MG 3 is a weapon which seems never get be replaced like the M2 Browning, Fact is the MG3 is just a MG42 just rebarreld for the 7.62x51mm nato ammunition instead using the original Mauser 7.92x57mm Mauser rounds
Meanwhile US soldier : **fires rapidly the MG3* GER soldier : HEY! Its a Maschinengewehr!! US soldier : What?! GER soldier : Its a Machinegun! You have to use it properly! US soldier : I KNOW! **still fires rapidly*
Well, not theirs. Average age of Americans landing on June 6th ‘44 was 21. For Germans, it was 19. They were mostly unmarried and childless, so if you died that was it for your genes.
@@michaelbenjmitchell1 There is a brilliant grumpy historian on here named Mark Felton, this dude knows world war 2 inside out, he got this battle on here, ime waiting for him to say what really happened to Adolf Hitler
@@ArtVandelay00 Maybe because working together is better than working against each other? And also because of the past conflicts, this is proof we can overcome our differences.
I remember gunnery with the German army. I had a hell of time shooting a controlled burst while the German soldiers could squeeze off single rounds. They laughed at me and said it was even adjusted to the low rate of fire for us. The quick change barrel is a idea that 100 years later we still can’t seem to master.
@@chrissmith7669 M249 and G3 on a bipod are both LMGs and don't change barrels, but the medium MG version of the MG3 and the US equivalent is the M240 which fires the same 7.62x51 NATO round and also has very quick barrel changes at about 10 seconds. The M240 is now issued to a majority of infantry units in the US armed forces, ideally with a tripod mount for better firing stability. The X250 is set to replace the M249 for the US Army (and the X5 is set to replace the M4), which used the new .277 SIG Fury round at 80k psi chamber pressure (and hybrid steel/brass ammunition casing) for higher accuracy, less bullet drop, and therefore a greater effective range for both the X250 and X5. The newly designed modular NGSW-Optic system with integrated ballistic computer and the weather sensors required for those computations, and a suppressor. This means the plan is for all US Army infantry to have suppressors, along with that new high-tech modular optic, which also has a reflex red-dot sight if I recall correctly as a backup device, and integrated infrared/visible laser so a PEQ laser unit is no longer required to be forward mounted. If all goes well with this initial ~30k weapon order and initial integration, it will be issued to all front-line troops ASAP. If it gets to that point and they become the M5 and M250, the .277 will likely undergo NATO certification, contracts open up for NATO allies to transition over, and I imagine the USMC will likely replace their M249 limited inventory, as they switched to a hybrid model of the M27 full-auto/semi-auto 5.56 NATO built by HK using the short-stroke gas piston system rather than direct impingement. The same suppressed M27 rifle was first issued to the old SAW gunners, but they expanded that to all USMC riflemen more recently due to better performance over the M4. The reason it's a bit mixed between issuing some M249s still, is the choice of the NCOs and officers for their weapons composition based on the machine, as the M27 is limited to 30-round magazines with 50/100 being explored. It has a heavy barrel and great accuracy at range over the M249 even on full auto. They still have the M240s for medium MGs.
Präzisionsfeuerstoß means as much as prezition für round I think on einglish meaning Firing a round of Shots very fast With the Machines gun then making a Short break to reajust the rifle
and will be grilled to bacon by Russian laser and direct energy weapons..., the moment they'll hit the border. "The war will no longer be on Russian territory", Putin said.
@@breakbollocks9164 Putin also said that "Russia has no borders" with a menacing grin so take whatever that homicidal megalomaniac says with a grain of salf.
1976 in Germany. Training with a partnership unit in the snow. We laid our poncho out in the snow and embarrassed ourselves when we couldn't fire short bursts. We turn around and see an older guy in a long gray overcoat come up to the table to be issued a weapon and ammo. The German troops stood at attention and gave him the weapon and a 25 round belt. He grabbed two more belts and went to a firing point. Threw the gun in the snow and laid down. Linked his belts together and began firing in three round bursts. He shot the shit out of the 25 meter target. Cleared the weapon, stood up and threw it over his shoulder and walked back to the table and turned it in without saying a word. I was in awe and asked the German NCO who was running the range about what we'd just seen. He said, yah he's pretty good. But then he had a lot of practice at Stalingrad.
Now the Russians once more get to feel what their ancestors had against practically the same gun. The only difference is now the MG3 is complimented by its larger, older, and more prolific cousin the M2 Browning.
I shot this machine gun many times in the norwegian army. The 7.62 is horrifyingly devastating - we shot at pig bodies - meat flying everywhere... With 3 round bursts you can actually easily hit the center of a target. Very precise and scary weapon that literally rips a platoon apart in seconds.
@@panzerpoodle Beim alljährlichen Gefechtsschiessen der Kompanie war ich "leider" in der Fahrschule zum Kraftfahrer BCE, deswegen leider nie die Möglichkeit gehabt die Schützenschnur zu machen
@@stevenewton1126 yes, i shot the MG3, the MG42 is sadly forbiden to use in our military, but we got an old example from the museum to look at it, its way smaller and not so heavy and also can reach higher RPMs
@EVIL DEATH probably, the MG3 even is still a good MG, but till now it gets replaces by the MG5, with a firerate of max 900? or 800? rpm dunno exatlc, its too long ago, we got it as one of the firsts bcs our company is heavy in afghanistan etc. The MG5 is way more precise and can accuratly shoot at way more higher ranges awell.. many say its bad.. Bcs thats not what an MG stands for, back in the day, the rule was ; if an MG shoots, get to freaking cover or youre dead, it was a symbol to actually "spam". the MG5 isnt that at all, the MG42 was the master of it, MG3 was good at it aswell but not as effectivly
@MrElwoodblues83 yeah "less overheat" thats why we got learned to change the barrel every 200 shots, which is nothing on a MG. precise ? probably yes but an MGs rule isnt to be pretty precise. Ich habe den scheiss auch weitaus mehr als 10 mal geschossen, weitaus mehr, es ging mir eher darum das das MG42 kleiner war, weniger wiegt, was es wiederum flexibler macht, ein MG war derzeit nur für unterdrückungsfeuer gedacht.
I had this MG3 as my standard weapon when I was at the Bundeswehr in the 80´s. Loved it, although I had to carry much more than my comrades... But the fire rate and the precision up to more than 1000 meters are impressing!
First BiWaK as a Instructor. ZO asks in the Instructortent "who knows how to operate an MG3?" i raise my hand, had it as my Combatstation the pvreious 3 years in the Navy. im a bit confused whya nobody else would raise their hand, expecting to at least have one or two people who know that thing. ZO comes over to me. "we have 2 MG3's, 5000 Rounds and 5 Belts of 100 rounds lenght. we leave without ammunition. have fun." i still have a Scar on my thumb from Pushing the rounds int he belts. the meatgrinder-looking loadinggevice never managed to push the round all the way in so i had to push 5000 rounds over 3 days individually the last bit before the Belt locked them right, everytime poking the relatively pointy end of the Belt into the middle of my thumb. also: hauling that thing around for 3 days, while trying to stay ahead of recruits for Ambushes, recruits who were being pushed extra fast by their instructors, yeah.... fuck that. great Gun though :D
I feel like you people can't appreciate how cool the manufacturer's name is: the company's name is Rheinmetall. Metall is metal, obviously. And Rhein is the river Rhein/Rhine. BUT "Rhein" sounds exactly like the German word "rein", which means pure. So the company name sounds like "PURE METAL!" And that just makes me giggle every time I hear it. I feel like a bunch of metalheads should jump out of a corner growling every time someone utters that company name.
