Dragon 1611 German MG42 Gunner (Normandy 1944)

Name: German MG42 Gunner (Normandy 1944)
Brand: Dragon
SKU: dra1611
Price: 11.27 GBP
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German MG42 Gunner (Normandy 1944) - Image 1

Scale: 1:16

Manufacturer: Dragon

Product code: dra1611

Availability: out of stock

Last available: 8.8.2017

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Manufacturer	Dragon
Product code	dra1611
Weight:	0.20 kg
Ean:	89195816115
Scale	1:16
Added to catalog on:	8.3.2016
Tags:	German-World-War-II-Machinegun-Crew

Based on the experience of World War I, the German army paid a lot of attention to the development of both light and heavy infantry machine weapons in the interwar period. The result of these efforts was the introduction into service in 1934 of the very successful MG34 machine gun, which replaced the less handy and much heavier MG08 or leMG 08/15 rifles. During World War II, another, equally successful, but cheaper to produce design was introduced - the MG42. Both of these rifles were de facto the basic machine weapons of the German infantry and armored grenadiers during World War II. Their very high rate of fire and high ballistic parameters meant that they were perceived as the basic support weapon at the level of a platoon or company, and often even a team. Interestingly, thanks to the relatively low weight, they could be successfully used both in offensive and in defense. Very often, in the course of combat operations, the soldier responsible for servicing the MG34 or MG42 was assigned from 2 to 3 ammunition to ensure that the rest of the team was firing machine guns uninterruptedly.

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