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38 CO/MIPANY OFFICER'S HANDBOOK Type .....-.. . . |.1. M G. 48 Principle of operation . Short recoil assisted by muzzle Short recoil and blowback assistblast ed by muzzle recoil booster Sights.- .............................. lade front sight and lerf rear A djut;table inverted V front sight sight with open V notch grad- and leaf rear sight with open V uatcd from 200 to 2,000 meters (219 to 2,187 yards); a folding notch sliding on ramp and graduated from 200 to 2,000 rear peep sight for use with meters (219 to 2,187 yards); a antiaircraft ring sight; and a folding rear peep sight for use telescopic sight graduated up with antiaircraft ring sight; to 3,500 meters (3,827 yards) and a telescopic sight gradufor use as heavy machine gun ated up to 3,500 meters (3,827 yards) for use as heavy machine gun Muzzle velocity................. ... 2,500 to 3,000 feet per second (depending on ammunition) 2,500 to 3,000 feet per second (depending on ammunition) Range: Maximum........... ...... 5,000 yards Effective............... ... See under Sights, above. See under Sights, above. Rate of fire (rounds per minute): Maximum Practical: ......................... 900 1,500 As light machine gun (on bipod) ......-...-......... 150 154 As heavy machine gun (on tripod) .-..---. ---------. 250 .................. ....................................... Ammunition ........................ - All 7.92 ammunition except anti- All 7.92 ammunition except antitank rifle ammunition. (See tank rifle ammunition. (See par. 15b,p.30,and fig. 12,p.31.) par. 15b, p. 30, and fig. 12,p.31.) Type of feed.......................... 1. Nondisintegratingr metallic- 1. Nondisintegrating metalliclink belts, which hold 50 rounds link belts, which hold 50 rounds and may be connected in series and may be connected in series 2. 50-round belts in metal drum 2. 50-round belts in metal drum 3. 75-round double (saddle-type) drums Weight: As light machine gun (on bipod)..................... 26~f. pounds 251 pounds As heavy machine gun (on tripod) ......- 682 pounds 672 pounds Crew ............................... Machine-gunner, assistant ma- Machine-gunner, assistant machine-gunner, ammunition car- chine-gunner, ammunition carrier rier Remarks ._......__.... . Full ... automatic or single shot Full automatic only; cannot fire fired in bursts of 7 to 10 single shots; fired in bursts of rounds as LMG; in 50-round 5 to 7 rounds as LMG; in 50- bursts as Hv MG round bursts as Hv MG Figure 21.-Characterisfics of the M.G. 34 and M.G. 42.
WEAPONS, OBSTACLES, AND VEHICLES 39 Feed-cover Rear sight AA ring sight base Flash hider catch (folded down) t ~ AA rear sight Barrel on Ad Recoil ( Bo\ booster Barrel-release catch Single triggel Operating handle Figure 22.--M.G. 42 on biped mount. Blpod catch a higher rate of fire and smaller dispersion than the M.G. 34. These guns are the basic weapons of the infantry squad (one per squad), being fired from a bipod as a light machine gun. These machine guns may also be fired without a mount; mounted on a tripod (fig. 23) for use as a heavy machine gun (there are Hinge clamp Claws for attaching gun to tripod Telescopoc sight Base for AA adapter _ BasefoAAad-apte Telescopic sight base Elevating handwheel Traversing mechanism Spare barrels ase for spare barrels Figure 23.--M.G. 34 on tripod mount.
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