I know verylittle about the machine guns...Didn't we borrow their tech to build what our guys carry now in a heavy 30 caliber...What speed can theGerman gun spit out rounds? 1200per min. ?
@@Number-py1bs yes and no. Yes that it isn't a translation of that phrase. I just meant that the term "Reinmetall" sounds awesome in German and would translate into the two words pure + metal in English which is even more awesome. And I don't know anyone who'd say "Das is so Metal!" :D But sometimes we use the word as "Medl" :D and just make fun of it... MEDDL!!! As a German metalhead I'd use words like "true", "Das is so true!"... Oh, and funny sidenote: If you pronounce the German phrase "is leer!" (= is empty/it's empty) very quickly it sounds like "s'leer" which sounds like "Slayer"... So once the cups of beer run dry you'll start hearing the German metalheads scream "SLAYER!!!!"
@@johnschuster9192 yes, 1200rpm it is. It has a little strip of metal inserted in its mechanism (called NATO Bremse/NATO break by the soldiers) to reduce its theoretical cicling speed of 1500rpm. To reduce the wearing down effect of a high fire rate. But a good german gunner only uses 2-3 rounds bursts anyways. Everything else is just waste of good ammo 😏
German instructor: see that board over there with a typical Belgian house on it? Yeah, now imagine the house is full of Tommys, and you are laying down suppressive fire for your mates.
The simple Explanation which i gave my US, British, Frensh, Polish and Norwegian Comrades while experience the MG3 for the first Time was: On most MG's, you aim roughtly and squeeze the Trigger to hope the RPM do the hitting/Surpressing. On German MG's, you aim for Effect, squeeze the Trigger carefully and the RPM will do everything you want if you aimed right.
The problem I always had with it was that I can put a 7rd burst into a tight pattern with an M240 but I need to make 2 or 3 bursts with the same amount of ammo and precision. The weapon is treated almost like a rifle. Firing longer strings, should you find targets of opportunity grouped, makes it hard to control without the soft mount and using the bipod only. On the soft mount its magical. But then a lot of GPMG's are light that. That fast fire rate has a purpose and it was proven in WWII, but the downsides are also pretty extreme. This is why most western GPMG's have much lower firing rates. Sure we can crank an M240 up to 900rpm, but why if its not mounted on anything?
@test tor "Puppetstate and the German people will vanish shortly after" Funny how we still exist then, 70 years later then. Funny how all the occupying powers left until 1990 then. Funny how Germany (together with France) basically controls Europe nowadays then.
@test tor Dude if you Google, google right. For the Americans we payed 1 Billion... in the last TEN years you absolute moron. And most of that (600m) are building costs (for streets leading there etc) and second most (300m) were for re-buying bases from the Americans. We are not paying them to be there you analphabet. The americans on the other hand spend multiple billions per year to have their troops here. They are not occupying (Germany was freed in 1990) they are here as partners because of the NATO. We are not a fucking puppet state either, please do yourself a favor and look what that means. A puppet state certainly would not i. e. break sanctions against Russia. Germany did. Also we have free elections etc. Thats not a puppet state in any way.
@test tor And no you absplute idiot,, learn to Google. Reparations from WW2 were made immediately by demontages. (Transferring equipment and goods to the Winners) We did not pay any reparations for WW2 anymore. In fact only Greek wanted us and we denied. Also Poland suddenly wanted us to pay something like 1 Billion for WW2 and... guess what... denied. Yes we paid for WW1 till 2017(Not 2010) but that has nothign todo with the current discussion.
That's not possible. My Grampas fought in the east. And they were clever enough to get home, in one piece. I know them very well. See you again sometimes, Anton and Leo...
We Danish soldiers used them on patrols in Afghanistan. Usually a couple per platoon. One person was carrying the MG and one carrying the ammo. People actually ended up being a couple centimeters lower after deployment from all the weight. The weapon itself though.... usually silences the receiving end of the metal. Loved the sound of that weapon providing suppressing fire!
@@Klumpen I read the memoir 'Soldier in Afghanistan' following a Danish soldier in 2007. He was the MG gunner, following the first patrol the squad decided to leave it at home and he just carried the M/95 rifle.
@@bluehernandez3594 Anyone that says that probably doesn't know much about modern warfare? MG 34/42, Panther tank, Gewehr 44 , Panzerfaust, ME 109, etc. are just some of the great German weapon designs. Oh did I mention the 88mm AA/At gun?
@@johanncruyff143 no we got the mg5 now instead of mg 3 its an awesome gun with 3 fire modes 600 R.per second 720 R per second and 800R. per second the barrel now can stand 360 rounds before it melts also the range is now 1000m instead of 600m
@@johanncruyff143 Bruh. The MG3 is a machine gun and the G36 is an Assault Rifle which is probably going to be replaced in the forseeable future. And the MP57 and MP5 are machine pistols. None of the weapons you listed are going to replace each other as they all have different roles.
Americans: "So this is the MG42?" Germans: "No, it's the MG3." Americans: "They look the same. What's the difference?" Germans: "This is the grandson; the other brought your grandfather to God."
I was trained on this weapon in 1992 (end of the Cold War). The parental leave has been reduced over the years (cap and tube). But it is and remains one of the most brutal MG`s in the world. And that's what it was built for. To destroy life. So whoever uses it should be aware of what they are doing! Respect and honor to the fallen! Greetings from Germany!
Yeah, when the guy was picking up brass, I was wondering if it was for reloading. Then I saw the case's condition and thought "nvm, you cant reload that"
I have fired one of those, during my military service In Norway. We also had a turkish produced replica. I think you could get modified mg3 with Even higher fire rates, they used lighter parts inside. We never had those. The replica from Turkey was shit and the 5200 Guns was sent back after 4 years, In 97 i think. The german mg3's worked flawless and was a Joy to fire. Part of the kit was a glove to handle the barrels, which had to be replaced to cool after a few hundred shots. The barrel can be switched In seconds. You would normally carry at least 1 spare barrel. New mg3/mg42 was delivered with 1200 rounds/minute, and after 3000 rounds they was reduced to around 900, by drilling up the gas opening from 10 to 11.6. This was done to reduce ammo consumption and wear. The turkish weapons was delivered New with 11.6 gas opening, which meant that they never reached the "break-in" state, unless you fired 10000+ rounds.
Duck under a fir tree with low branches and see how good it actually works. Run around like a headless chicken and no camo of the world will make you invisible. :D
US Soldiers: The rate of fire is so high on this thing, how do you control the bursts? German Soldier: I don't know, i just imagine y'all disembarking on a beach and it comes naturally.
