Help wanted!!! Mg42!!!

[NORDLAND1]

hello guys.i need your help!!!i am interesting of the history of the mg42. i search photos from mg42 in action of the ww2.also of all mg42 which today exist in a collection or museum.the original idea is from my collectorfriend "searchandfind". he makes the "mg42 receiver study". so i want to list all mg42 what i found and then we can see which exemplars exist today, show modifications and differences.
please help and support this study!!!show your mg42.
thank you very much!!!!!!!!

and the best of it.in this forum i can learn english.
so thats enough and sorry for my bad english but i hope you know what i mean.

Nice Greetings NORDLAND1

[NORDLAND1]

hello.want no one help me by my search??? please collectors,supporter and members.thats only pictures!!!many thanks for your help!!!

Nice Greetings NORDLAND1

[Madboat]

You may want to start with the book written by Folke Myrvang: MG34-MG42 German Universal Machinguns

[NORDLAND1]

hi Madboat.i have this book in my collection and a few other books too.but i search more information and more pictures of mg42 and/or their receiver.
i want to know which mg42 exist today,shows modification and differences.
me interesting pics from the muzzle area , front sight area , rear sight area , rear tripodmount and code + serialnumber and from complete mg42 too!

Nice Greetings NORDLAND1

[grndevil44]

hello

from my experience there are 3 different versions of the MG42, with some very subtle differences I did start a thread a while back showing this, will try and find it for you

sorry couldnt find what I was after so am re-posting these pics

can see the differences in the muzzle area, have drawn in a red line to help highlight what I mean

can see on the bottom one how the sloped area starts alot further forward than the one at the top

[grndevil44]

not sure how well this illustrates the third example, but this does not have the same type of slope near the front area as the first two I have shown does, instead has "two peaks" and also has holes in the end just behind the flash hider, this last example also has a hook underneath for the sling which the other two do not have

sorry about the photos am having to rely on some old ones I have

[grndevil44]

here you can also see the sling hook on the front

Nordland, what is you name by the way?

Thanks

John

off to work now !

[NORDLAND1]

hello john.

yes,at the one pic are shows the "short step" and the "long step"

the long step receiver gives only by mauser and gustloff. this starts by gustloff - MU-dfb, middle until ending "f-serial".(all receiver from gustloff have the "arz or rea" stamp because the receiver came from ( arz/rea = Deutsche Kühl- und Kraftmaschinen GmbH) and by gustloff was the final assembly.


and the long step receiver by Mauser starts by DF-ar , ending by "c-serial" BUT ONLY THE RECEIVER WHICH HAVE THE "arz/rea" stamp by the serialnumber.
mauser had even two subcontractors by the receiver.
"arz/rea" - Deutsche Kühl- und Kraftmaschinen GmbH
"bpr" - Johannes Großfuß, Metall - und Lackierwaren.

oh its a complex topic but its interesting topic.

Nice Greetings NORDLAND1

[NORDLAND1]

the other pic shows a receiver with the "UU" style.

this construction with the "UU" was the beginning by the receiver.at a later date these got modified and then got rebuild to the short and/or to the long step.
here the producer, how long gaves the "UU" style.

MAGET:
from the first receiver from 1942 until (1943) GH - cra - d-serial.

GUSTLOFF:
from the first receiver from 1943 until (1944) MU - dfb - d-serial

MAUSER:
from the first receiver from JT (1943) until (1944) DF - ar - a-serial , BUT ONLY RECEIVER WITH THE STAMP OF "arz = Deutsche Kühl- und Kraftmaschinen GmbH"

STEYR:
from the first receiver 1942 until (1944) PJ - bnz - without suffix.its difficult to say because steyr had from (1944) PJ - bnz - a-serial until the c-serial the "UU" and the short step.

i hope you understanding what i mean.i know my english is terrible but i will learn it!!!

NORDLAND1

[searchandfind]

Hello collector friends!

NORDLAND (Markus), I want to say thanks for your help!

For all other collectors/researchers:
To determine the details which are interested for my little study look at this link:

http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...65&postcount=3

Here you can see all details which are important for me/us.

Thanks and Greetings from Austria

Christian

[NORDLAND1]

hello searchandfind.

not for this my friend.the database will more bigger and bigger!!!
i hope many members and collectors support this study.
collectors help collectors must be the motto.

you have got my mails???

me and my schoolenglish. so sweet!!!

Nice Greetings NORDLAND

[grndevil44]

Hello Christian

You link answered alot of questions for me, I am sorry I missed you first link

thanks Marcus also !

Many thanks

John

[searchandfind]

Follow this link and you can see a lot of pictures of 6 different MG42 from my collection:

http://www.parabellum.at/Sammlung.htm

Best regards,
Christian
www.parabellum.at