This Germany Machine Gun Is More Advanced Than You'd Think - Rheinmetall MG-3 Machine Gun

The MG3 is one of the most successful machine guns in the world today and remains in production and widespread service more than 61 years after it was first adopted. It is an early Cold War era machine gun of German origin and a designation for various machine guns developed when Germany entered NATO. It is well known for its high rate of fire. The MG3 or (Machinengewehr Modell 3) was introduced into service in 1968 under the Rheinmetall brand label and continues in widespread use today. These are basically is a conversion of the MG42 machine gun which was widely used by Na - zi Germany during World War 2. Besides the Belgian MAG, the MG3 was the most common type of Western machine gun during the Cold War. The weapon was developed as a multi-role General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG), this classification denoting a specialized group of a machine gun in military service.
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[@Frk_X]

German soldier here, have been trained with the Mg3 and its a really amazing gun. the recoil packs a mean punch but the just the sound alone makes it worth it

[@T.Higbee]

How fast can an experienced crew change the barrell? I'm sure this was one of the key advantages of it but surprised it wasnt mentioned in the video

[@tsubadaikhan6332]

@@Frk_X Forgive me, absolute novice here. Can a barrel be reused once it's cooled down, or are they scrapped after a single use?

[@Frk_X]

@@tsubadaikhan6332 the barrel can be used again after cooling down, we switch them because otherwise the barrel might deform due to heat.

[@tsubadaikhan6332]

@@Frk_X Is there a quick & trusty way to see if it's deformed, or do you just get the squads armourer to check them periodically? I've heard guys gripe about carrying the squads MG operators ammo, (until they need him), but never heard mention of extra barrels. Would you only carry the one spare for a patrol?

[@videoforref845]

Is it similar to the one in CoD ? Assuming you have played it.

[@tonyhind6992]

MG-3 and M2 50cal still working after being in WW2. Amazing.

[@Urria110]

They used more the one chambered in 30 06

[@VodkamanBR]

The M2 is actually from WW1, it's pretty much a 100 years old design

[@RobinRobertsesq]

At one point, the US Army simultaneously issued the pistol, automatic rifle, light machine gun, medium machine gun and heavy machine gun designs of John M. Browning. And the US Navy issued a 1.1 inch auto cannon by Browning, too.

[@aregularperson7573]

@@TheJimyyy the mg3 was never chambered in 30.06 it was chambered for the 7.62 NATO round from the start

[@bebebutterbub1344]

well said, the m2 browning is my fav too.

[@artistaprimus7080]

The MG 42 and its following modified versions are hard to beat. It just shows the genius of its design.

[@tsugumorihoney2288]

but still they didn't solve problem with overheating, you take for example PKP Pecheneg it can fire up to 600 rounds in long bursts, without losing characteristics, also it weight 3 kilo less than MG3, so it only means that they couldn't develop something better than MG3, and that's it. mg 3 is pretty good, but it is obsolete, you don't need such high rate of fire

[@afre3398]

@@tsugumorihoney2288 If you are trained you can swap a MG3 barrel in seconds. I have done that my self. If you are pinned town by a MG3 nest. You will not be able to do much between a barrel change by a trained crew, However I can agree that the MG3 is kind of outdated at this point. Still very lethal though

[@tsugumorihoney2288]

@@afre3398 hiw much weight additional barrel for mg? 2, 3 kilograms? it is how much less ammo you can carry and it is about 100rounds or so? plus mg3 by itself weight 3kilogramms more and it is additional 100 rounds you could carry. There is one joke in russia: you may have very few rounds, few rounds, and few rounds but you can't carry more. So every fcking gramm of you ammunition reduce aamount of rounds you can carry

[@afre3398]

@@tsugumorihoney2288 Why are you so angry? I agreed to you main point that the MG3 is outdated at this point. For several reasons

[@altergreenhorn]

Yugoslav military used it as well produced in Zastava as model M 53, together with the russian variant of PKM produced in Zastava as M 84 which prevailed at the end.

[@Lee_Enfield95]

Literally the embodiment of “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.”

[@06802300]

What they did change, was using a heavier bolt in the MG3, so as to reduce the rate of fire to about 850rpm, instead of the MG42s 1200rpm (which was an insane speed, meaning the squad had to lug more ammo, and that the barrel would overheat very quickly). A sensible fix.

