Jan 20, 2005 · Rate of Fire: 1500 rounds per minute Range of Fire in action: 800-2000 m (lMG) / 3000 to 3500 m (sMG in direct and indirect fire mode) Overall Observations. The main difference between …

Aug 20, 2023 · Cyclic rate of fire is 1,200 to 1,500 rounds per minute. However, a SUSTAINED rate of fire was about 300-350 rounds per minute. A belt fed machine gun develops a great deal of heat …

Dec 3, 2004 · rate of fire doesn't change when used in LMG mode. you can change the rate of fire by cutting down the recoil spring, Canadian soldiers did this with captured MG 42s in Holland so that …

Mar 28, 2005 · The MG 42 was reliable, powerful, lightweight, easy to service, and fairly inexpensive to produce. It had few weaknesses, although its high rate of fire did cause significant vibration which …

Feb 25, 2003 · The MG42 could fire with a rate of about 25 rounds per second (1500 per minute). The MG3 fires 20 rounds per seconds, but this is still enough firepower for a squad.

The rate of fire on an MG42 varied depending on what bolt was used, but optimal settings allowed for 1,500 rounds per minute. The M134 (otherwise known as a "minigun") fires at between 2,000-6,000 ...

Nov 4, 2002 · If you stand alone you can only fire the MG 42 from the hip using the tracers for aiming. You can hold the MG 42 like a “normal” rifle (if you really got some muscle) and aim at an aerial …

The MG42, nicknamed "The Buzzsaw" by the allies, was a German General Purpose Machine Gun that was an improvement over the earlier MG34. It was used in all German theatres of WWII as a support ...

Sep 11, 2023 · The theoretical rate of fire was 400 to 600 rounds per minute. This rate though was rarely achieved and could never be sustained because overheating was a major problem.

Oct 1, 2004 · MG 42 was a design where the engineering tolerances were slackened, main reason was to avoid seizures in icy or sandy conditions. Cyclic rate was increased to 1,200 RPM and some …