| Caption | German paratroopers in France, summer 1944; note FG 42 rifle and Model 24 grenades ww2dbase | |||||||||||
| Photographer | Athur Grimm | |||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseGerman Federal Archive | |||||||||||
| Identification Code | Bild 101I-738-0289-18 | |||||||||||
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| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||||||
| Added Date | 15 Apr 2011 | |||||||||||
| Licensing | Creative Commons. According to the German Federal Archive (Bundesarchiv), as of 21 Jul 2010, photographs can be reproduced with if these preconditions are met: - add the signature of the pictures and - of name of the originator, i.e. the photographer. ... You also can use fotos from the Federal Archives for free on Wikimedia Commons http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Bundesarchiv |
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"Among the men who fought on Iwo Jima, uncommon valor was a common virtue."Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, 16 Mar 1945
6 Jun 2011 04:17:41 PM
The German FG-42 was developed for the German paratroops. It was a gas-operated,
air-cooled, magazine feed, selective fire semi and full automatic shoulder weapon.
It fired the full size 7.92mm round same as used in the 98k bolt action rifle and had a tremendous kick, w/muzzle flash and noise wasn't controllable on automatic fire.
The weapon should have used the 7.92 kurts round, like the later MP-44. The FG-42 was used in limited numbers until the end of the war.
Both the FG-42 and the MP-44 influenced post
war small-arms development.
The FG-42 was carried by German paratroops
during Otto Skorzeny's kommando raid to free Benito Mussolini in September 1943.