Since most don't know, or get confused by this: mg3 is not MG 42, it is not even made by the same blueprint. Yes, some MG42 was re-stamped and they where reworked to fit 7.62 nato and rebuilt to lower rate of fire, to be able to control it better, and replacing critical parts as part of the recoil operation, as in work with higher pressure, yep you read that correct, as 7.62 operates at a higher PSI than 7.92x57. However if anything, the MG42 papers where "lost" during the final phase of the war, and so they took/bought back a bunch of them to Germany and backwards engineered it and from that, the MG 3 was born. Slightly lower rate of fire and in the end different caliber. The inner mechanics of this weapon is sensitive and it requires skilled operators(This mechanic is also what alters, or if you want, increases the rate of fire, it can go much higher, but it can also decide to blow up in your face if you do that), as it shots at an average 20 rounds per second , that makes it 1200 rounds per min. And that saw sound is not the mic that is bad, it shoots so fast, that you cant hear a single bang, it is just one bang replaced by another etc. But as you also saw, at 20-30 meters, these guys had major issues hitting anything with it, this is because of the high rate of fire. Even for a skilled gunner, this weapon is hard to control in long bursts, when on bipod (like in the clip) If tripod(you have seen mg 42 in those, that design did not change) or vehicle mounted, anything that moves up to 800 meters with a gunner that knows his shit...is going to have a really, really bad day of multiple holes in the wrong places.. However with that said, this is a bad gun for todays war, too heavy, rate of fire is too high (less is more) and it cannot be well operated with just 1 man, it requires 2 man minimum to actually be effective at anything. Other MG systems, even older ones, could be single operated and effective so, don't buy into the movie stuff about it, yes it is fearsome, but any fucking mg shooting at you with 800 rounds per minute or higher is going to make your day a very bad one..Remember rate of fire means jack shit if you cant hit anything, so lower RPM is a guarantee that even a fresh G.I can hit something. That weapon require allot of training to master, or to even hit regularly with it, when used in a combat role.
thats very true.... lower fire rate means more controll of the gun and there for mor accuracy. even tho i have to say that accuracy is and was never the true purpose of a machine gun like me MG 42. I assume you know what i mean. so no further Explanation needet.
Who cares about the numbers? And back then "MORE" did mean "MORE". Ask the guys who survived the "beach". There are million of guns better then this one and 99% of those are not worth remembering.
They would actually be very useful in Urban combat zones and mounted to certain vehicles. The US military could probably get them for dirt cheap and save millions upon millions of defense dollars in the process. The Government already has plenty of 7.62x51mm ammo stockpiled.
@@Tom-2142 yea France was defeated and Britain was getting pounded . USA entered the war and all of a sudden allies start turning the tide . Do a little research mate
It is. The MG3 is a literal decedent to the MG42 in every single way except some of it's internals and the caliber it fires. The ROF is SLIGHTLY lower but by and large it's almost the exact same gun.
When i had training with MG3s there was a crossed out swastika on the casing of mine, no joke. Our instructor told me when i was to gentle with the shutter on top of the gun "slam it harder, may your granddad fought with this baby". Basically only 3 parts were changed rom the MG42, mostly lowering ROF and adjusting the gun lock for a slightly different caliber.
That is one gun that is TIMELESS! It still looks like it was just made. To be honest,if I were in a war,that is the gun I would want. They look like they are really enjoying it too. There is so much that can be said about it,it’s just crazy.
it´s an really good weapon about over 50 years. i´ve got shoot a mg3 in 1998 which was made in 1966. firing in short bursts are very accurate and if needed very surpressive in close combat.
0:48 he is Not Holding it right... He has to Press the Stock of the MG into his Shoulder with his left Hand to not suffer any injuries from the recoil. Just saying this as a German soldier.
I noticed the same thing, but you have to make allowance's for the American's as they think that every time they get hold of a weapon; they are going to a gunfight at the OK corral??
I very much doubt that there will be any serious injury from firing this gun. If you dont pull it in you shoulder correctly it may leave a bruise, but not more.
@@hanfpeter2822 ever shot it? Do you have any experience in shooting guns? I doubt so. If you are not heavy build it can be serious when the wooden Stock Hammers against your bone.
Well, reliability is basicly it's main issue - thats why they took MG34s for tanks. It was the better weapon. The MG42 was just cheap. Designed for mass production - wich changed a lot of things and is the true point in it. You finally could build every squad around a MG as the central point. Wich is still German infantery Doctrin today.
amzn.to/2GBOCVz Do you need this? Do we need this? Do they need this? Who knows!
Wut
Tempo. Tempo. Tempo
15$?
They cost 6€ in a Store
Everybody needs the MG3 with the fire speed of the original 42! :-D
MG 3 is a weapon which seems never get be replaced like the M2 Browning, Fact is the MG3 is just a MG42 just rebarreld for the 7.62x51mm nato ammunition instead using the original Mauser 7.92x57mm Mauser rounds
Us soldier "Help! How do I control it? It shoots too damn fast!!"
German soldier "IT'S A MACHINEGUN!"
The M60 was based on the MG42 but with a slower firing rate.
@@mwara2444 m60 was based on fg42
😂😂😂😂👍
@@kubamalinowski4195 it was based on both
You either use a tripod mount (Heavy Machine Gun) or fire 10-12 rounds (~1/2 second) at a time (Light-Medium MG).
German: Es ist ein Maschinengewehr!
American: Hehehe
@Wet Mustard ES IST EIN MASCHINEN GEWEHR
MÄHT DIE AMERIKANERN NIEDER
Nein Warte
@@rayotoxi1509 DOCH NÄHT DIE NIEDER
I don’t get it
@@godsmacked1000 just search "its a machine gun"
＊Play USA anthem *
You know something is perfect when it’s still used after 70 years.
M2 Browning .50 comes to mind...
Them MG3 machine guns were no joke. Gotta hand it to Germany.
@@bradleysmith2021 ma duece>>
The 42 was Not very good. Much waste of ammo and after 300 rounds u need to put in a new barrel. But yeah....i like that thing too
M2 browning and MG42 are some of the most awesome weapons. No wonder their maker using them even long after World War Two.
German soldier: Kerl, das ist ein Maschinengewehr!
US soldier: "grins" Ok
Beat me to it.
I see what you did there :D
Counter meme, I see!
*plays American Anthem*
Jaaaaaaasssss!!!
I was hoping a german would say to an american ITS A MACHINE GUN
haha me too
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You read my thoughts
I was looking for this comment !!!!!! THANK YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!
Bundeswehr soldier to American- "Es ist ein Maschinengewehr!"
This and the M2 Browning are basically the epitome of "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
Except the browning is about 20 years older
Mike Benko Ak to
But they are starting to replace the mg3 😭
@@bubibolz which is insane, from a cost point. The MG3 is $3000 USD, the new German machine gun is almost $20,000!!!!!!
Yeah
Meanwhile
US soldier : **fires rapidly the MG3*
GER soldier : HEY! Its a Maschinengewehr!!
US soldier : What?!
GER soldier : Its a Machinegun! You have to use it properly!
US soldier : I KNOW! **still fires rapidly*
I was just thinking about that!!
@@JellothePallascat hahaha 😂
Like another video when german army shooting a m2 browning
Us army : thats a machine gun
GR army : *Okey* and fire fully automatic
At?