[@JimJones-ri8wm]

Agreed.

[@Lee_Enfield95]

Totally agree

[@mrteacher1315]

Lesson M60 forgot

[@duuurs]

Same with browning m2

[@06802300]

As a soldier in the Italian Army during the 1980s, I fired and serviced the Beretta MG 42/59 (the Italian version of the MG-3) many times: an awesome weapon I would not wish for anyone to find themselves on the wrong end of. At a relatively close range, that gun can literally cut a man in half.

[@paangaming6291]

now how old are you .

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

I used the MG-3 about 20 years ago, German Fallschirmjäger, weapon is a fucking beast, and I think there will be no "mere flesh wounds" if you get hit... 😅

[@06802300]

@@paangaming6291 I will be 59 in August.

[@paangaming6291]

@antun kikiriki whoa that cool btw im just 16 and respect elder especially who serve in army and policeman .

[@tomruzer8395]

Now I know why the called it "Saw". Thank you.

[@nowonder2798]

i served 4 years in the german army in the early 90s .... and most on my sholder was this beast ... hardy, deadly, easy to use ... well, hardly to handle ... but even after 2 weeks in rain, snow and ice .... it NEVER jams. hate it during a march... but it only need one burst i was back in love with it

[@stefanbumann9919]

@holysoks1 Thats why every gunner team has two barrels. Like all machine guns the barrel gets hot. So the MG3 has a quick change system. Once the barrel has cooled you can use it again, The barrel change it to prevent it from deforming or have a round jaming.

[@ethericboy]

It jams very easily if your nr2 gets sand on the belt but a squirt of gun oil under the loading lid did the trick

[@weasle2904]

The MG3 is notorious for jamming, and in any combat scenario you would be hating the high rate of fire saturating your ammo and over heating your barrel with no added benefit. The Nazis kept the MG42's high rate of fire as a morale weapon, akin to the Stuka sirens. It's by design it was kept in the MG3 and used by militaries saving a buck not wanting to upgrade to superior machine guns. Germany literally does not want them anymore lol they are being replaced.

[@ethericboy]

@@weasle2904 To counter that fire in bursts

[@wudruffwildcard252]

@@weasle2904 didn‘t jam for me. Maybe we mandantory service members are higher skilled than professionals in other armies. 🤷

[@joebfnl1079]

I had a MG-42 with MG-3 parts, she still ran 7.92mm rounds!. I'm still in love!!!.

[@Sturminfantrist]

In Base Training we had MG3 and MG2 with MG42 Recievers the MG42 was stamped over /X-out, we used the MG2s for weaponTraining/Drill in the Barracks only, the MG3 on the range for shooting and during exercise/training in the Field. I was surprised when i was first time in the Weapons storge room (WAKA) they had some K98k besides the G3, i think they used the Carbines for quartals that went to Bonn (former german capital) for ceremonial dutys in the "Wachkompanie" or it was a leftover from times when our Barracks were occupied by BGS (Borderguard), when Bundeswehr was founded 55 nearly the whole BGS Nord was intigrated into the Bundeswehr incl their Weapons.

[@mmrs9639]

Es ist das MG 42 , nur der Verschluss wurde geändert um die Feuerrate auf 1200/min Schuss zu reudzieren. Das Kaliber wurde auf NATO 7,62x51 geändert.

[@Sturminfantrist]

@@mmrs9639 Nein! Dann schau dir mal den Frontbereich = Rückstossverstärker an, erkennst du jetzt den Unterschied? ausserdem hat das MG3 auch noch ein eingebautes Luftzielvisier.

[@mmrs9639]

@@Sturminfantrist ja hast recht , aber im Grunde ist das das gleiche MG.

[@kalleklp7291]

@@Sturminfantrist Genau.

[@tridentflavor7557]

2:15 "1968: this weapon impressed other NATO countries like the US, GB and France". Oh, you bet they already were impressed by it earlier. They experienced the presented effectiveness first hand and thought "damn, I wish I could have one too" ;)

[@Sturminfantrist]

Dont forget France and the Foreign Legion used a lot of german weapons shortly after WW2 and in their post war colonial wars incl. the original MG-42, the french had even a Regt. with Panther Tanks in service until 1947

[@asdas137]

@@Sturminfantrist German equipment and German soldiers in the foreign legion. Makes sense.

