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| − | The ''' | + | The '''MG3A1''' is a German 7.62 mm General-Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG). The MG3A1 is a post-war derivative of the [[MG42 (7.92 mm)|MG42]] machine gun, rechambered for the 7.62 × 51 mm NATO round and featuring other improvements. The weapon is primarily found as a co-axial or pintle-mounted machine gun on post-war German tanks. Being only a 7.62 mm machine gun it is largely ineffective against all but the most weakly armoured or open cabin vehicles. |
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Revision as of 14:45, 7 February 2022
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Description
The MG3A1 is a German 7.62 mm General-Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG). The MG3A1 is a post-war derivative of the MG42 machine gun, rechambered for the 7.62 × 51 mm NATO round and featuring other improvements. The weapon is primarily found as a co-axial or pintle-mounted machine gun on post-war German tanks. Being only a 7.62 mm machine gun it is largely ineffective against all but the most weakly armoured or open cabin vehicles.
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
| Vehicles equipped with this weapon | |
|---|---|
| Light tanks | |
| Marder | Begleitpanzer 57 · Marder A1- · Marder 1A3 |
| SK-105 | JaPz.K A2 · SK-105A2 |
| Other | Radkampfwagen 90 · Ru 251 |
| Medium tanks | |
| Leopard 1 | Leopard I · Leopard A1A1 · Leopard A1A1 (L/44) · Leopard 1A5 · ▄Leopard 1A5 |
| Leopard 2 | Leopard 2K · PT-16/T14 mod. · Leopard 2A4 · Leopard 2 PL · Leopard 2A5 · Leopard 2A6 |
| M48 | M48A2 G A2 · M48 Super |
| Other | AMX-30 Super · KPz-70 |
| Tank destroyers | JPz 4-5 · RakJPz 2 · RakJPz 2 (HOT) · Wiesel 1A2 |
General info
Being a derivative of the MG42, the MG3A1 performs almost identically to it.
Available ammunition
The MG3A1 only has access to one default ammo belt consisting of Armour-piercing (AP) and Tracer (T) bullets, which has at most 10 mm of penetration.
- Default: AP · T
| Penetration statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Penetration @ 0° Angle of Attack (mm) | |||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | |
| AP | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| T | 5 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Shell details | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile Mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Ricochet | ||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | ||||||
| AP | 853 | 0.01 | N/A | N/A | N/A | 47° | 56° | 65° |
| T | 835 | 0.01 | 0 | 3 | N/A | 47° | 56° | 65° |
Comparison with analogues
The MG3A1 performs almost identically to the MG42 but has a significantly higher belt capacity at 1,000 rounds instead of 150. Like the MG42, the MG3A1 has an extremely fast rate of fire compared to other machine guns at 1,200 rounds per minute.
Usage in battles
Due to the very low penetration of this weapon, it is largely ineffective against enemy armour (although you may be able to penetrate some vehicles with extremely thin armour). Instead, it can be used to incapacitate exposed crew members in open-topped vehicles, though they are rather rare to meet in the vehicles it is equipped on. The gun can also be used for ranging HESH and HE rounds as they have similar velocities marking enemy vehicles and obscuring the view of enemy players (shooting at their gun sight), and knocking down terrains like bushes and fences. As most tanks equipped with the weapon also have it in a pintle mount, it can also be used to defend against aircraft and helicopters.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- Extremely high rate of fire
- Very good belt capacity, especially compared to the earlier MG42
Cons:
- Low penetration makes it ineffective against armour
- Low damage
History
The MG3A1 is a German General-Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) chambered for the 7.62×51 mm NATO round, the weapon is derived from the war-time MG42 and bears a close resemblance to its predecessor. After WW2, newly founded West Germany was looking for a machine gun to equip the Bundeswehr (West German armed forces) and Rheinmetall was contracted to produce a new version of the highly successful MG42 from the Second World War. Since the original design plans for the MG42 were captured by the Soviets in the aftermath of WW2, Rheinmetall had to recreate the design by reverse engineering existing MG42s.
The new weapon entered service in 1958 as the MG1, rechambered for the NATO standard 7.62×51 mm and with other minor differences. While MG1s were being produced, existing stocks of MG42s were rechambered from the 7.92 × 57 mm Mauser round to NATO ammunition and designated the MG2. Throughout its service, the MG1 was upgraded with the MG1A1, 1A2, and 1A3 variants being produced. In 1968 the MG3 entered service as an improved version of the MG1A3. The MG3A1 is a variant of the MG3 modified for use on armoured vehicles. The MG3 family of weapons is still in service with the Bundeswehr and several other armed forces to this day.
Media
Excellent additions to the article would be video guides, screenshots from the game, and photos.
- Images
See also
MG3 variants:
- Beretta MG42/59 (7.62 mm) - Italian variant
- Ksp 94 (7.62 mm) - Swedish variant
External links
| Tank machine guns | |
|---|---|
| USA | |
| 7.62 mm | M37 · M60D · M73 · M240 · M1919A4 · Mk.52 |
| 12.7 mm | FN M3P · M2HB · M80 · M85 |
| Germany | |
| 5.56 mm | MG4 |
| 7.62 mm | C6 · MG3A1 |
| 7.92 mm | MG13 Dreyse · MG34 · MG37(t) · MG42 |
| 12.7 mm | S.MG.50 |
| USSR | |
| 7.62 mm | DT · PKMB · PKT · PKTM · RP-46 · SGMT |
| 12.7 mm | DK · DShK · 6P49 · NSVT |
| 14.5 mm | KPVT |
| Britain | |
| 7.62 mm | Browning MG4 · L3A1 · L8A1 · L8A2 · L37A1 · L37A2 · L94A1 |
| 7.7 mm | Vickers |
| 7.92 mm | BESA |
| 12.7 mm | L21A1 |
| Japan | |
| 6.5 mm | Type 91 |
| 7.62 mm | Type 74 |
| 7.7 mm | Type 97 |
| 12.7 mm | Type 60 (B) |
| China | |
| 5.8 mm | QJT |
| 7.62 mm | Type 55 · Type 59 · Type 86 |
| 12.7 mm | QJC88A · Type 54 |
| 14.5 mm | QJG02 |
| Italy | |
| 7.62 mm | Beretta MG42/59 · FN MAG 60-40 |
| 8 mm | 34/40M · Breda Mod. 38 |
| 13.2 mm | Breda Model 31 |
| France | |
| 7.5 mm | AAT-52 · MAC 31 |
| 7.62 mm | A-A-F1N |
| 8 mm | Hotchkiss Mle 1914 |
| Sweden | |
| 6.5 mm | ksp m/14-29 |
| 7.62 mm | ksp 39 C · ksp 58 · ksp 94 |
| 8 mm | ksp m/36 · ksp m/39B |
| 12.7 mm | ksp 88 |
