It also offered the benefits of 100-round. This article appears in: . Only negative I had with the MG42 was the high cyclic rate. Lauren Witt, Interdependence Public Relations. 12 [deleted] 6 yr. ago Automated would be even scarier [deleted] 6 yr. ago The sequence repeats as long as the trigger is depressed. After its founding in 1955, the Austrian army was equipped with old guns temporarily out of U.S. stocks. Subscribe to our monthly Newsletter to receive firearm news, product discounts from your favorite Industry Partners, and more. It had a number of fleas, and as guns wore out in service and were not replaced its reputation grew tarnished. Excessive overheating caused by rapid firing about 500 rounds through a barrel resulted in unacceptable wear of the bore rendering the barrel useless. The proper buffer is hard if not impossible to find. It was possible to unintentionally have high pressure gas moving backwards in the MG 42 towards the operator(s) when the action was not fully locked. [58] The gun was made as an almost exact copy of the MG 42 which was chambered in 7.9257mm Mauser. The first prototypes were made by the Bridgeport Tool & Die Company, with Springfield Armory stepping in to assist in 1947. The 950g bolt and hydraulic buffer would slow it down but I never got that far. However, the MG 34 did have fundamental drawbacks, such as sensitivity to extreme weather conditions, dirt and mud, and comparatively complex and expensive production. It was eventually replaced by the heavier, but more reliable, FN 240 series. However, the realization that the .30-06 Springfield cartridge was too long for the prototype gun's mechanism to easily and reliably work with resulted in the discarding of the project. According to my sources the M-60 copied the MG42 feed system and the bolt and locking system of the FG42. Re: Difference Between MG-42 and M-60 U.S. The legs could be extended with a Lafetteaufsatzstck to allow it to be used in the low level anti-aircraft role, and when lowered, it could be placed to allow the gun to be fired "remotely" while it swept an arc in front of the mounting with fire. The method of barrel change made the MG 42 unsuitable for internal secondary or co-axial armament on World War II era German tanks or other armored vehicles with the exception of the Jagdpanzer IV. It has a phenomenal fire rate that makes for consistently solid time-to-kill, at least relative to Vanguard competitors. There were also mounts for various vehicles, motorcycle sidecars, and fortress positions. In addition, with its high bullet penetration, the M60 can take on and tear apart very . It could also be used on an M2 Tripod. First issued in 1959, the M60 has since been replaced in most roles by the M240 machine gun, but it is still in service and still being manufactured. Any use of this content without express written consent is prohibited. The Allies did have similar weapons, such as the M1919 Browning machine gun and the Vickers K machine gun, but these were issued more sparsely than the MG 42, with the Vickers K being an aircraft machine gun, only issued to infantry in specialized circumstances. AR15.Com reserves the right to overwrite or replace any affiliate, commercial, or monetizable links, posted by users, with our own. Also, the entire gun had to be dismounted from a firing position to change the barrel, as the bipod was attached to it. [33] Simultaneously the barrel is pushed forward by a recuperator spring to its starting position. The indirect firing method exploits the s.S. Patrone useful maximum range, that is defined by the maximum range of a small-arms projectile while still maintaining the minimum kinetic energy required to put unprotected personnel out of action, which is generally believed to be 15 kilogram-meters (147J / 108ftlbf). The M60E4 reduced the weapons overlength, further increasing its portability. The Americans and the British trained their troops to take cover from the fire of an MG 42, and assault the position during the sub 10 seconds time window of barrel replacement.[22][23]. [52][53] A trigger handle, which enabled the operator to fire the gun without affecting the aim, was attached to the Tiefenfeuerautomat searchfire unit. And since the barrel of the MG42 had to be replaced after 100 rounds of continuous fire, which took a highly trained crew of only 7 seconds to complete, I still prefer the M60, but thats me, Im an old fashioned guy. Later variants of the gun, like the M60E1 and M60E3 rectified many of these problems though, making the weapon more reliable and longer-lasting. Following this, the US switched its sights to the FG 42. The MG42 fires over 1000 rounds a minute. Unlike the old Brownings, the M60 could keep firing, and when its barrel became too hot, the assistant gunner could quickly swap it out for another. The MG42 is focused on sitting in one place with a half dozen infantry feeding it ammo and barrel changes, while it spurts out a ridiculous amount of lead at the enemy. Found on the shoulders of troops on the ground, on the top of tanks, and in the doors of helicopters, it truly was an all-purpose machine gun. They ruled that the results of sustained fire were disappointing and that the expenditure of ammunition involved was "intolerable. Concentrating all your firepower in 1/4 of your guns is on the balance a loss in firepower over having four magazine fed automatic weapons. But by this