey zooders !

Yor commemt is a Typicall Comment from a

weekend Hobby solider of a Call of Duty Player !!

You have no f..ing clue of what you are talking about !!! Like manny others here !!!

But let me tell you this....

It was not his reputation that Killed so manny Alied Soliders !!!

[RifledBarrel]

to all the morons who say that weapon is no good...go tell that to the families of the D-Day soldiers...coz it's by that weapon that most of 'em got killed

[fr33akp]

The old MG-42 ist the new MG-3!!! It was modified to a lower rate of fire per minute!

[Hairysteed]

MG-42! Best machine gun ever before the introduction of FN Minimi!

[zooders]

not a chance....cheap...unreliable..­.and inaccurate

[Gitarrist087]

lazy fat donut eating american retard.

lol

[zzoot]

typical reply from someone who has never been to America and knows only what he reads in his lib rags

[wqaa31]

co to za przyjenmosc strzelac z krzesla.... trzeba byc strasznym leniem!!!!

[sturmanov]

damn i gtta get me 1 of them

[valkyrieXX]

the old guy's gonna fall off the chair....

[randy109]

MG-42 was a great machine gun. Accurate, inexpensive, reliable, high rate of fire...

Post war the U.S. learned from the Germans how to make a suitable MG for field use. We were stuck during the war with heavy .30 caliber machine guns, and the B.A.R. for squad use. We always needed an intermediate MG. Alot of our G.I.'s paid dearly for our deficiency.

(In a minute and a half this guy shot more 7.92 mm rounds than I could shoot through my Mauser over a whole week on the range!)

[zooders]

funny how it wasnt reliable...and its not accurate at all....plus...heavy???? the 1919 was alot less heavy...and much more accurate...plus there are several better examples of german machineguns that were alot better

[zelkuta]

you best be trolling.

[zooders]

you sir must be a sodomite

[xxHitman1986xx]

Could you dodge all the bullets being shot at you?

[StarRider253]

thats not likely but you probably could dodge all their bullets xxHtiman1986xx

[StarRider253]

how would you feel if you were one of the d-day soldiers getting shot down by that?

[Harshcore811]

Yeah but the Germans were in much more need for a machine gun than the Allies. They had defensive positioning which requires more machine guns.

[Dbusdriver71]

Hate the tripod that the mg-42 uses. That is the only thing I dont like. The modern day mg-3, which is based on this design, is the best .30 machinegun ever built.

[dunklermike]

der ami kanns ja noch nicht mal richtig...dat ding hat andauernd ladehemmungen

[lars3939]

hehe fat yank in a plastic chair shooting his gun, absolutely priceless

[barkon]

no kiddng! He doesn't even seem to really into it. For all he's doing he could have been playing Call to Duty. Would have been much cheaper, too; those rounds must be wicked expensive.

[IFawDown2]

Not exactly the rounds are what is expensive. Milsurp ammo for it goes well under 3 rounds per dollar. Which, when you are talking high caliber rounds, isn't that bad. .308 rounds around here go for more/a little less than a dollar a round...

What is expensive rate of fire. He probably shot a couple hours of fun with a Gewehr 98 in a bit over a minute...

[mindlessconformist]

lol!

[vernacci123]

bei der bundeswehr ist es das mg3 und hat einige abänderungen erhalten ist aber vom grundgedanken her gleich!

[kgzohl]

mg nice

[vollpeitsche]

ist halt die geilste knarre die die bundeswehr hat !!!!!!!!!!

[26DeislerFCB]

lol bei der bundeswehr hab ich die immer bemitleidet die das schleppen mussten, ich hatte nur ne stg

[NuklearDragon]

ich musste son ding immer schleppen... lol

schleppen scheisse aber mit schießen hammer geil!

beste waffe ever! auch wenn sie schon einiges an jahren aufm buckel hat =)

[ZIPPIBOY12345]

u know this thing would probably fire off 1 km worth of belt ammo in like 1 second

[JDubs878]

First off WHAT A COLOSSAL WASTE OF BULLETS!!

Secondly while I do like the MG42, the only thing I don't like about it is the high rate of fire. It uses up ammo like there's no tomorrow. No wonder the Krauts lost WWII. I'll take the .50 cal over the MG42 anyday.

[ZIPPIBOY12345]

wtf? thats y its good high rate of fire but yes ur right its kind of fail because the rate of fire forced u to change the barrel because it got so hot and that wouldve fucked u up good

[JDubs878]

Its bad to have a super high rate of fire because in war, soldiers already use up ammo really fast, so why have a machinegun that uses ammo at such a high rate?

Once you run out, you're fucked.

[ZIPPIBOY12345]

yeah assuming u live long enough to run out

[JDubs878]

Of course you would, why wouldn't you?

And considering the Germans were already low on supplies late in the war, they should have figured a way to slow this gun down even more.

Better to have a slower firing MG than to have a faster firing out of ammo MG.

[blake983]

1000 rounds a minute makes it an excellent street sweeper, even in 2-3 second bursts.

[Lotmack]

no assholes, the accurate translation is machinerifle, not machinegun.

gewehr = rifle

nnnnoooobbbbSSSSS

[berlinfratze]

is das lächerlich

soll er ohne lafette schießen

is doch so voll langweilig

fette quale xD

[grzempek]

What the hell happened to him at 1:11 lol?

[zbrown1990]

a hick up maybe lol idk

[RedOrchestraPro]

if you want to make a good video, dont forget to have a great audio. the sound is just wierd there should be lots of lots of echoe.

[blackuniform27]

push the fucking trigger longer :-D

[masterofice27]

to Rektor99 : MG 42 = Maschinengewehr 42 (because its a german weapon) ............ null ahnung

[SotaJumalan]

fette drecksau, mit nem deutschen mg. Soll er doch mit der hässlichen m1919 schiesen !!!

[mbtfp]

...und brauch auch noch ein dreibein zum schießen, sonst würde er nichtmal was treffen! xD

[Gammelpreusse]

himmel, such dir mal dringends ne freundin. ;)

[jakejanne]

Heh. MGs often stuck.

[Rektor99]

MG 42=Machine Gun 42

[Youmakemefart]

MG 42 = Maschinengewehr 42

You fail Rektor

[Rektor99]

oh sorry i really mean it!

[goreziad]

its the same my honorred internet hero

[assasincomedy]

You retard in english it translates to MachineGun 42

[sn1p3f0rv1ct0ry]

its machine gewehr 42

if it was machine gun 42 there would of been millions of MG's

[kvraagetaan]

the translation is Maschinengewehr 1942 retard

[assasincomedy]

No you fucking idiot Gewehr means RIFLE LIKE g43 GEWEHR 43 So its pretty much saying machine rifle; aka machine gun

[UtahMike41]

I like fast firing weapons. MG-42's, Mac-10's, miniguns, etc.