[@hansfrauenrath709]

The USA where so impressed that they used the system for there own new wepon, the M3.

[@altergreenhorn]

Yugoslav military used it as well produced in Zastava as model M 53, together with the russian variant of PKM produced in Zastava as M 84 which prevailed at the end.

[@blackroberts6290]

maybe the reason they rejected it is because they used to be on the business end of it's father gun lmao

[@fromfilmtocode]

Was a machine gunner in the Greek army. I used and maintained these. Very cool and reliable.

[@sheeplord4976]

Funny how this thing has a reputation for reliability whilst the M60 (which was more reliable in testing) has a reputation for being unreliable. I wonder if it had to do with the Vietnamese mud or poor maintenance.

[@wintonhudelson2252]

@@sheeplord4976 Thank you for your post. The M60 of the 60s and early 70s had some quirks the caused stoppages. Field stripping & reassembly has issues. One small spring and piston did not reassemble in an intuitive way. As I recall the spring didn't go into the cup of the piston recess, but registered against the flat end of the piston. Sorry, too many years ago for details.

[@sheeplord4976]

@@wintonhudelson2252 ah, so it had issues in the field due to poor field stripping design which would not have popped up as much in testing. Very interesting

[@apmoy70]

/watch?v=AaNFO5WfIS4 (Though National Guard and not Army)

[@terryharris1291]

I was a GPMG gunner in New Zealand Army .My Uncles fought in Greece ,Crete ,North Africa and Italy in WW2

[@valuedhumanoid6574]

When watching Saving Private Ryan with my grandpa when the scene showing the MG 42 mowing down our troops on the beach my grandpa put his hands on his face and said “oh my. I had not heard that sound in a long time, but I never forget it “ speaks volumes of how fearsome of a weapon it was. It took a WW2 vet back to the war.

[@peaceformula5830]

They were trying to stop the Globalist armies from taking over Europe. Now Europe is brown.

[@smokingcrab2290]

@@peaceformula5830 we fought the wrong enemy

[@confusingcrux1947]

@@smokingcrab2290 wtf man

[@neear2789]

@@peaceformula5830 +1

[@tfoen7678]

Something like this and the sounds it made will change the mindset of those who were there. Could not imagine the feeling of it

[@711jastin]

MG3 has only 2 fire option: safe and BRRRRRRRRRRRRT

[@pascalnorkus779]

😂🤣😂 that's a good one.

[@beefeater91]

Or: no-kill / multi-kill

[@haysnairte4]

newbie gonna easily goes overkill

[@magne-johannilsen5621]

I loved it. Everybody in my division was trained to use Glock 17, AG3, MG3, M7.72 and the Karl gustav 84mm. The best part of the MG3, is its simplisity, and its ability to destroy whatever you deside to shoot at. Barrel change is FAST, for a trained soilder. Safety is simple, and is either safe, or HOLY DIVER! :-) Recoil is managable, and you never fire moor than 3-5 rounds pr trigger pull.

[@DuckAllMighty]

I like how it's literally just the MG42 with some minor twerks to modernize it a bit. It's like the M2 Browning, why change something, when it still to this day fulfil its role perfectly?

[@HalloojGaffel]

Becouse the mg42 it used mauser rounds and the mg3 use nato rounds. Better to use the same rounds every other gun they have. Thats why it used mauser ammo since in ww2 every gun more or less used the same by the nazi

[@zippyparakeet1074]

@@HalloojGaffel no one's disputing that fact though.

[@sigma_04]

At some point certain things just aren't further improvable anymore. Like wheels. Still round after thousands of years. ^^

[@weasle2904]

The M2 is still one of the most effective machine guns in use, whereas the MG3 is not. There's a reason why even though Germany, who famously has a budget strained and neutered military, is finally getting rid of them.

[@kaitan4160]

@@weasle2904 Yeah that Reason is that the producer stopped making Spare Parts for it roughly 9 Years ago. And cool effective MG isnt that cool or effective when broken and not repairable.