time the M60 was being replaced by the M240. Because of that, feed is performed in two steps, on both the opening and closing movement of the bolt, instead of one step as in the earlier MG 34. Various commercial solutions have been presented in 6/6.5mm and 8.59mm. Werner Gruner, one of the leading design engineers with Grofu, knew nothing about machine guns when he was given the task of being involved with the project, although he specialized in the technology of mass production. Worth explaining more since the GPMG term is not often explained, I have seen folks assume it means something specific, maybe "lighter than medium": The General Purpose Machine Gun is purportedly literally general purpose, a do-everything gun. A second attempt had the same result. Damn. One of these weapons was modified with the feed tray of an MG 42 and named the T44. The MG 42 was adopted by several armed organizations after the war, and was both copied and built under licence. Never an issue with jamming. There is something to say for a high ROF. It replaced from this year the MG 42 as the MG 74 of the Austrian Federal Army. In the later stages of World War II the bulky Fahr- und Zielgert FG 1250 (driving and aiming device FG 1250) active infrared unit was paired on Sd.Kfz. Once the problem was identified, the temporary solution was to design and manufacture extra sturdy ammunition with primers with a slightly slower ignition time which allowed the rollers to settle into lockup and issue that ammunition specifically for MG 42 use. Yeah, MG42's certainly did have changed in rate of fire based on how they were feed. Sign up for the ARFCOM weekly newsletter and be entered to win a free ARFCOM membership. Obviously not sniper rifles, but these GPMG's are all old designs.. and yet to this day very viable weapons still considered some of the best GPMG's ever made. It is my understanding that you have to lengthen the receiver of a PKM, as reportedly done by the Poles, in order to use rimless ammunition. There's some overlap and if we shift calibers good luck making these distinctions, but 5.56 belt feds are pretty heavy and fussy for the bullets they throw. Its a silly program. An air-cooled weapon, it fires at the moderate cyclic rate of between 500 and 650 r.p.m. Those bolts also are used along with different recoil springs. I have an E3, MM23E and M16/Shrike too. The resulting weapon had a cyclic rate of fire of 1,000 rounds per minute, was in the light machine gun role 4.4kg (9.70lb) heavier than the German MG 42, and much more finely made and finished. First tests were undertaken in June 1944, but development dragged on and eventually only ten were built. [51], Another unique feature of German World War II machine guns was the Tiefenfeuerautomat feature on the Lafette 42 and Lafette 34 tripods. For this reason, the MG 45 is considered a different type of firearm, as the mechanisms of these two guns are different. The U.S. Navy SEAL teams of Vietnam employed shortened and cut down M60 machine guns, making a substantially more man-portable platform, easier for single-personuse. The MG 42 incorporated lessons hard-won on the Eastern Front. The idea that one gun will do all infantry tasks is dead. This powerful German machine gun was built as a cheaper and simpler version of the MG 34. [58] Saginaw Steering Gear did not adjust the prototypes for the 6.35mm (0.25in) longer .30-06 Springfield (7.6263mm) cartridge case. Set up one soldier in each square, 64 soldiers total. And I read somewhere that the M60 was develpoed from the MG42. The M60 with integral folding bipod legs weighted 8 pounds less than the BAR and could be field stripped and reassembled in roughly half the time. The Soviets did not really go in for grace in their designs, did they? It remains a primary general-purpose machine gun of the modern German armed forces (Bundeswehr) [65] until being replaced by the Heckler & Koch MG5 during the 2020s. The rate of fire can be varied up to cyclic rate of fire of around 1,150 rounds per minute, if necessary, by changing the bolt and return spring. . I don't know if anyone has a designation aside from weight. The initial version of the M60 was officially adopted by the U.S. Army . It is also the grandfather of the American M-60. One huge difference between the MG42 and the M60 is the ROF. It weighed 11.57kg in the light machine gun role with the bipod, lighter than the MG 34 and easily portable. The Germans nevertheless continued widespread production of MG 34s in parallel until the end of the war. The bipod, the same one used on the MG 34, could be mounted to the front or the center of the gun depending on how and where it was being used. The American made M60 and M240 Bravo all reference the MG42 in their design and usability. . Print view; Search Advanced search. Set up a firering position app 80 - 100 m away with all soldiers facing a camoflaged mg. With the. [48], For the medium machine gun role a large tripod, the Lafette 42, was available that included a number of features, such as recoil absorbing buffer springs, a Zielfernrohrhalter (optical sight mounting bracket) for mounting an MG Z 34 or MG Z 40 periscope-type 4 power telescopic sight containing special sighting equipment for indirect fire, or the late World War II MG Z 44, designed for direct fire only. Milley wants to penetrate body armor with a SAW. It used steel of lesser quality, which reduced weight