what was the next German Nazi mashine-gun after the mg42?

Question

it had an extremely fast rate of fire

Answer 1

The MG-42 Stayed as the standard MG till the end of the war. They kinda got it right the first time, so a replacement was not needed.

Answer 2

There were two versions of the MG 42, one 'light' (to be carried by a soldier) and one 'heavy', (to be fired from a vehicle or tripod mount). It had an extremely high rate of fire, something like 1800-2000 rounds per minute, which, for a single barrel .30cal machine gun is extremely high(most other machine guns fire around 1000 rounds per minute, max. You could sustain that for about two minutes of fire). The boast of the '42 was that on flat terrain, you could fire the 100th round before the first one hit the ground. Unfortunately, the 42 was wildly innacurate, not that it mattered at that speed.

The major signifigance of the MG 42 wa in it's design, which still influences gas operated, belt fed machine guns to this day, including the retired M-60 family, as well as the Austrian FN family of machine guns.

Answer 3

There was no standard production machine-gun after the MG-42.The only one to come out was the MG-13.
The MG-13 was simply a Luftwaffe aircraft machine-gun converted for ground use with the addition of a buttstock and a bipod.This was done as there was a shortage of MG-34 and MG-42s.The MG-13s were taken off grounded bombers and transport aircraft.

Answer 4

Uh, I thought that it WAS the MG-42

Answer 5

i dont know