Here’s What You Need to Know: Germany’s Bundeswehr still fields the MG3 general-purpose machine gun. Though the design has been modernized somewhat, its not too bad for something that is approaching a ...

German infantry tactics depended on the MG 34 (and similar but later production MG 42) to increase a squad’s available firepower. Unlike the United States, which issued the semi-automatic M1 Garand ...

The MG-42 was faster, more ruthless, and far cheaper to manufacture—earning the grim nickname “Hitler’s Buzzsaw.” So why did beasts like the Panther and the Tiger stick with the older MG-34 inside ...