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The MG3 is a German general-purpose machine gun chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge. The weapon’s design is derived from the World War II era MG 42 universal machine gun that fired the 7.92×57mm Mauser round.The MG3 was standardized in the late 1950s and adopted into service with the newly formed Bundeswehr where it continues to serve to this day as a squad support weapon and vehicle-mounted machine gun.
