The MG 42 ( shortened from German : Maschinengewehr 42 , or `` machine gun 42 '' ) was a 7.92 × 57mm Mauser general purpose machine gun that was developed in Nazi Germany and entered service with the Wehrmacht in 1942 .
The MG 42 ( shortened from German : Maschinengewehr 42 , or `` machine gun 42 '' ) was a general-purpose machine gun .