One of the great advantages Afrika Korps infantry had in battle was their excellent machine guns the massive amount of suppressive fire they could lay down. Allied soldiers quickly learned to respect the dangerous nature of these weapons.
The Maschinengewehr 34 and 42 (MG 34 and MG 42 for short) were among the best machineguns of the war (their design was copied and incorporated into other militaries after the war and both designs are still in-service in several countries. Both had a maximin 1500 rounds per minute rate of fire at a muzzle velocity of 750 m per second for the MG 34 and 740 m/s for the MG 42 (2520 ft/sand 2428 ft/s respectively). While effective rate of fire was much lower the powerful 7.92 mm round (.312 cal) was deadly against enemy troops.
These are a combination of metal and plastic pieces I assembled and painted in July of 2021.
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