Maschinengewehr
Encyclopedia
Maschinengewehr is German
for "machine gun
" (literally, "machine rifle"). The standard naming system for German machine guns was a prefix of "Maschinengewehr" (abbreviated as MG) and a two-number suffix
giving the year in which the gun was designed.
German language
German is a West Germanic language, related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. With an estimated 90 – 98 million native speakers, German is one of the world's major languages and is the most widely-spoken first language in the European Union....
for "machine gun
Machine gun
A machine gun is a fully automatic mounted or portable firearm, usually designed to fire rounds in quick succession from an ammunition belt or large-capacity magazine, typically at a rate of several hundred rounds per minute....
" (literally, "machine rifle"). The standard naming system for German machine guns was a prefix of "Maschinengewehr" (abbreviated as MG) and a two-number suffix
Suffix
In linguistics, a suffix is an affix which is placed after the stem of a word. Common examples are case endings, which indicate the grammatical case of nouns or adjectives, and verb endings, which form the conjugation of verbs...
giving the year in which the gun was designed.
Examples
- Maschinengewehr 08
- Maschinengewehr 13
- Maschinengewehr 15MG 15The MG 15 was a German 7.9 mm machine gun designed specifically as a hand manipulated defensive gun for combat aircraft during the early 1930s. By 1941 it was replaced by other types and found new uses with ground troops.- History :...
- Maschinengewehr 30
- Maschinengewehr 34MG 34The Maschinengewehr 34, or MG 34, is a German air-cooled machine gun that was first produced and accepted into service in 1934, and first issued to units in 1935. It accepts the 8x57mm IS cartridge....
- Maschinengewehr 42
- Maschinengewehr 45MG 45The MG 45 was a machine gun based on the MG 42, which was developed but not fielded by the German Army in 1944.-Overview:...
- Maschinengewehr 3
- Maschinengewehr 50
- Maschinengewehr 51
- Maschinengewehr 710-3SIG MG 710-3The SIG MG 710-3 is a Swiss 7.62 mm general-purpose machine gun designed and manufactured by SIG - Schweizerische Industrie Gesellschaft...