CODE – 04-040-941

NAME – MG34/41

NAME (NATIVE) – MG34S Schnell [Fast]

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN – Germany

DATE OF MANUFACTURE – 1941

CALIBER – 7.92x57mm

OVERALL LENGTH – 112.4 cm (44.25 in)

BARREL LENGTH – 50.2 cm (19.75 in)

RIFLING (TYPE & TWIST) – 4-Grooves, Right-hand twist, 1 turn in 24 cm (9.45 in)

LOAD – s.S. Pointed (Spitzer) Full Metal jacket

BULLET DIAMETER – 8.20 mm (0.323 in)

BULLET WEIGHT – 12.83 g (198 grains)

MUZZLE VELOCITY – 754 m/s (2475 fps)

MUZZLE ENERGY – 3652 j (2694 ft/lb)

WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 11 kg (24 lb 4 oz) without bipod

WEIGHT (LOADED) – 13.26 kg (29 lb 4 oz) loaded with 50 rds s.S. ball in Gurttrommel 34

WEIGHT (MOUNTED & LOADED) – 14.31 kg (31 lb 9 oz) with bipod, loaded with 50 rds s.S. ball in Gurttrommel 34

TYPE OF MOUNT – Folding bipod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 1.05 kg (2 lb 5 oz)

TYPE OF MOUNT – Lafette 34 tripod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 21 kg (46 lb 5 oz)

TYPE OF MOUNT – AA Leg for Lafette 34 tripod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 1.87 kg (4 lb 2 oz)

TYPE OF MOUNT – Dreiben 34 AA tripod

WEIGHT OF MOUNT – 8.89 kg (19 lb 10 oz)

WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL – 1.70 kg (3 lb 12 oz)

WEIGHT OF SPARE BARREL CARRIER – 1.22 kg (2 lb 11 oz)

SIGHTS – Open, iron, adjustable, Front sight – Folding blade, Rear sight – V-notch on folding tangent, Adjustable from 200 to 2000 m in 100m increments (219 to 2187 yards in 109 yard increments

OPTICAL SIGHT – MG Zieleinrichtung 34 (MG.Z 34)

OPTICAL SIGHT WEIGHT – 1.95 kg (4 lb 5 oz)

OPTICAL SIGHT MAGNIFICATION – 3 Power

OPTICAL SIGHT FIELD OF VIEW – 13 degrees – 22.75 m @ 100 m (68.25 ft @100 yds)

EFFECTIVE RANGE – 600 m (656 yards) bipod mounted, 2,000 m (2,187 yards) tripod mounted w/optical sight

OPERATION – Recoil with muzzle gas booster, fires from open bolt

TYPE OF FIRE – Full automatic

RATE OF FIRE – 200 rpm

CYCLIC ROF – 1,200 rpm

FEED DEVICE – Gurt 33 and Gurt 34 nondisintegrating metallic link belts in 50 rd lengths, 50-round belt drum (Gurttrommel 34)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (EMPTY) – 50 rd Gurt 33/34 – 0.18 kg (6.4 oz), Gurttrommel 34 – 0.76 kg (1 lb 11 oz)

Patronenkasten 34/42 Ammunition Can – 2.45 kg (5 lb 6 oz)

Gurttrommelträger [carrier for two 50 rd drums] (EMPTY) – 1.56 kg (3 lb 7 oz)

FEED DEVICE WEIGHT (LOADED) – 50 rd Belt – 1.50 kg (3 lb 5 oz), 250 rd Belt – 7.5 kg (16 lb 9 oz), Gurttrommel 34 with 50 rd belt – 2.26 kg (5 lb)

 Patronenkasten Ammunition Can with loaded 250 rd belt – 9.95 kg (21 lb 15 oz)

Gurttrommelträger with Two Gurttrommel 34 Drums (100 rounds) – 6.08 kg (13 lb 7 oz)

BASIC AMMUNITION LOAD – Nine – 250-round belts in ammunition cans (2250 rounds)

Seven – 50 round belts in drums (with carriers) for AA use (350 rounds)

LOAD WEIGHT – Ammunition in cans – 89.55 kg (197 lb 7 oz)

LOAD WEIGHT – Ammunition in drums w/carriers – 18.24 kg (40 lb 3 oz)

MANUFACTURER – Rheinmetall-Borsig AG, Berlin, Germany

STATUS – Evaluation

SERVICE – Limited service with German military, not adopted