MG 42
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The Maschinengewehr 42, or MG 42 for short, was the main German light and heavy machine gun used by the German forces from 1942 to 1945. It fired the 7.92x57mm Mauser, same as the Kar 98, and could reach a rate of fire of 1200 rounds per minute (one of the highest average rates of fire of any single-barreled machine gun). The MG 42 was designed to be cheaper and easier to build that it's predecessor, the MG 34. Like the browning .30 cal machine gun used by the Americans, the MG 42 was operated by a crew of two or one soldiers and was renowned in American and British circles, with its distinctive 'cutting' sound always striking fear into the hearts of the troops.
[edit] Suggested Tactics in Gameplay
In Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30 and Brothers in Arms: Earned in Blood, the MG 42 is usually a fixed, stationary weapon attached to a wall or a vehicle. It is encountered most often in those games deployed behind a heavy sandbag gun emplacement which can only be destroy by flanking or on occasion, if you have a tank (Tank cannons can fire through sandbags). In Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway, the MG 42 is a mobile weapon that can be deploy by the player or enemy fire teams as a counter against the enemy as you now have a machine-gun team on your side.
Most of the time there is a solution to flank the MG and there are usually only two, or if you're lucky, one person manning the weapon. Be careful with this weapon though, a few shells from this machine-gun can easily kill you and the continuous whizzing of the bullets is rather irritating. There is always the option of throwing a grenade, but flanking is still the safest. Also, you cannot surpress machine-guns so don't bother telling your men to fire on it.
There are several points in the games where you can utilize this machine-gun and it immediately surpresses enemies and can easily mow them down. Another plus point is its infinite amount of ammo. Note that there is a lot of recoil on the weapon and the blinding flash from its barrel as you fire completely obscures your view, thus making the iron sight on it completely useless.