"Gung Ho vids" , the opposite channel of this. Haha
Its crazy to think that their grandparents more than likely were killing each other 80 years ago
My thoughts exactly. My great grandpa was conscripted in the German army and was shot twice by Americans. Now I’m in the same army that shot him.
@@notjarrod8287 holy shit dude! Crazy how things work!
Well, not theirs. Average age of Americans landing on June 6th ‘44 was 21. For Germans, it was 19. They were mostly unmarried and childless, so if you died that was it for your genes.
It's crazy when you know that 40percent of America have German ancestry....
@@rickm6076 I bet you’re a blast at parties.
now imagine having to run up a beach with at least 20 of these shooting at you
*FLASHBACKS*
*ERIKA INTENSIFIES*
i dont get it. d day i get, but whos ericka?
@@lightingfires8026
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It's a german song, popular at that time
Heinrich severloh was the last and only MG42 gunner on Omaha Beach, and Not 20 of these...
*German whispers softly*: "Ah yes, your grandfazzas loved zis sound."
😂😂😂😂
Me: :0 AMAZING
Me: I think like this. This is a wall to separate ways and West Germany :D
That's cruel, man xD
One VIP ticket to hell, please!
I laughed sooo hard. Dude you made my day.
😆😆😆
The MG42 / MG3 Was and still is an amazing machine gun!
And the barrel switch can be done in under 3 seconds.
@@TomaszDK Yes, it can be done extremely fast by a well trained crew!
@@History-Secrets Well well well i didn't exepted to find you here !
@@NlGHTSKY 😂😄👌
Give me a Bren any day👍
*"It's American Troops and the German Army, joining together, at last!"*
- Sabaton
The last battle
Did u heard about the Battle of Castle Itter when US and Germany worked together during WW2 after Germany already surrendered
@@amn2760 its a cool story it was the Wehrmacht and Americans vs the SS
One of their best songs wich is still special for me
Finally doing what Patton and Churchill wanted all along, to both fight united against Russia.
02:15 US soldier shamefully cheats during friendly snowball fight.
Underrated, but I appreciate this comment
I laught so hard
😂😂😂
Yes
You spelled shamelessly wrong
Who would have thought German and American soldiers would come together and fire this iconic weapon together. Gives me chills.
Yes and the Americans are even wearing German helmets.
I mean ehh NATO right thats more than 50 years now so you gotta be really old ...
Everyone makes up eventually
What? Anyone ever heard of the Battle of Castle Itter?
@@michaelbenjmitchell1 There is a brilliant grumpy historian on here named Mark Felton, this dude knows world war 2 inside out, he got this battle on here, ime waiting for him to say what really happened to Adolf Hitler
German Soldier: Es ist ein Maschinengewehr!!
American Soldier: Hehehehe OK!
HA!
Hallo mein komraden
Target range becomes rice field.
70 years later: Americans fire MG42
The tables have turned
The turns have tabled
Not really lol,America wasn't the one who surrendered unconditionally
It's a great gun, tho
@@Levi-tk8ii Its not like this is an unknown fact. Also his statement remains true
@@foty8679 once the US loses two worlds wars lol
German Soldier: That is a machinegun, but THIS, this is a Machinengewehr!
Maschinengewehr,ja?
and not just any Machinengewehr, IT'S THE MOTHER FUCKING MACHINENGEWEHR 42!!
War richtig geil beim Schießen! 1984-85 , Stadtallendorf Herrenwald-Karserne 3.Panzerartellerie Battalion 145.
@@michaelbreul4612 Ja, ich weiß es richtig 😆
Machinegeweer of mitrailleur
I love seeing the US army and the German army getting together.
And why do you love seeing them together ?
@@ArtVandelay00 because it's cool to see them them having fun together, humanizes the military.
army bromance ...
That was the thing that stood out to me most, i love it.
@@ArtVandelay00 Maybe because working together is better than working against each other?
And also because of the past conflicts, this is proof we can overcome our differences.
I remember gunnery with the German army. I had a hell of time shooting a controlled burst while the German soldiers could squeeze off single rounds. They laughed at me and said it was even adjusted to the low rate of fire for us. The quick change barrel is a idea that 100 years later we still can’t seem to master.
What Machine gun in American Service doesn't have a quick-change barrel?
@@wurzel9671 you can change an M60 barrel but it’s a pain compared to the German MG3. I wouldn’t call it quick compared to theirs.
@@chrissmith7669 when was the M60 standard issue for the last time?
Also I'm pretty sure they came around to fixing that eventually
@@wurzel9671 lol. Back in my day (80’s)the ole gal was standard issue. I don’t know of them improving the barrel change.
@@chrissmith7669 M249 and G3 on a bipod are both LMGs and don't change barrels, but the medium MG version of the MG3 and the US equivalent is the M240 which fires the same 7.62x51 NATO round and also has very quick barrel changes at about 10 seconds. The M240 is now issued to a majority of infantry units in the US armed forces, ideally with a tripod mount for better firing stability.
The X250 is set to replace the M249 for the US Army (and the X5 is set to replace the M4), which used the new .277 SIG Fury round at 80k psi chamber pressure (and hybrid steel/brass ammunition casing) for higher accuracy, less bullet drop, and therefore a greater effective range for both the X250 and X5. The newly designed modular NGSW-Optic system with integrated ballistic computer and the weather sensors required for those computations, and a suppressor. This means the plan is for all US Army infantry to have suppressors, along with that new high-tech modular optic, which also has a reflex red-dot sight if I recall correctly as a backup device, and integrated infrared/visible laser so a PEQ laser unit is no longer required to be forward mounted.
If all goes well with this initial ~30k weapon order and initial integration, it will be issued to all front-line troops ASAP. If it gets to that point and they become the M5 and M250, the .277 will likely undergo NATO certification, contracts open up for NATO allies to transition over, and I imagine the USMC will likely replace their M249 limited inventory, as they switched to a hybrid model of the M27 full-auto/semi-auto 5.56 NATO built by HK using the short-stroke gas piston system rather than direct impingement. The same suppressed M27 rifle was first issued to the old SAW gunners, but they expanded that to all USMC riflemen more recently due to better performance over the M4. The reason it's a bit mixed between issuing some M249s still, is the choice of the NCOs and officers for their weapons composition based on the machine, as the M27 is limited to 30-round magazines with 50/100 being explored. It has a heavy barrel and great accuracy at range over the M249 even on full auto. They still have the M240s for medium MGs.
American: It's a machine gun!
German: haha mg go präzisions Feuerstoß
What this means?
Präzisionsfeuerstoß means as much as prezition für round I think on einglish meaning Firing a round of Shots very fast With the Machines gun then making a Short break to reajust the rifle
haha mg go burst of fire precision
@@anhayakubohong4471 It's: haha mg go precision burst fire
Everybody knows the Germans make good stuff.
And the Flecktarn camo...👍
German made firearms are among the best in the world.
Not just wepons we are the reason that the americans Land on the moon
@@foxtrot0417 Really
@@haripadaiyatchidavandherig6017 question ore ...?
as a canadian armed force member, it warms my heart to see a gun range in the snow
Eh.