[@mikhailkraskovskiy6217]

i wont lie, "Linoleum Ripper" sounds oddly terrifying, but im pretty sure its nicknames in russia are either Bonesaw or Hitler's Circular Saw, or something to that extent

[@Bialy_1]

The nickname sounds fishy to me as typical Red Army soldier would just have raw wood on the floor in his home and there would be 10 people living in every room... nicknames from Russian wiki are: «Косторез», «Циркулярная пила Гитлера», «Эмга», «Крестовик» -> "Bone cutter", "Hitler's circular saw", "Emga", "Cross"

[@someboiwhogivesadamn]

"Hitler's Buzz Saw" was the nickname.

[@bizybliztaverage9414]

Hitler's butcher

[@user-FUCKYOU18]

Or zipper

[@birgaripadam7112]

İn turkey it called "Karayılan" black snake we didn't fight in WW2 and only using this awesome thing our army have a hard on for German weapons

[@messmeister92]

0:39 “The MG-3, or Machineng**HAS STROKE** Modell 3 was introduced in 1968…”

[@EBMZEQUENZER]

Even Stormtroopers used it in Star Wars :-)

[@eldritchmorgasm4018]

True, and still they missed 😂

[@kinngrimm]

@@eldritchmorgasm4018 perfect comment hrhr

[@dimitrypetrenko3470]

@@eldritchmorgasm4018 Well not to be a kill joy but if they were to show their real accuracy the Main Characters wouldn't survive long

[@tjoonatv2848]

Nah, they used it's predecessor, the Mg 34

[@kinngrimm]

@@dimitrypetrenko3470 Not at all, whereby in Star Wars franchise it is a bit over top obvious at times. Then again there is hardly any action movie where that principle does not apply. Looking at you Keanu wink wink, how about it Sylvester, Dolph and Arny ...?

[@muki2259]

So Germans made such a good thing that it is used now as one of the best MGs 79 years ago

[@zippyparakeet1074]

That's german engineering for ya

[@JimJones-ri8wm]

They make good shit lol

[@gordon295]

Also lets not forget the Mauser 98 Rifle Action !! None Better !! ;) Still the best after over 120Years

[@borkwoof696]

Only that it isn’t one of the best MGs around anymore.

[@muki2259]

@@borkwoof696 MG42 just changed it's name to MG 03, it had minor changes in design, so M42/MG 03 is still one od the best MGs, if not the best in the world

[@embermovies322]

I died inside when he said "Maschinengeuerur"

[@gerald8573]

My grandfather used the MG42 in the Bundeswehr (he was 7 when the war ended) and they had a version that fired over 1800rpm. I remember he once told us, that his squad and himself were very sad when they took their "Super-MG42" and replaced them first with the normal MG42 and later with the MG3.

[@metastaticmince2386]

nice historic inside - love the comment . Thank him for his service please!

[@gerald8573]

@@metastaticmince2386 He passed away in 2007 but thank you, I will include you in my prayer.

[@notbadbros7814]

there is a little piece, we called it NATO-Bremse that keeps the gun from shooting that fast. its supposed to prevent the gun from running off aswell, means shooting without pulling the trigger. the mechanism is a open-bolt system which in itself has a slight delay, just like the uzi and it can be very scary if you let go of the trigger a splitsecond too late. having said that: single-shots were almost impossible, what you had to do was slipping of the trigger while pulling it (which i would not recommend)

[@ericwilliams538]

The "MG" platform is just amazing and just like the Browning 50 cal, I dont see either one of these machine guns being replaced anytime soon.

[@tigerpresentationsproducts425]

The M2A1 Browning 50.caliber machine gun has a lot of problems and can be a very complicated and confusing

[@ericwilliams538]

@@tigerpresentationsproducts425 is that from personal experience, because the 50 cal has been in service for probably over a 100 years, and is still used today.

[@JohnnyLouisXIX]

Except the MG3 is being replaced.

[@atomikcosmonaut522]

Until we get super lasers I think there staying

[@randomclipsmilitary9056]

@@tigerpresentationsproducts425 It really isnt confusing

[@javaidhaider9289]

Germans have produced some amazing weapons. Imagine, introduced in 1942. It's derivatives are still in service 71 years later. This machine gun must be quite a weapon.

[@CARBONHAWK1]

.50*

[@BlackWhiteCater]

80

[@masonyahn5389]

The MG42 and MG3 are great weapons !!!

[@startingbark0356]

@@argumasch663 the only difference is the ammunition

[@connermiles7425]

@@argumasch663 They are as Startingbark035 stated its just difference ammo.

