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What was the best machine gun in World War 2?
Bang: Meet the 5 Best Machine Guns on the Planet
- PKM. The PKM is one of the most common machine guns in the world.
- FN MAG 58 (M240) The FN MAG 58 has served in practically every military in the Western world, and has been built by almost every arms manufacturer as well.
- MG3 and variants.
- Vektor SS-77.
- IWI Negev NG7.
Was the MG34 or MG 42 better?
Designed and put into service in 1942, the MG 42 with its stamped metal parts was cheaper, easier to produce, more reliable, more user-friendly and arguably more lethal than the MG 34. 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.
What was the best machine gun?
The 6 most awesome machine guns in U.S. history
- Maxim Machine Gun. Hiram Maxim sits with the machine gun he invented. (
- Browning Automatic Rifle. A U.S. Marine fires the Browning Automatic Rifle in World War II. (
- M2 Browning Machine Gun.
- M1 Thompson Submachine Gun.
- M134 Minigun.
What machine gun did Germany use in ww2?
MG 42
The MG 42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or “machine gun 42”) is a 7.92×57mm Mauser general-purpose machine gun designed in Nazi Germany and used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of World War II.
How good is MG 42?
Many military historians argue that the Maschinengewehr 42 – better known as the MG 42 – was the best general-purpose machine gun ever made. It fired up to 1,800 rounds per minute in some versions. That’s nearly twice as fast as any automatic weapon fielded by any army in the world at the time.
What is the best sub machine gun in the world?
The MP5 is a high-quality, reliable and accurate weapon.
- Uzi Submachine Gun (SMG)
- FN P90.
- MP7 submachine gun.
- Heckler & Koch UMP submachine gun.
- Beretta PM12 submachine gun.
- MAC-10 submachine gun.
- Scorpion EVO 3 is a submachine gun.
- FAMAE SAF.