The Maschinengewehr 34 or MG 34 is a German recoil-operated air-cooled machine gun that was first tested in 1929 and was introduced in 1934 and first issued to units in 1936. It accepts the 7.92×57mm Mauser cartridge.The versatile MG 34 was arguably the most advanced machine gun in the world at the time of its adoption and deployment with the German Army.
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length (km)
1.219
weight (kg)
12100.0
type
General-purpose machine gun
used in war
Korean War, 2013 Lahad Datu standoff, 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Chinese Civil War, Vietnam War, World War II, Algerian War, Second Sino-Japanese War, Angolan Civil War, Portuguese Colonial War
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