The FG-42 ("Fallschirmjägergewehr 42" or "Paratrooper Rifle 1942") is a select fire battle rifle that hails from Nazi Germany. It was utilized by Nazi Germany during a majority of the fighting in North Africa, the Mediterranean, the Eastern Front and in the battle for Europe.
History[]
The FG-42 was first issued to the land forces of the Wehrmacht known as the Heer; this was because they were only issued pistols and hand grenades. The reason for so little armaments was because rifles, Sub-machines guns and other supplies were separately dropped to landing Parachutists, and as a result; seen during the battle of Crete, this shortfall cost the lives of many paratroopers, enraging Adolf Hitler to such an extent as to order the units permanent halt in further operations.
By 1941; the Luftwaffe was in search of a select-fire weapon for the paratroopers, and due to the weight of the MP-40, this wrote its suitability off and this led for them to go to the Reich Air Ministry who helped them seek that weapon. After tests with the Gewehr 41 and the conversion of the MG-15 to be carried; they still didn't work as much and even despite the introduction of the STG-44, the Luftwaffe wanted their weapon to fire the 7.92x57mm Mauser ammunition, rather than the 7.92x33mm Kurz ammunition fired by the Sturmgewehr. After numerous prototypes that all resulted in either misfires, weight exceeding components or somewhat exceeding recoil; Nazi weapons testers finally produced the FG-42 and from 1942 onwards, it became the mainstay of the Parachutists in the Luftwaffe, and was even issued to infantry on the ground.
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There are a total of 4 upgrades for the FG-42.
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