The Maschinenkarabiner 42(H) or MKb 42(H) (machine carbine Model 1942 (Haenel)) was an early German assault rifle firing an intermediate round of World War II. Designed in 1940 – 1941 by Hugo Schmeisser working for C. G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik, several thousand were made and the gun was used on the Eastern Front in 1943.

MKb 42 (W) Operator's Manual - WW2 Military Issue D 1853/1 - Machinenkarabiner 42 (W) - Machine Carbine 42 (W). This 20 page manual is for the Mkb 42 (W), made by Walther, which was made to compete as the new rifle for the Wehrmacht.

The Maschinenkarabiner 42(W) (German: "machine carbine model 1942 (Walther)" ) or MKb 42(W) was an early German assault rifle designed in 1940-41 by Walther during World War II. The Mkb 42(W), and the more successful Maschinenkarabiner 42(H) designed by Haenel, were predecessors of the Sturmgewehr 44 (StG 44) assault rifle.

Mar 7, 2015 · I can confirm this is a prototype Mauser assault rifle, named the MkB 42(M). It resides in a French museum after the looting of the Mauser factory by French forces after the end of WW2.

The MKb.42(H) is a gas operated, selective-fire weapon. It uses a long-stroke gas piston, located above the barrel in a long gas tube. Barrel locking is achieved by tipping the rear part of the bolt down into the locking recess, cut into the machined steel insert in the stamped steel receiver.

The Maschinenkarabiner 1942, more commonly known as the MKb 42 (or MkB 42), is a prototype assault rifle design. Contracts for a rifle firing 7.92×33mm rounds were sent to both Haenel and Walther, who then cobbled up a design based on the given specifications.

Apr 27, 2015 · The rifle is an MKb.42 (H), Haenel’s prototype for what would later become the famous MP-44 Sturmgewehr. The Maschinenkarabiner – as it was called – was only fielded in limited numbers in 1943, and unlike the later MP-44 fired from an open bolt.

The Maschinenkarabiner 42 (H) (abbreviated as M.Kb. 42 (H)) is a prototype assault rifle developed by Hugo Schmeisser in the 1940s. The M.Kb. 42 (H) was competing with the M.Kb. 42 (W). The M.Kb. 42 (H) was in production even after the M.P. 43/1 entered production, ending production in September 1943. Variants []

Oct 14, 2012 · The MKb 42(H) was a selective-fire assault rifle, the precursor to the famous Sturmgewehr 44. Visually, the most distinctive difference between the two weapons is the difference between the lengths of the gas tubes on the two weapons, with the MKb featuring a slightly longer gas tube atop the barrel.

Mar 31, 2016 · "Kilroy was here" ..... ce Master-Sergeant de l'Armée Patton, un peu perplexe face à cet étalage de MKb42(W), reliquat de la faible production de "l'autre" MKb42, concurrent malheureux du 42(H), ne se doute pas qu'il a devant lui 10% des exemplaires fabriqués (200 ex. au total) et que s'il parvenait à les ramener chez lui avant que Zella-Mehlis soit remise aux rudes prédateurs de l ...