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...ularily in the [[M60 machine gun]]) and ultimately help shape the modern [[assault rifle]] concept.<ref name="Bishop">Bishop, Chris: ''The Encyclopedia of Wea
...kreich, Fallschirmjäger mit FJG 42 in Stellung.jpg|thumb|left|A [[Germany|German]] ''Fallschirmjäger'' poses with his early model FG 42 (''Ausführung'' "C
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... was one of the final developments in the long line of [[Mauser]] military rifles.
...o an internal [[Magazine (firearm)|magazine]]. It was derived from earlier rifles, namely the Karabiner 98b, which in turn had been developed from the Mauser
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The '''MG42''' (shortened from German: '''''Maschinengewehr'' 42''', or "Machine Gun 42") is a [[machine gun]] th
During the 1930s the German Army introduced the MG34, considered to be the first modern [[general purpo
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|type= [[assault rifle]]
|notes= The StG 44 was the first true assault rifle. For a time, its existence was kept a secret even from Nazi leader A
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|image= German 7.92x33mm Kurz.jpg
|caption= German 7.92x33mm Kurz cartridge
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