Werner Gruner
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Werner Gruner was a German engineer and weapons designer best known for creating the MG 42 general-purpose machine gun used by Nazi Germany during World War II.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human
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weapons designer ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Nazi Germany
NERFINISHED
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Wehrmacht NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Germany ⓘ |
| designed | MG 42 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| designedWeaponType | general-purpose machine gun ⓘ |
| employer | Metall- und Lackwarenfabrik Johannes Großfuß NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | German ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
firearms design
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mechanical engineering ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasNationality | German ⓘ |
| hasNotableStudentOrColleague | German arms industry engineers ⓘ |
| hasWorkLocation | Germany NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influenced | post-war machine gun design ⓘ |
| influencedBy | earlier German machine gun designs ⓘ |
| knownFor |
high-rate-of-fire machine gun mechanisms
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simplified stamped-steel weapon construction ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | German ⓘ |
| notableFor | design of the MG 42 general-purpose machine gun ⓘ |
| notablePeriod | World War II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableRole | lead designer of the MG 42 ⓘ |
| notableWork | MG 42 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
engineer
ⓘ
weapons designer ⓘ |
| participatedIn | development of German small arms in World War II ⓘ |
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subject surface form:
MG 42