MG42 (7.92 mm)
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Description
The MG 42 is one of the main German rifle-calibre machine guns utilised in War Thunder alongside the MG 34 (7.92 mm)
Vehicles equipped with this weapon
- Sd.Kfz. 140/1
- Sd.Kfz.234/1
- Sd.Kfz.234/2
- Sd.Kfz.234/4
- 15 cm Pz.W.42
- Jagdpanzer IV
- Panzer IV/70(V)
- Panzer IV/70(A)
General info
The MG 42 is a jack-of-all-trades of machine guns with no real weaknesses limiting its use for the larger part.
Available ammunition
- Default: AP-I · AP-I · AP-T
| Penetration statistics | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Penetration @ 90° (mm) | |||||
| 10 m | 100 m | 500 m | 1,000 m | 1,500 m | 2,000 m | |
| AP-I | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| AP-T | 13 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 1 |
| Shell details | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ammunition | Velocity (m/s) |
Projectile Mass (kg) |
Fuse delay (m) |
Fuse sensitivity (mm) |
Explosive Mass (TNT equivalent) (g) |
Normalisation at 30° from horizontal |
Ricochet | ||
| 0% | 50% | 100% | |||||||
| AP-I | 880 | 0.0102 | N/A | N/A | N/A | +2.0° | 47° | 60° | 65° |
| AP-T | 905 | 0.01 | N/A | N/A | N/A | +2.0° | 47° | 60° | 65° |
Comparison with analogues
Usage in battles
The MG 42 has a very high rate of fire meaning that the often drum belt is emptied very quickly. Small bursts should be used against lighter armoured vehicles that can be penetrated single shots should be used until the damage is being inflicted to conserve ammunition.
Pros and cons
Pros:
- High rate of fire
Cons:
- Low ammunition capacity
- Low penetration against anything but light armour
History
The MG 42 was significantly less expensive on the German industry at the time of production due to the parts being made out of stamped metal and employing a new roller locked action.
One uniqueness of this gun is the barrel changing mechanism. Unlike most machine gun barrels, when replacing the barrel, it was necessary to remove the barrel from the side of the heat shield, requiring more space necessary to work around the machine gun unlike most other barrels of the time. Due to this issue, MG 34 machine guns continued to be produced and were also installed in production Tiger and Panther tanks as series hull machine guns.
Media
An excellent addition to the article would be a video guide, as well as screenshots from the game and photos.
See also
Links to the articles on the War Thunder Wiki that you think will be useful for the reader, for example:
- reference to the article about the variant of the cannon/machine gun;
- references to approximate analogues by other nations and research trees.
External links
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- topic on the official game forum;
- encyclopedia page on the weapon;
- other literature.
| Tank machine guns | |
|---|---|
| USA | |
| 7.62 mm | M37 · M60D · M73 · M240 · M1919A4 |
| 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 |
