Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About The MG42 - But Were Afraid To Ask

[edit]: New and Improved and now with More Based!

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The next video in my Machine Gun Instruction series, this time, how to clear malfunctions, WITHOUT taking a face full of shrapnel...


Like this "way-cool" dude over here ;)

[edit]:Don't know what happened to the "way-cool" dude... :(

 
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I refuse to listen to this guy, largely because I can't hear him, and partly because anyone who can't afford an on person mic doesn't deserve my attention for 20 minutes. On a side note, that clearing incident was horrific. I'd be surprised if he wasn't blinded.
 
Painkillers said:
Ah, for f**ks sake!? Buy a body mic will you, and give me back these 4 minutes of my life.:mad:
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I spent all my money on machine gun manuals to make these videos. If you wanna start a GoFundMe, you're more then welcome...

Not everybody has a massive pile of money sitting around for audio-visual production equipment you know...
 
Anyways, here's the next one.

FYI, I spent most of the last year working 5-days a week, 46-hours a week, with "Europe's Largest and Finest Collection of Completely Demolished Weapons," including many of the most popular models of machine guns, sub-machine guns and assault rifles, and I got A LOT to say about malfunctions, BELIEVE ME...

So here's "Everything you need to know to get your MG back into the fight BEFORE the "composers" and the "musicians" visit your trench..."

The different types of machine gun malfunctions, their causes, and how to fix them.

 
One of my long-standing goals with this project, has been to make a video explaining the ins and outs of the Lafette Tripod.

Does anyone have any questions they'd like me to address?
 
The first video in my series on the MG42 Field Lafette is live! In this video I describe each of the major parts of the Lafette, and establish a nomenclature that will serve as a foundation for subsequent videos.

The next video will explore the different roles the Lafette was intended to fill, as well as look at the different configurations the Lafette could be used in.


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In my latest video I introduce the Doctrine that the Germans applied to the Field Lafette during WW2, as well as discuss the history of the concepts of Light Machine Gun and Heavy Machine Gun, what those concepts meant to the Germans, and how through the development of the "Universal Machine Gun" embodied by the MG34 and MG42, changed the concept of the Machine Gun forever.

 
The Safety on Open-Bolt Machine Guns is rather counter-intuitive compared to typical civilian firearms. Getting it wrong can lead to disaster, so here is everything you need to know about using the Safety on a Machine Gun so that you don’t end up in prison… or the cemetery!

 
BattleRife said:
To me, the most interesting thing about the MG42 is the out-of-battery explosion issue, and the post-war modifications to mitigate it.
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Right here at 11:03:


Originally it was just the recoil spring alone that held the firing pin in place against the bolt rollers, which when you think about it, probably doesn't get a lot of leverage. That they were able to adapt the "Bolt Catch" or "Anti-Bounce Spring" into the existing body, was pretty clever.

Here you can see how the bolt behaves when it's cocked and uncocked, with and without the "anti-bounce spring":

Original Configuration:

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Modified:

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