Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
Company Officer's Handbook Of The German Army - All Gauge Page
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WEAPONS, OBSTACLES, AND VEHICLES 39<br />
Feed-cover Rear sight AA ring sight base Flash hider<br />
catch (folded down) t ~<br />
AA rear sight<br />
on Barrel Ad<br />
Recoil<br />
( Bo\ booster<br />
Barrel-release catch<br />
Single triggel<br />
Operating handle<br />
Figure 22.--M.G. 42 on biped mount.<br />
Blpod catch<br />
a higher rate of fire and smaller dispersion than the M.G. 34. <strong>The</strong>se<br />
guns are the basic weapons of the infantry squad (one per squad),<br />
being fired from a bipod as a light machine gun.<br />
<strong>The</strong>se machine guns may also be fired without a mount; mounted<br />
on a tripod (fig. 23) for use as a heavy machine gun (there are<br />
Hinge clamp<br />
Claws for attaching<br />
gun to tripod<br />
Telescopoc sight<br />
Base for AA adapter<br />
_<br />
BasefoAAad-apte<br />
Telescopic sight base<br />
Elevating handwheel<br />
Traversing mechanism<br />
Spare barrels ase for spare barrels<br />
Figure 23.--M.G. 34 on tripod mount.
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