to 9 kilograms (20lb), while retaining the horizontal cocking handle. Everything from LMG (maybe auto-rifle) to mounted MMG in one gun. Although made of relatively inexpensive and simple parts, the prototypes proved to be considerably more rugged and resistant to jamming than the precisely machined and somewhat temperamental MG 34. Having fired the 60, 42 and MG3 I say spend the money on a 42 or clone and do the MG1 or MG3 conversion preferably. Belts were supplied in a fixed length of 50 rounds, but could be linked up to make longer belts for sustained firing. During World War II the Gurt 34/41-belt family was introduced. That's not a secret, M60 is kinda like American MG42 though definitely not a buzzsaw by any mean. At the end of World War II the original technical drawings and data for the MG 42 were captured by the Soviets. It combined controllability for accurate bursts, or extended strings for suppressive fire. The T24 was chambered for the .30-06 Springfield cartridge. This allowed the MG 42 to tie up significantly larger numbers of enemy troops than was otherwise possible. [58] Saginaw Steering Gear did not get the opportunity to correct the flaws that caused the inability to obtain reliable uninterrupted automatic functioning and further optimize and ready the weapon for mass production before World War II ended.[57]. The M60 machine gun has numerous variants, including dedicated models for use on helicopters, greatly increasing its flexibility and extending out its service life. The new gun boasted a nearly 100% increase in range to 2000 meters and 50% increase in rate of fire to 1500 rounds per minute. This causes unacceptable dangerous conditions and out of battery ignitions can result in catastrophic gun failures. Reply . It was determined that the M60s receiver was good for about 100,000 rounds, compared to about two million for the M240. A 250-round Patronengurt 33 belt was also issued to machine guns installed in fixed emplacements such as bunkers. He is a recipient of the Carl Zeiss Outdoor Writer of the Year award and his writing has been recognized by the Civil Rights organization JPFO. The MG 42 was one of the weapons that inspired the design of the M60. Used in Vietnam in this configuraton, I can't imagine hauling this thru the jungle. These would eventually find their way to Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia. When closed the Laufschtzer 42 looked like a tubular container with mountings at its ends to attached a carrying/shoulder strap. Lock it away from potential thieves. One of the Einheitsmaschinengewehr (Universal machine gun) roles was to provide low-level anti-aircraft coverage. He reloaded the weapon and spots targets. [4] In addition Blacks Hills Ammunition also launched a 6mm ARC round and a 6.5 PRC. A full Gruppe (squad) carried 1,800 rounds of ammunition for the machine gun between them.[26]. 7.62mm isn't that cheap these days, ha, M60 hands down. RPD always seemed to me like a fun one to play with, minus the sheer weight. [28], To enable the machine gun for its long-range direct fire and indirect fire support roles, optical sights could be added to a Zielfernrohrhalter (optical sight mounting bracket) on the tripod, allowing operating crews to continue using advanced planned and unplanned firing methods developed during World War I, though plunging fire or indirect fire methods were not as commonly used by machine gunners during World War II as they were during World War I.[29]. MG42ed. And since you can't increase the amount you carry after the perks or finding a gun for hire with the hoarder perk it doesn't make sense for me. After investigation using high-speed photography the rollers in the bolt were found to "bounce" back and forth or oscillate up to 1mm (0.04in) when lock up is proceeding and then they settle into full lock up. The shoulder stock is designed to permit gripping with the left hand to hold it secure against the shoulder. The 7.62x51mm M60 was the US Army's first modern General Purpose Machine Gun. Krause Publications. If you go back and read history in Viet Nam, you will see that the M60 was VERY reliable and depended upon by the troops in Viet Nam. MG 42s captured in Yugoslavia at the end of World War II were put into reserve of Yugoslav People's Army as M53/42s. The MG 42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or "machine gun 42") is a German recoil-operated air-cooled general-purpose machine gun used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of World War II. The M60 is a gas-operated, air-cooled machine gun that fires from the open bolt position. The Dreibein 34, for example, was a simple high-standing tripod for mounting the gun in anti-aircraft mode. [10] The Grofu company had no earlier experience in weapons manufacture, specializing in pressed and stamped steel components (the company's staple product was sheet metal lanterns). If you have any thoughts or comments on this article, wed love to hear them. We are a very resource rich military. The 416 is harder to run suppressed than DI. In both of these conflicts US troops fought with various John Browning designs, which while reliable, had various shortcomings. He keeps the bullets from striking his squad, while someone next to him tries the twist-the-belt thing, fails. 