[@connermiles7425]

@@argumasch663 I stand corrected. You're right I thought it was only the rounds that got changed.

[@kaitan4160]

@@connermiles7425 "only rounds got changed" thats the MG2. MG1 is the "after War" designatio nfor unchanged MG42. MG2 are the actual MG42´s still in stock (and used) changed for NATO ammo. And MG3 is basically the follow up of the MG1A3 (yes they did improve that thing after the War). Barrel change is different, RPM got reduced to 1200 per minute.The "little flap" on the side (sorry german here and idk the acurate translation) got heavier to prevent it flaping open when moving. Because ... dirt inside is bad. Sights got changed. Spring got changed (to reduce roudns per mintue as mentioned). And a few other things.

[@pouch2598]

Hands down great mg. I fired this thing in Germany. A surprise at first, but once you get used to it, it’s the best!

[@Le_Blnk____]

Rain metal seems legit

[@Tickson]

Yeah they make extremely good stuff, they also make videos on KZbin check out their AA design that thing is a monster

[@dimitrypetrenko3470]

@@Tickson the Oerlikon is a gun tobe reckoned with

[@Der_muede_Joe.]

Hi. Its called Rheinmetall. Rhein is a German River (Rhine). Not to be confused with rain

[@dimitrypetrenko3470]

@@Der_muede_Joe. I think he meant it as a Joke I mean the Gun is Rheining Metal from above(If you know what I mean)

[@Oof-th5hz]

Rain metal artillery

[@12799MaDeuce]

The butchering of German pronunciation made my head hurt

[@01hafkee]

Clark Griswold quality. >

[@DarkKatzy013]

Same

[@Juno101]

Wot zeems tu be ze problem hier.

[@gordon295]

That was also the very 1st thing I noticed !! Must try harder ... and do better next time !!

[@jinglemyberries866]

yea he really butchered "machinengewehr"

[@Cosmic_idea]

My father had this weapon in his home guard service. He won a few awards in competitions with the weapon etc. I remember this weapon really well. He actually had to return it in the end, because they needed the weapon. The newer machine guns the army had, didn't handle the sand well in Iraq and Afghanistan, but this was much better.

[@nerdman127]

I don't think it can be easily overstated just how influential the mg34/42/3 series of guns were. It was the first practical general purpose machine gun. There's going to be a lot of spit hairs over this but the fact that machine gun design and doctrine changed world wide after world war two to either duplicate or emulate the mg42s role speaks for itself. While its a heavy gun one man can still effectively use it unlike a us 1919 .30 cal or most of the other belt feds of the time.

[@weasle2904]

The MG34 was notably one of the first top to bottom GPMG that was used in such a manner, however the MG42 is mostly over rated and hyped due to it's rate of fire. Reliability, accuracy, and long term durability were notably outdone by other machine guns. And the rate of fire overall reduced the weapon's ability to supply effective suppressive fire. It had an 1100 RPM, whereas most modern machine guns try to stay near 500 RPM for obvious reasons. Also "one man can effectively use it" my ass. It's one of the heavier GPMG, has a very substantial recoil favoring a tripod setup, and requires high amounts of ammo served by at least one or more crewman.

[@s4ss]

@@weasle2904 You make it sound like it´s not the only WW2 era MG design in its class still in production.

[@weasle2904]

@@s4ss it's not in production. Browning machine guns are

[@s4ss]

@@weasle2904 "design" "in its class" We both know it would still be called MG42 if it wheren´t for the stigma of WW2. I´ve fired a MG3 that still has MG42 markings on it. Very petty argument your making here.

[@weasle2904]

@@s4ss MG3 is not in production. Germany is fielding its replacement

[@minibob9252]

There is nothing like hearing the deep growling sound of a MG3 in some distance. A sound you never froget.

[@Knautschfriese]

It is also used as a coaxial machinegun on german tanks. Normally a user has to change the barrel after 150 shots fired, but in a tank we mostly shot up to 400 rounds with the MG3. Many times the spare „cold“ barrel would not be cooled down until the next change ;-)

[@Tosspot8140]

I just love how similar the MG3 is to the MG42, is something simply but I just love how similar they look and how similar the fire rate is between them.