This is amazing how the Americans are now shooting mg3 s with the Germans lol
When like 70 years back Americans were getting mowed down by germs with em
They are making Germany great again?
Not really. Germany is a different country.
Forcefully keeping the Germans as allies to stop Germany becoming partner with Russia. Even sanctioning against some German companies.
Well they both have a new enemy, Russia and China.
Parallel Universe: German Soldiers prepare American Volunteers for the assault on Moscow with the latest Maschinegewehr
and will be grilled to bacon by Russian laser and direct energy weapons..., the moment they'll hit the border. "The war will no longer be on Russian territory", Putin said.
@@breakbollocks9164 Putin also said that "Russia has no borders" with a menacing grin so take whatever that homicidal megalomaniac says with a grain of salf.
Break Bollocks we found the Commisexual
All of these comments are cringe af
@Al Qaeda Not really
US Soldier: How do I adjust the windage
German Soldier: Vee vill ask the questions!!!!!!!
Lol “windage” who’s point of an MG is to keep heads down
@@robbienauffts4021 shut up
Laughter of the day. Thanks.
SE questions!
😂
1976 in Germany. Training with a partnership unit in the snow. We laid our poncho out in the snow and embarrassed ourselves when we couldn't fire short bursts. We turn around and see an older guy in a long gray overcoat come up to the table to be issued a weapon and ammo. The German troops stood at attention and gave him the weapon and a 25 round belt. He grabbed two more belts and went to a firing point. Threw the gun in the snow and laid down. Linked his belts together and began firing in three round bursts. He shot the shit out of the 25 meter target. Cleared the weapon, stood up and threw it over his shoulder and walked back to the table and turned it in without saying a word. I was in awe and asked the German NCO who was running the range about what we'd just seen. He said, yah he's pretty good. But then he had a lot of practice at Stalingrad.
Now the Russians once more get to feel what their ancestors had against practically the same gun. The only difference is now the MG3 is complimented by its larger, older, and more prolific cousin the M2 Browning.
Nice bullshit you made up there.
@@Predator42ID In the Army the M2 is referred to as Ma Deuce. The troops say if you take care of your Ma, she'll always take care of you.
I shot this machine gun many times in the norwegian army. The 7.62 is horrifyingly devastating - we shot at pig bodies - meat flying everywhere... With 3 round bursts you can actually easily hit the center of a target. Very precise and scary weapon that literally rips a platoon apart in seconds.
15schuss für 3 Ziele, war eine der Aufgaben für den Erhalt des schützen Abzeichen 😂
@@panzerpoodle Beim alljährlichen Gefechtsschiessen der Kompanie war ich "leider" in der Fahrschule zum Kraftfahrer BCE, deswegen leider nie die Möglichkeit gehabt die Schützenschnur zu machen
This machine gun looks futuristic and cool even nowadays. In general, the Germans have pushed the progress of military affairs to an incredible level.
M249 is more beautiful yet more problematic
@@alqaeda7040 Yes compare a hand carried 249 to a mounted machine gun.
And the Prussian empire before Germany was also renowned for martial prowess on a tactical level during the Empire age of line warfare.
Agree. Almost any concept used in modern mechanized warfare is an iteration of a German military invention.
Dont forget our motors (Porsche, BMW….etc)
America soldiers: shoots MG3
Also America Soldiers: So this is how German feels back on D-day
The Beast of Omaha deserves more recognition
Too soon
@@ehanoldaccount5893 yeah
sadly he caught the ship gun when using tracer belt
Aye baby, your pfp looks nice. Date me or Imma pound that anime pussy overnight
bruh
They got 1944 flashbacks
@@epsilonover23 No, this is a fully-semi automatic assault weapon shotgun
@@epsilonover23 Wrong again, this is a fully-semi automatic assault weapon shotgun designed to murder
epsilon over 2 do some research before you speak
@@epsilonover23 I know haha
@epsilon over 2 haha okay
They are finally at the OTHER side of the gun.
WW2 was the mg42, it is sadly better than the MG3 in many aspects
Im guessing you have experience using both then 😬
@@stevenewton1126 yes, i shot the MG3, the MG42 is sadly forbiden to use in our military, but we got an old example from the museum to look at it, its way smaller and not so heavy and also can reach higher RPMs
@EVIL DEATH probably, the MG3 even is still a good MG, but till now it gets replaces by the MG5, with a firerate of max 900? or 800? rpm dunno exatlc, its too long ago, we got it as one of the firsts bcs our company is heavy in afghanistan etc. The MG5 is way more precise and can accuratly shoot at way more higher ranges awell.. many say its bad.. Bcs thats not what an MG stands for, back in the day, the rule was ; if an MG shoots, get to freaking cover or youre dead, it was a symbol to actually "spam". the MG5 isnt that at all, the MG42 was the master of it, MG3 was good at it aswell but not as effectivly
@MrElwoodblues83 yeah "less overheat" thats why we got learned to change the barrel every 200 shots, which is nothing on a MG. precise ? probably yes but an MGs rule isnt to be pretty precise. Ich habe den scheiss auch weitaus mehr als 10 mal geschossen, weitaus mehr, es ging mir eher darum das das MG42 kleiner war, weniger wiegt, was es wiederum flexibler macht, ein MG war derzeit nur für unterdrückungsfeuer gedacht.
I had this MG3 as my standard weapon when I was at the Bundeswehr in the 80´s. Loved it, although I had to carry much more than my comrades... But the fire rate and the precision up to more than 1000 meters are impressing!
Same. Love listening to its "voice".
First BiWaK as a Instructor. ZO asks in the Instructortent "who knows how to operate an MG3?"
i raise my hand, had it as my Combatstation the pvreious 3 years in the Navy.
im a bit confused whya nobody else would raise their hand, expecting to at least have one or two people who know that thing.
ZO comes over to me.
"we have 2 MG3's, 5000 Rounds and 5 Belts of 100 rounds lenght. we leave without ammunition. have fun."
i still have a Scar on my thumb from Pushing the rounds int he belts. the meatgrinder-looking loadinggevice never managed to push the round all the way in so i had to push 5000 rounds over 3 days individually the last bit before the Belt locked them right, everytime poking the relatively pointy end of the Belt into the middle of my thumb.
also: hauling that thing around for 3 days, while trying to stay ahead of recruits for Ambushes, recruits who were being pushed extra fast by their instructors, yeah.... fuck that.
great Gun though :D
I feel like you people can't appreciate how cool the manufacturer's name is:
the company's name is Rheinmetall.
Metall is metal, obviously.
And Rhein is the river Rhein/Rhine.
BUT
"Rhein" sounds exactly like the German word "rein", which means pure.
So the company name sounds like "PURE METAL!"
And that just makes me giggle every time I hear it.
I feel like a bunch of metalheads should jump out of a corner growling every time someone utters that company name.
The Metalheads in Germany dont say "rein Metal!" they say something like "Das ist so Metal!" wich means "its so metal!"
For us others it sounds like:
"Rain Metal",
and a metal raIn it is for sure.
I know verylittle about the machine guns...Didn't we borrow their tech to build what our guys carry now in a heavy 30 caliber...What speed can theGerman gun spit out rounds? 1200per min. ?
