The German MG 34 and MG 42 Machine Guns: In World War II – Schiffer Military

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Schiffer Military (May 28, 2020). The German MG (Maschinengewehr) 34, along with the later-war MG 42, was a recoil-operated, air-cooled machine gun and is considered the world’s first general-purpose machine gun.