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M60 is a machine gun invented M60LMG- invented by unknown M60C-invented by American M60D-invented in America M60GPMG-American machine gun developed from German MG42
The MG42 Machine Gun weighed 11.57 kg (25.51 lb).
Yes it is. Few countries still use the MG42 Machine gun. These countries includes; Germany, Italy and Pakistan.
The Vickers machine gun was designed in 1912 and was manufactured from 1912 till 1968.
A comparison is impossible to my way of thinking because the MG42 was a machine gun and the bazooka was a rocket launcher. It is an apples versus oranges contest. The German counterpart to the bazooka would be the panzerschreck, or possibly the panzerfaust. The US counterpart to the MG42 would be the Browning M1919.
A couple of centuries ago
sir harim maxim invented the fully auto matic machine gun
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I think you mean WWII or ww2 Development of the MG42 was by Metall und Lackierwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß AG It was designed to replace the mg34 but both were used till the end of WWII
Answer :NoThe MG42 was a German weapon. It was 50. calibre and one of the most powerful machine guns to date. I do not the name of the American alternative,but it was comonly refered to at the 50 cal. An MG34 is a 30.calibre machine gun. Actually, the MG42 was not .50 caliber, it was either 7.92mm or 6mm depending on the variant.The MG42 was a Belt-Fed Machine Gun with a caliber of 7.92mm, larger than most other cartridges in use at the time. The MG42 were designed to give the standard infantryman devestating firepower with a cyclic rate of almost 800 rounds per minute (RPM) in a man-portable package. Which was far beyond the capabilities of their standard issue rifle, the bolt-action Mausers. The American equivalent of the MG42 would be the M-1918 .30cal Browning utilizing the 30-06 Springfield cartridge the ancestor of todays .308 Winchester, commonly used in the Belgian FN FAL, M-14, and M240 light machine gun. The MG42 set the standard for light machineguns (LMG). Many of today's LMGs, such as the American M-60 and German MG 21, can trace their origins to the MG42.
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