@@Number-py1bs yes and no.
Yes that it isn't a translation of that phrase. I just meant that the term "Reinmetall" sounds awesome in German and would translate into the two words pure + metal in English which is even more awesome.
And I don't know anyone who'd say "Das is so Metal!" :D
But sometimes we use the word as "Medl" :D and just make fun of it...
MEDDL!!!
As a German metalhead I'd use words like "true", "Das is so true!"...
Oh, and funny sidenote: If you pronounce the German phrase "is leer!" (= is empty/it's empty) very quickly it sounds like "s'leer" which sounds like "Slayer"...
So once the cups of beer run dry you'll start hearing the German metalheads scream "SLAYER!!!!"
@@johnschuster9192 yes, 1200rpm it is. It has a little strip of metal inserted in its mechanism (called NATO Bremse/NATO break by the soldiers) to reduce its theoretical cicling speed of 1500rpm.
To reduce the wearing down effect of a high fire rate.
But a good german gunner only uses 2-3 rounds bursts anyways. Everything else is just waste of good ammo 😏
There is something about this gun firing in a snowy scene that gives me flashbacks from a past life and an urge to drink peppermint schnapps....
darkwizards fire u to lol
I feel the force calling me to take berlin
@@Warfrae Why do I feel sand in my boots, and Erika playing
Yoshikage Kira idk I keep finding scorpions in mine
flash back like you a pioneer army unit 30 miles from moscow in oct 1942
German instructor: see that board over there with a typical Belgian house on it? Yeah, now imagine the house is full of Tommys, and you are laying down suppressive fire for your mates.
savage
German instructor: see that wide, open, snow covered field? Imagine thousands of Russians running towards you.
@@CadetTommy2145 yes, just don't bother with all of t34 also coming to you
@@CadetTommy2145 this commenting age well LOL
The simple Explanation which i gave my US, British, Frensh, Polish and Norwegian Comrades while experience the MG3 for the first Time was:
On most MG's, you aim roughtly and squeeze the Trigger to hope the RPM do the hitting/Surpressing.
On German MG's, you aim for Effect, squeeze the Trigger carefully and the RPM will do everything you want if you aimed right.
The problem I always had with it was that I can put a 7rd burst into a tight pattern with an M240 but I need to make 2 or 3 bursts with the same amount of ammo and precision. The weapon is treated almost like a rifle. Firing longer strings, should you find targets of opportunity grouped, makes it hard to control without the soft mount and using the bipod only. On the soft mount its magical. But then a lot of GPMG's are light that. That fast fire rate has a purpose and it was proven in WWII, but the downsides are also pretty extreme. This is why most western GPMG's have much lower firing rates. Sure we can crank an M240 up to 900rpm, but why if its not mounted on anything?
People from ww2 would never have thought this would happen
yeah they were shooting the successor of the weapon that killed them (this is an MG3, a slighty modified MG42)
Grandpa is mad
@test tor "Puppetstate and the German people will vanish shortly after"
Funny how we still exist then, 70 years later then.
Funny how all the occupying powers left until 1990 then.
Funny how Germany (together with France) basically controls Europe nowadays then.
@test tor Dude if you Google, google right. For the Americans we payed 1 Billion... in the last TEN years you absolute moron. And most of that (600m) are building costs (for streets leading there etc) and second most (300m) were for re-buying bases from the Americans.
We are not paying them to be there you analphabet. The americans on the other hand spend multiple billions per year to have their troops here.
They are not occupying (Germany was freed in 1990) they are here as partners because of the NATO.
We are not a fucking puppet state either, please do yourself a favor and look what that means. A puppet state certainly would not i. e. break sanctions against Russia. Germany did.
Also we have free elections etc. Thats not a puppet state in any way.
@test tor And no you absplute idiot,, learn to Google. Reparations from WW2 were made immediately by demontages. (Transferring equipment and goods to the Winners)
We did not pay any reparations for WW2 anymore.
In fact only Greek wanted us and we denied.
Also Poland suddenly wanted us to pay something like 1 Billion for WW2 and... guess what... denied.
Yes we paid for WW1 till 2017(Not 2010) but that has nothign todo with the current discussion.
*Und das heißt*
*EEEEEEERIKAAAAAAA*
Random Adam he is here to support the SECOND German Reich (German empire) 1870-1918
Bro you're everywhere
No this time johnny came marching home
*BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM*
Youre like a discount justin.Y
US Soldier: *sees MG3 with disgust...
US Soldier: * fires MG3 while laughing like German....
@Onward Turtle even russian? ;)
@Onward Turtle Yes, the USA can use Germany (leader of the EU) to make Russia calm down, but China is the REAL threat here.
“Hey you wanna use this gun my great grandpa used to shoot at your great grandpa?”
We laugh about it now, but it was deadly serious in those days
Then the American hands them the ma Deuce
@@ernesthill2681 it still is
That's not possible. My Grampas fought in the east. And they were clever enough to get home, in one piece. I know them very well. See you again sometimes, Anton and Leo...
@@ernesthill2681 yeah i agree
When the Sky-brrrrt is on holiday, you can count on the Euro-brrrrt
@Who the fuck?
@@HNTR308 Sure but Euro-brrrrt rolls off the tongue a lot better than German-brrrrt
sky-brrrrt and ground-brrrrt
Best machine gun in the world.
Right, it's a portable A-10 Thunderbolt without wings!
American Soldier: *firing the MG3*
His grandpa: "You too, Brutus ?!" *loads M1 Garand*
*PING intensifies*
Fuck off prick
@@twotubefamily9323 That was like, completely unessescary
chillig
@@ThatOneSniper I agree.
I see the Germans are going with the kiss method keep it simple stupid that gun is absolutely amazing. The buzzsaw
@J K that's what I'm talking about I'm glad somebody else sees it too
Long range shotgun
@@unavailableusername9694 yeah boy
@@unavailableusername9694 What do you mean? The MG3 is just as accurate as other similar weapons out there today
Yeah, if it aint broken, dont fix it. Same reason the US still has rhe venerable M2 in service.
I've always admired the german army and weaponry absolutely wundabar. Greetings from the Philippines. 🇵🇭
Us soldier : Damn this thing is so good.
Hans : yep my grandfather always said that.
Damn, this thing is so good but got replaced with something new...
“Hey! It’s a machine gun!”
‘Haha, ok’
*erika intensifies*
I miss Germany so much! I love it!
Yeah, it’s long gone! Now we have germanistan instead..
❤ from germany
Well my fellow Americans… that’s a real machine gun😂😂
“It’s a machine gun”
Has Normandy flashbacks
It wouldn't be an Army range unless you picked up every damned piece of brass.
🤣🤣🤣🤣EVERY Army in the world I think...
Ordnung muss sein.
At least the links aren’t everywhere
@@AnjaanPathik I only served in one.
@@Bunkerknacker_Retro-Nostalgie True. Give the Germans a rule, and they will follow it.
Thank you Germany!
I have my little MG friend on our tank right now. The tank is btw a Panther. 🇸🇪🇩🇪
This is why Germany lost the war: all the ammo carriers were dropping dead from exhaustion.
