MG42

== Overview ==
The MG42 (Maschinengewehr 42) is a 7.92×57mm Mauser general-purpose machine gun designed by Nazi Germany and used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of World War II.
In-game, it is a very rapid GPMG with strong recoil.
== General Performance ==
The most notable feature of the MG42 is its blisteringly fast 1100RPM firerate. Combined with the 4~5 hits to kill close range, this makes it a very effective close-range firearm.
Being unlocked at Iron 5, it's also a very accessible firearm.
However, it has major drawbacks. First of all, it has very strong camera recoil and moderately strong muzzle rise. It also has wide bullet spread, which gets even worse under sustained fire. Combined with those two drawbacks, it makes the MG42 unreliable for far range encounters.
The magazine capacity is also quite small for a machine gun. It also reloads slowly, which worsens this drawback.
Finally, the MG42 has a notably slow movement speed (9.5u/s), slowest among all LMGs and GPMGs.
== Pros & Cons ==
Pros
* Insanely fast firerate
* Short time to kill close range
* Low rank requirement
Cons
* Strong camera recoil and muzzle rise
* Wide bullet spread
* Burns through the magazine quickly
* Slow movement speed
== Trivia ==
* In real life, the magazine capacity is usually 50 or 250.
* The Bipod attachment for the MG42 attaches to the wrong position. This may be fixed in a later update.
Category:Heavy
Category:General-Purpose Machine Gun
Category:Firearm