MG3 machine gun
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The MG3 machine gun is a German 7.62×51mm NATO general-purpose machine gun derived from the World War II-era MG 42 and widely used by NATO and other armed forces for decades.
Statements (63)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | general-purpose machine gun ⓘ |
| ammunitionFeedSystem | disintegrating metal link belt ⓘ |
| caliber | 7.62×51mm NATO ⓘ |
| canBeVehicleMounted | true ⓘ |
| chambering | 7.62×51mm NATO ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Germany ⓘ |
| derivedFrom | MG 42 machine gun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasVariant |
MG 3A1
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
MG 3E NERFINISHED ⓘ MG 3KWS NERFINISHED ⓘ MG 74 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inServiceFrom | 1960s ⓘ |
| manufacturer |
Heckler & Koch
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Rheinmetall NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
high rate of fire
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quick-change barrel ⓘ roller-locked bolt system ⓘ |
| operation | recoil-operated ⓘ |
| primaryRole | infantry support weapon ⓘ |
| rateOfFire | 1000–1300 rounds per minute ⓘ |
| secondaryRole |
air-defense machine gun
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vehicle coaxial machine gun ⓘ |
| standardMount |
bipod
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tripod ⓘ |
| usedBy |
Albanian Armed Forces
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Argentine Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Austrian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Bangladeshi Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Bosnian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Brazilian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Bundeswehr NERFINISHED ⓘ Chilean Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Croatian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Danish Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Greek Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Indonesian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Iranian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Jordanian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Kuwaiti Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Mexican Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ NATO member states ⓘ Nigerian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Norwegian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Pakistani Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Qatari Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Saudi Arabian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Serbian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ South African Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Sri Lankan Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanzanian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Turkish Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ United Arab Emirates Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Yemeni Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambian Armed Forces NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedInConflict |
Cold War
NERFINISHED
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Gulf War ⓘ Iran–Iraq War NERFINISHED ⓘ Iraq War (2003–2011) NERFINISHED ⓘ War in Afghanistan (2001–2021) NERFINISHED ⓘ Yom Kippur War NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.