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https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/FG-42
https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/FG42%E4%BC%9E%E5%85%B5%E6%AD%A5%E6%9E%AA
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallschirmgewehr_42
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fallschirmj%C3%A4gergewehr_42
Service history
In service 1942–1945
Wars World War II
Production history
Designer Louis Stange
Designed 1941–1942
Manufacturer Rheinmetall (limited)
Heinrich Krieghoff Waffenfabrik, L. O. Dietrich (limited)
Produced 1943–1945
Variants Early model (original Rheinmetall-Borsig design)
Late model (Krieghoff revision)
Specifications
Weight Ausführung "E": 4.2 kg (9.3 lb)
Ausführung "G": 4.95 kg (10.9 lb)
Length Ausführung "E": 945 mm (37.2 in)
Ausführung "G": 975 mm (38.4 in)
Barrel length 500 mm (19.7 in)
Cartridge 7.92×57mm Mauser
Action Gas-operated, rotating bolt
Rate of fire Ausführung "E": ~900 rounds/min
Ausführung "G": ~750 rounds/min
Muzzle velocity 740 m/s (2,428 ft/s) (SmK bullet)
Effective firing range 600 m
Feed system 10- or 20-round detachable box magazine
Sights Iron sights (all models); flip-up front post and folding rear diopter sight; ZFG42 or ZF4 scope
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