[@tsugumorihoney2288]

because it is same gun beside chamber size

[@quassouhtheboo]

You just came me back 10 years old playing bad company 2 MG3 was a huge beast

[@fritz1143]

The italian army had, and still has a version of the MG3 called MG42/59 produced by Beretta. Still for the standard 7.62×51. Now they use it on tanks and armoured vehicles since they adopded the FN MINIMI for the infantry.

[@JohnF0X]

Thing about the MG3 in German service is that while its heavier than the newer guns that are suposed to replace it, the troops prefer the MG3 over its reliability and surpressing power. The MG4 is usualy joked at by the troops, 556 MG lacking stoping power while the MG5 seems like a step back in raw performance.

[@jonny2954]

I don't know where you got that from, literally anyone in my unit prefers the MG5. And they're about the same weight, MG5 is just much better to carry around due to better weight distribution and sling system. MG4 is for a different purpose. The MG3 in German service are so old and fucked up they are less reliable than the MG5. At least the ones in combat units.

[@Frk_X]

The Mg4 was never supposed to replace the Mg3, it is supposed to complement it

[@JohnF0X]

@@jonny2954 Got to speak to an Officer in the 6th Gebirgsjägerbatallion 233 Mittenwald a few years ago and he told me as much

[@jonny2954]

@@JohnF0X Ask the grunt that has to carry the damn thing, not an officer lol

[@cyberiankorninger1025]

Seems the good old baseless bias against 556 caliber is still alive after 50 years :)

[@hoffmiermp]

The modern day buzz saw, gotta love the German ingenuity.

[@gwydionrusso3206]

The MG42/MG3 when there’s a horde of enemies coming towards you and you only have one gun

[@andersbjorkman8666]

During ww2 there was commonly a mg42/squad. It was used as a suppresion weapon to enable the rest of the squad to get good positions, and make pincer manevours to flank the enemy. And of course it worked great if you had a horde of enemies coming at you ^^

[@orichardnunes]

Excellent content! I'm Brazilian, the subtitles in Portuguese help a lot to understand the video and also to exercise the English language.

[@CaptainHeadcrab]

The way you pronounced "Maschinengewehr" and Rheinmetall hurts me. Maschinegewehr = Ma-sheen-nen-geh-vair Rheinmetall = Rine-meh-tall

[@cleveland2286]

normally I don't like to criticize people over pronouncing german because I find it very difficult but, my god, hearing him say that was rough.

[@frumpyglint]

yuuuup you can easily put the words into google translate on german voice and there you go. not that hard.

[@wlechim]

I’m not even German, but that pronunciation made me stop the video

[@CaptainHeadcrab]

​@@KennyNGA Yes, and?

[@RobinRobertsesq]

"Early Cold War" .... uh, sure. The MG42 just might be a bit pre Cold War....

[@tiagocosta3542]

The MG3 was made in the cold war it is a modefied MG42 that has a slower firing rate and fired NATO rounds

[@RobinRobertsesq]

@@tiagocosta3542 Yes but my point is that the MG42 itself predates the Cold War by quite a bit.

[@bluedog843]

Just like the Browning .50, if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it

[@grindcorejoe6661]

Shooting with the MG3 The MG: "AAAAAAH!" Your Shoulder: "AAAAAAH!" The Enemy: "AAAAAAH!"

[@Alexriyan3588]

As in service of Pakistan Army we are also in position of MG-3,, its really BadAss wpn..

[@thunderkunt5416]

Yuck

[@KGB223]

you train terrorists with them ???

[@iliaszahir3135]

I think you misspelled "Taliban"

[@pekkakoski6595]

As far as I know, Pakistans Army uses the original 8mm Mauser MG-42's. No big difference there. That MG is very very effective. If it works, why change! Greets from Finland!

[@corvoattano4777]

@@pekkakoski6595 lmao what no we use 762x51 nato mg3 version. Locally produced along with g3 rifles and mp5s

[@konstantink.2127]

Slight correction, the MG-3 doesn't have a flash hider. the contraption at the end of the barrel is a muzzle booster. As counter-intuitive as it sounds, this part makes the recoil stronger to ensure reliable operation of the MG-3's blowback operated mechanism and in fact makes the muzzle flash rather worse instead of hiding it. Source: German Army Ranger training. But overall it's an amazing gun if you don't have to carry it by foot for several km. It's very challenging to shoot due to the extreme recoil (I've seen recruits get pushed half a meter back in prone by this gun) and it's effect is best described as a long-range shotgun rather than a machine gun. We even had some models in the armoury that still had "MG 42" written on the receiver, ith the 42 just stamped over with to X and a 3 put behind them.

