Photos MG 34, MG 42, MG 1 and MG 3 and their derivates thread

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Starting with Turkish MG 3s.

 

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Erwin Rommel visiting the Atlantic Wall in Normandy, 1944 prior to the allied invasion on D day.

 

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Iranians defending Khorramshahr with their MG 1A3 7.62mm machine gun, 1980.

 

[TIGREDELAIRE]

* (in German) And how have you found the machine gun? Is it durable?
* Yes, Herr Marshal, it's an excellent weapon, I assure you it will still be working long after we're gone!

* (in Farsi) Hey Ahmed, where do you think this machine gun was before us?
* I don't know, Ibrahim, who knows what this machine gun could tell us...

 

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German child soldier with his MG 34 7.92mm machine gun.

 

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Norwegian Home Guard team consisting one anti tank trooper, machine gunner who are operating MG 34F1 and a rifleman, 1987.

 

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US trooper trying MG 3 7.62mm machine gun in lafette tripod, 2003.

 

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German Wehrmacht soldier behind a MG 34 7.92mm machine gun in a wooded position.

 

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Bundeswehr machinegunner with his MG 3 7.62mm machine gun during recent urban warfare training exercise amid tensions with Russia in Berlin metro, December 2025.