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More model informationThe MG 42 has a proven record of reliability, durability, simplicity, and ease of operation, but is most notable for its ability to produce a high volume of suppressive fire. The MG 42 had one of the highest average cyclic rates of any single-barreled man-portable machine gun: between 1,200 and 1,500 rpm, resulting in a distinctive muzzle report. The only Allied automatic ordnance of any type with a similar calibre that was designed to exceed this rate of fire was the Soviet Union’s .30-calibre ShKAS machine gun for aircraft armament, due to its “squirrel-cage” layout, ten-round “pre-feed” mechanism giving it a firing rate of 1,800 rounds per minute
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