To make the MPMG cheaper, the MG42 had a competitor.
The MG34/41.
This gun was modified to be a cheaper replacement of the expensive MG34
Comparism:
MG 34 / MG 42
Maerial: 49 kg / 32,6
Manhours: 150 / 75
Price (RM): 312 / 250
Does anybody have any information about how much the MG34/41 was more economic? Manhours, Price, Raw Material?
MG34/41
Re: MG34/41
Ok, is there a book about german machine guns that is as insightful as Dieter Storz' books about german rifles 1871-1918 or Sturmgewehr!?
Sperg
Re: MG34/41
Same company that did those books:CroGer wrote:Ok, is there a book about german machine guns that is as insightful as Dieter Storz' books about german rifles 1871-1918 or Sturmgewehr!?
http://www.collectorgrade.com/bookshelf9.html
MG34-MG42: German Universal Machineguns
German Universal Machineguns, Volume II
From the MG08 to the MG3