1943 MG42 Serial #133

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1943 MG42 Serial #133

1943 MG42 Code "ar" Serial #133
(Mfg by Mauser Werke, Borsigwalde)

Caliber: ............................. 7.92x57 mm Mauser (also known as 8mm Mauser)
Weight: ............................ 26.65 lb. (12.09 kg) on bipod
Length: ............................ 48 in. (1220 mm)
Length of barrel: ............... 20.9 in. (530 mm)
Rifling: ............................. 4 grooves right-hand twist
Feeding: ........................... belt, 50 or 250 round
Rate of fire: ...................... 1,200 - 1,500 rounds/min (25 rounds per sec)
Muzzle velocity: ................. 2,477 fps (755 m/s)
Total MG42 Qty Mfg: ......... 404,500 (Estimated 1942 - 1945 from Folke Myrvang's calculations)
1943 Qty (Code "ar") ........ 15,000 (Low observed # 1354 - High observed # 3740a)

Source: MG34-MG42 German Universal Machine Guns by Folke Myrvang (2002) - ISBN: 0-88935-1278-X

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13	14	15	16 "ar" = Mauser Werke, Borsigwalde. "arz" (with eagle) = Deutsche Kuhl-u Kraftmaschinen GmbH, Werk Brand-Erbisdorf bei Feiberg.
17 "ar" = Mauser Werke, Borsigwalde. "arz" (with eagle) = Deutsche Kuhl-u Kraftmaschinen GmbH, Werk Brand-Erbisdorf bei Feiberg.	18 "ar" = Mauser Werke, Borsigwalde. "arz" (with eagle) = Deutsche Kuhl-u Kraftmaschinen GmbH, Werk Brand-Erbisdorf bei Feiberg.	19 "ar" = Mauser Werke, Borsigwalde. "arz" (with eagle) = Deutsche Kuhl-u Kraftmaschinen GmbH, Werk Brand-Erbisdorf bei Feiberg.	20 "ar" = Mauser Werke, Borsigwalde. "arz" (with eagle) = Deutsche Kuhl-u Kraftmaschinen GmbH, Werk Brand-Erbisdorf bei Feiberg.
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