183184, sfn error: no target: CITEREFHaskew2012 (. Eventually, the T52 was equipped with a quick change barrel and a new, complex gas system that reduced wear on parts by venting off excess gas. We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Now before all of you machine-gun aficionados out there start in.before you say it, there really is no true fair comparison between the MG42 and the M60. The MG 42V had some influence in the post-war development of roller-delayed blowback system, as employed in issued CETME, SIG and Heckler & Koch small arms. The MG13 was the result of reengineering the Dreyse Water-cooled machine gun to fit the new requirement. Targets were to reduce, among other things, the cyclic rate of fire and weight and have more versatile sights and mount. . [27] In 1944, this was altered to six machine guns in three sections with two seven-man heavy machine gun squads per section as follows: The optimum operating crew of an MG 42 in its medium machine gun role was six men: the squad leader, the machine gunner who carried and fired the gun, the assistant gunner/loader who carried the tripod, and three riflemen who carried 1,800 rounds of ammunition between them, spare barrels, entrenching tools, and other items. The US proposed a 6mm. Last conversation I had with a guy from 2/75 they had just spent 7 straight nights practicing talking M4s in ambush. The MG 42's high cyclic rate of fire sometimes proved a liability mainly in that, while the weapon could be used to devastating effect, it could quickly exhaust its ammunition supply. There's nothing to hold the bolt back so it starts firing. Our need to use machine guns indirectly is not so necessary any more. But that is what I would consider a waste the M60. but just an example that big Army definitely still wants a hard hitting squad and/or platoon level belt fed. The gun was used in many roles during that and other conflicts, and it seldom failed when utilized by an experienced gunner. The MG 74 also has a modern polymer stock and handgrips (usually colored green) to save weight, adjustable rear sight (35 horizontal, vertical 15) and additional anti-aircraft sight or (low light) optical sights can be mounted optional. While some may say the MG42's rate of. [40] [60] By doing so, the Yugoslavs retained the original weapon's design features, making the M53 a near exact copy of the German MG 42. Definitely use a lipo in either case. When mounted onto a tripod the M60 can perform as a medium machine gun, with the assistant gunner quickly swapping out hot barrels. Post Reply. The MG 3 and its preceding variants all share a high level of parts interchangeability with the original MG 42. This is the company to visit if you are interested in acquiring, or leaning how to acquire a registered machine gun! And there everafter in Viet Nam and other conflicts. As the striker sleeve is movable back and forth within the bolt assembly, the return spring is also responsible for pushing the striker sleeve forward during locking (described below). Further trials resulted in selecting the Grofu MG 39 prototype gun for final production development. You are using an out of date browser. Some engineering changes were to use a barrel chambered for the .30-06 Springfield service round and an extremely increased weight 47oz (1,332g) bolt and stiffer return spring in an effort to reduce the cyclic rate consistent with US rate requirements. The battle of Ia Drang in November 1965 is notable. As it is recoil-operated and fired from an open bolt, the weapon must be manually charged with the side-mounted charging handle. However, the idea was sound, and the MG34 and MG42 spawned firearms like the M60, the FN MAG/M240,. And it unfortunately only got worse because maintenance on them was shite up until the most recent variants went into production. The Russians have a 6mm. Outperformed the then current 7.62NATO sniperrifles, including the SSG69, with "first burst" hits beond 1000m. 251/1 Falke half-track armored personnel carriers to some MG 42 and MG 34 machine guns. Jesse Beckett is one of the authors writing for WAR HISTORY ONLINE, reduced wear on parts by venting off excess gas. Afonso, Aniceto and Gomes, Carlos de Matos, Guerra Colonial (2000), pp. Attempts to incrementally improve the basic MG 34 design failed. [6] According to comparative tests by the US military under battle conditions, 5 to 7 rounds bursts with 22 bursts in a minute were most effective. When the decision was made for West Germany to re-arm in the 1950s, they re-introduced the MG-42. It was a very different design in concept, materials used, manufacture and how it was employed compared to the old Browning series. . The MG 74 of the Austrian Federal Army, is a modification of the MG 42. The M60 is a slightly modified variant of the M42 machine gun. As the MG 34 Panzerlauf, it was used throughout the war as secondary armament on panzers and other vehicles. In the tripod-mounted medium machine gun role, MG 42 users were trained to fire short bursts and bursts of 20 to 50 rounds and strive to optimize their aim between bursts fired in succession. In 1944, the material shortages in Nazi Germany led to the development of a newer version, the MG 45 (or MG 42V), which had a different operating mechanism that used roller-delayed blowback as opposed to roller locking. The gun was replaced in most conventional roles by the M240, but the M60 found a new home in specialist roles, such as with US special forces. 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