We Danish soldiers used them on patrols in Afghanistan. Usually a couple per platoon. One person was carrying the MG and one carrying the ammo. People actually ended up being a couple centimeters lower after deployment from all the weight. The weapon itself though.... usually silences the receiving end of the metal. Loved the sound of that weapon providing suppressing fire!
@@Klumpen are you for real? where they actually smaller after deployment?
Hahahaha 🤣😂
@@gareonconley1956 What was really smaller was the re-enlistment rate
@@Klumpen I read the memoir 'Soldier in Afghanistan' following a Danish soldier in 2007.
He was the MG gunner, following the first patrol the squad decided to leave it at home and he just carried the M/95 rifle.
Still a superb weapon. And even after all these years the design doesn’t look old
And people say Germans don't make good weapons.
@@bluehernandez3594 Nobody ever said that in the history of making weapons. Don't listen to the G36 nonsense. :)
@@LaggerYT1337 I know. I'm just used to hearing people say that Germans don't make good weapons.
@@bluehernandez3594 Anyone that says that probably doesn't know much about modern warfare? MG 34/42, Panther tank, Gewehr 44 , Panzerfaust, ME 109, etc. are just some of the great German weapon designs. Oh did I mention the 88mm AA/At gun?
I left a similar comment. It is a timeless looking MG. Looks futuristic in WWII footage.
In turkish army i served as user mg3 in 2010, we call it as "Black Snake", my black snake was made in 1984 and we still use mg3, g3, HK
Lol outdated we replace the mg3 already and use the g36 mp7 and mp5
better we give it to the kurds
@@johanncruyff143 no we got the mg5 now instead of mg 3 its an awesome gun with 3 fire modes 600 R.per second 720 R per second and 800R. per second the barrel now can stand 360 rounds before it melts also the range is now 1000m instead of 600m
@@johanncruyff143 Bruh. The MG3 is a machine gun and the G36 is an Assault Rifle which is probably going to be replaced in the forseeable future. And the MP57 and MP5 are machine pistols. None of the weapons you listed are going to replace each other as they all have different roles.
I like the mg 3 More than the modern mg5.
The mg 4 was ok, but the mg5 just looks like a bigger version
One of the most terrifying weapons ever created.
Наверное, самый красивый пулемёт в истории человечества. И один из самых впечатляющих по эксплуатационным и тактико-техническим характеристикам.
"Men may die, empires may fall, but a idea can never be killed"-JFK on the topic of German machine gun designs.
Lie.
@@taunteratwill1787 “but at least it sounded cool”
~Sun Tzu, the art of war
Americans: "So this is the MG42?"
Germans: "No, it's the MG3."
Americans: "They look the same. What's the difference?"
Germans: "This is the grandson; the other brought your grandfather to God."
That is dark!!:-D
Too soon man, 75 years too soon
Sadly this atrocious comment has 84 likes
@@DonaldMcNuGGeT atrocious? seems like you cant take a joke
@@DonaldMcNuGGeT how is the comment even horrifying grandpa?
I was trained on this weapon in 1992 (end of the Cold War). The parental leave has been reduced over the years (cap and tube). But it is and remains one of the most brutal MG`s in the world. And that's what it was built for. To destroy life. So whoever uses it should be aware of what they are doing!
Respect and honor to the fallen! Greetings from Germany!
That design is so sleek and beautiful!
This gun is still in use showing how crazy German weapons from ww2 are still deadly.
Right?! Their k98 is still a pretty decent shooting rifle too with good knockdown power!
The Stg44 somehow still finds itself being used in Syria. So...yeah.
I mean... you can say the same of a lot of guns. US .30 and .50 cals are both still used as well.
@@johanlassen6448 we know but 50 cals ar produced after ww2 war many years after that
@@mistixfrozz640 You mean just like the MG42/3...
Looks like an MG42, I listen to these buzz saws and imagine what it was like in the Ardennes in 43-44
It’s essentially what it is.
Suck it while we were fighting for world peace back then you were building mud huts with sticks so tell me now who’s fucked? الحزين الحزين
D day was june of 44 so the ardennes was quiet in 43...
@@dantem4119 D-Day was in June
The Old Gang Ah thats right june 6th
Hitler would have a heart attack if he saw Germany helping Americans ....... Peace from Texas ..... I am German American btw.
Does the german army still use these?
YES
German engineering is the best lol
Yes, The MG3 was introduced in the late 1960's.
Ahbran1987 ok thanks
But they are planning to replace its position as an GPMG with MG4
That thing destroys brass!!!
Yeah, when the guy was picking up brass, I was wondering if it was for reloading. Then I saw the case's condition and thought "nvm, you cant reload that"
The ol' "Hitler's Sewing Machine", haha.
Merkels Sewing Machine
I heard it was called Hitlers buzz saw!
@@peter.a.langan5872 Yup, Hitlers buzz saw...
@@peter.a.langan5872 yes, Hitlersäge in German.
Nazi?
After that day Mike wanted to be called Hans
Only to get the Flammenwerfer :)
@@thorstenanderer9132 or ze panzerfaust
I have fired one of those, during my military service In Norway. We also had a turkish produced replica. I think you could get modified mg3 with Even higher fire rates, they used lighter parts inside. We never had those. The replica from Turkey was shit and the 5200 Guns was sent back after 4 years, In 97 i think. The german mg3's worked flawless and was a Joy to fire. Part of the kit was a glove to handle the barrels, which had to be replaced to cool after a few hundred shots. The barrel can be switched In seconds. You would normally carry at least 1 spare barrel. New mg3/mg42 was delivered with 1200 rounds/minute, and after 3000 rounds they was reduced to around 900, by drilling up the gas opening from 10 to 11.6. This was done to reduce ammo consumption and wear. The turkish weapons was delivered New with 11.6 gas opening, which meant that they never reached the "break-in" state, unless you fired 10000+ rounds.
Germans: its a machine gun
US : emm ok...
US: WOAH WTF BRO
Ah yes, the good ol' "forest camo in snow" trick. The enemy would never expect it.
It's designed to give off crackhead energy
"they aren't camouflaged at all"
"they probably WANT to fight, let's go around"
Ah yes, the good ol ACU in >any environment trick
imagine that like one guy sitting there in Multicam and the other in Flecktarn at an MG3 the enemy really would be confused XD
@@Still-ill-Trill yeah eh lets just go in the desert with bright grey clothing LOL they sure wont see us ;)
Duck under a fir tree with low branches and see how good it actually works. Run around like a headless chicken and no camo of the world will make you invisible. :D
US soldier to German soldier: It's a machine gun. German soldier tolle US soldier: This is THE machine gun!
I fired these bad boys in the 90’s earning my German marksmanship badge pretty badass
I did in 1984.
@@recondo886 I did in 1994/95....
I did in 1944 it was hard to keep count on the targets I got
2008 for me.
Good job
US Soldiers: The rate of fire is so high on this thing, how do you control the bursts?
German Soldier: I don't know, i just imagine y'all disembarking on a beach and it comes naturally.
🤣🤣
😆😆
It's still amazes me how simple yet fierce this weapon is after so many years!
