Why U.S. Failed to Copy German MG42 Most history channels repeat the same few facts about the MG42's rate of[...] ...

After the German capitulation in May 1945, production of the machine gun didn’t resume until the late 1950s, when Rheinmetall produced the MG 1 for the reformed German Army, the Bundeswehr. Outwardly, ...

During World War II, a German machine gun reshaped how infantry battles were fought and remembered. This film tells the story of the MG42, a weapon whose sound, firepower, and design left a lasting ...

During World War II, American soldiers encountered a German machine gun that outperformed anything they carried into battle. This film tells the story of the MG42, the U.S. attempt to copy it through ...

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The grave marker in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rantoul, of Sgt. Joseph Quinlan, who died in France during World War II. Rantoul resident Joe Bolser with his daughter, Katie Bolser, a Marine who served ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: This German gun had a number of disadvantages on the Eastern Front of World War II. The iconic MP 40 was a German submachine gun designed in the late 1930s that built ...