German: "
Es ist ein Maschinengewehr!"
Brilliant Machine Gun, I used it when crewing my Leopard Tank in Australia in the late 70's and even today it is basically without peer
Since most don't know, or get confused by this: mg3 is not MG 42, it is not even made by the same blueprint.
Yes, some MG42 was re-stamped and they where reworked to fit 7.62 nato and rebuilt to lower rate of fire, to be able to control it better, and replacing critical parts as part of the recoil operation, as in work with higher pressure, yep you read that correct, as 7.62 operates at a higher PSI than 7.92x57.
However if anything, the MG42 papers where "lost" during the final phase of the war, and so they took/bought back a bunch of them to Germany and backwards engineered it and from that, the MG 3 was born.
Slightly lower rate of fire and in the end different caliber.
The inner mechanics of this weapon is sensitive and it requires skilled operators(This mechanic is also what alters, or if you want, increases the rate of fire, it can go much higher, but it can also decide to blow up in your face if you do that), as it shots at an average 20 rounds per second , that makes it 1200 rounds per min.
And that saw sound is not the mic that is bad, it shoots so fast, that you cant hear a single bang, it is just one bang replaced by another etc.
But as you also saw, at 20-30 meters, these guys had major issues hitting anything with it, this is because of the high rate of fire.
Even for a skilled gunner, this weapon is hard to control in long bursts, when on bipod (like in the clip) If tripod(you have seen mg 42 in those, that design did not change) or vehicle mounted, anything that moves up to 800 meters with a gunner that knows his shit...is going to have a really, really bad day of multiple holes in the wrong places..
However with that said, this is a bad gun for todays war, too heavy, rate of fire is too high (less is more) and it cannot be well operated with just 1 man, it requires 2 man minimum to actually be effective at anything.
Other MG systems, even older ones, could be single operated and effective so, don't buy into the movie stuff about it, yes it is fearsome, but any fucking mg shooting at you with 800 rounds per minute or higher is going to make your day a very bad one..Remember rate of fire means jack shit if you cant hit anything, so lower RPM is a guarantee that even a fresh G.I can hit something. That weapon require allot of training to master, or to even hit regularly with it, when used in a combat role.
thats very true....
lower fire rate means more controll of the gun and there for mor accuracy.
even tho i have to say that accuracy is and was never the true purpose of a machine gun like me MG 42.
I assume you know what i mean. so no further Explanation needet.
Who cares about the numbers? And back then "MORE" did mean "MORE". Ask the guys who survived the "beach". There are million of guns better then this one and 99% of those are not worth remembering.
That rate of fire is insane and the gun still looks scary too. Can't imagine what people felt in front of these back in WW2...
The fire rate in WWII was higher, the breech is modified to slow down the rate from 1500 rounds per minute to 1200. But still an awesome sound.
Us soldier : It’s a machine gun
German soldier : Okeh
German Soldier: "Target at 12"
U.S. Soldier: haha brrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
They're retiring these, we should buy em
They would actually be very useful in Urban combat zones and mounted to certain vehicles. The US military could probably get them for dirt cheap and save millions upon millions of defense dollars in the process. The Government already has plenty of 7.62x51mm ammo stockpiled.
I still know today that my first words after using the mg3 in 2015 were "good german weapon".
Greetings from germany
I still remember the sound, the vibrations and even the smell from that gun when i fired it between January 2000 - December 2003.
Good old times 🤗😘
Jerry : "be careful, this is a MachineGewehr"
Yanks : *finally, I've got to shoot a real MG*
One of the sounds that pleases your ear the most or scares the hell out of you. You won't mistake it with anything else.
Like the Sturzkamfpbomber (Stuka)
These jericho trumpets where the hell for allis
Ah, the MG3. The successor of the MG 42 and proof that Germany was once a mighty Empire.
One of these armies saved the world twice and the other had one of the best militaries we have ever seen in the 19th century . Respect to both
I can't see a Russian soldier
Us saved the world in ww1? Ok lol
@@Tom-2142 well,no.It joined way too late.Commonwealth,france,serbia,italy and russia did.America did help,but its not comparable.
@@xrhstospex8106 that’s exactly my point
@@Tom-2142 yea France was defeated and Britain was getting pounded . USA entered the war and all of a sudden allies start turning the tide . Do a little research mate
It looks more the legendary MG 42 hitlers buzz saw as the allies called it
of course it does. the mg3 is one of the best call backs in history
if it aint broke dont fix it.
It is. The MG3 is a literal decedent to the MG42 in every single way except some of it's internals and the caliber it fires. The ROF is SLIGHTLY lower but by and large it's almost the exact same gun.
@@BullsMahunny its still an amazing all time one of the best
When i had training with MG3s there was a crossed out swastika on the casing of mine, no joke. Our instructor told me when i was to gentle with the shutter on top of the gun "slam it harder, may your granddad fought with this baby". Basically only 3 parts were changed rom the MG42, mostly lowering ROF and adjusting the gun lock for a slightly different caliber.
Year 1999. I used this machine gun at Military Service in Spain. Awesone machine gun... so efectvive and destructive.
History Class in they year 3000:
"Why was it called the Thousand Year Reich?"
"Because we are still using these machine guns."
US soldier: “so is it any good”
German soldier:”ask you grandpa”
That is one gun that is TIMELESS! It still looks like it was just made. To be honest,if I were in a war,that is the gun I would want. They look like they are really enjoying it too. There is so much that can be said about it,it’s just crazy.
it´s an really good weapon about over 50 years. i´ve got shoot a mg3 in 1998 which was made in 1966. firing in short bursts are very accurate and if needed very surpressive in close combat.
That has got to be the sickest sounding single-barrel MG I’ve ever heard.
0:48 he is Not Holding it right... He has to Press the Stock of the MG into his Shoulder with his left Hand to not suffer any injuries from the recoil. Just saying this as a German soldier.
I noticed the same thing, but you have to make allowance's for the American's as they think that every time they get hold of a weapon; they are going to a gunfight at the OK corral??
noticed also (danish soldier)
I very much doubt that there will be any serious injury from firing this gun. If you dont pull it in you shoulder correctly it may leave a bruise, but not more.
@@hanfpeter2822 ever shot it? Do you have any experience in shooting guns? I doubt so. If you are not heavy build it can be serious when the wooden Stock Hammers against your bone.
@@SoulCrusherEx
Incorrectly held it may even break your collarbone.
its just something wholesome about seing us troops being with german troops
I actually fired and qualified for a Gold German badge. U S Army, Europe
Bet it looks neat on your uniform. Good job 👍
0:07 hey, that’s a machine gun!
No shit
Well someone doesn’t know this joke
Ok hehehe
Even by today's standards, the MG42 is a reliable BEAST that has stood the test of time.
Well, reliability is basicly it's main issue - thats why they took MG34s for tanks. It was the better weapon. The MG42 was just cheap. Designed for mass production - wich changed a lot of things and is the true point in it. You finally could build every squad around a MG as the central point. Wich is still German infantery Doctrin today.
US Soldier: God that fire rate is so high man..
German Soldier: Yezz it’z der Maschinengewehr… **1940s Flashback Intensifies**