[@Newie67]

In my service time in the Bundeswehr i loved this gun. Accurate, powerful and the sound kills every courage of an enemy that is storming your position.

[@margusevisalu7776]

Served in Estonian Defence Forces as a machinegunner with MG-3. It is a MG with amazing firepower. As i was too triggerhappy for Gailil AR, MG-3 was perfect for me. Really loved that weapon, and i can say from experience, as long as you pour enough oil on bolt it works like a charm. I usually carried a 0.5l coca-cola bottle full of oil with me, because the original oil bottle was simply too small for me. Belts are 50 rounds, but they are linkable with one extra round. I carried 750 rounds with and partner carried another 500.

[@georgedeng8646]

You know you've engineered a great weapon when it, and its derivatives are still being used 70 years after its invention.

[@Old_8_gauge]

In my opinion this is the finest light machine gun EVER made.

[@tsugumorihoney2288]

it is too heavy now, that means you can carry less ammo, and since it got much faster fire rate it mean you run out of ammo even more faster

[@rohesilmnelohe]

@@tsugumorihoney2288 this gun is operated by two man teams so the weight gain is not such big issue. The assistant has his/her own primary weapon, but also carries spare ammo and a spare barrel. And you can swap the hot barrel in anything between 3-6 seconds, depending on how practiced you are. Basically. You could get a newer, lighter MG.. But it sure as hell wont be as reliable. Or accurate. Depends what you prioritize. 3-4 more seconds of fire or a gun that can accurately hit the target at almost any feasible engagement distance, regardless if you are positioned in mud, sand or knee deep snow. I saw you talking about sustained high rate of fire on PKP for 600 rounds. It's very impressive on an already very good gun, but the advantage of the MG3 is that if you have more spare barrels available you can keep on firing for thousands of shots if you swap the barrels after each 120-200 shot belt. The Impact of using multiple spare barrels in defensive positions is best illustrated by the effectiveness of the few that stood at the Tannenberg line battles in WW2. I have talked with people who tried to fight back the Soviets and was told that they usually had 4 to 6 spare barrels lined up in defensive positions which enabled them to be fired pretty much continuosly. The casualty ratio relflects as much too.

[@tsugumorihoney2288]

@@rohesilmnelohe especially 4millions of recruted germans which just disappeared after war end, there you can read they were recruted, and then just boom they are no more, no KIA list, not in wounded, not in decommissioned, not in hostages

[@rohesilmnelohe]

@@tsugumorihoney2288 those who survived the war found new homes under "displaced people" act. A lot in the USA, but also in Canada and UK. It was well know that they would be killed if they returned to their now Soviet occupied homes.

[@tsugumorihoney2288]

@@rohesilmnelohe who knows

[@acemax1124]

Great episode 👍👍

[@SoloRenegade]

One of the best looking and best sounding machine guns. Still like the Browning M2 more, but this one is up there.

[@JP-cb8bz]

During Normandy invasion the German soldiers didn't want to keep firing on American soldiers but we're told to keep firing at them cuz that gun would literally cut limbs right off and they just kept coming and they just kept getting cut down it's a deadly rifle highly effective and for that to still be in service today is amazing.

[@cbroz7492]

I actually fired one of these in Germany in 1972 when my unit, 4/35 Armor, fired our issue firearms in an exchange program..I got to shoot the G3...the military version of the H & K 9...my biggest disappointment was not getting to shoot the P1..the post war version of the Walther P38...In got the bronze shooting award..known as the 'schutzenschnur'

[@codiersklave]

Believe me, you have missed nothing spectacular with the P1. It was the standard pistol in my time in the German Army (mid to late 90s). One of the many jokes about this thing was that every soldier using it had 8 warning shots and a well aimed throw. It was more likely to hit your target throwing the damned thing itself than by shooting at it. The G3 was a decent, quite powerful rifle and the MG3 was... well, an experience to say the least 🙂

[@robdixson196]

I've heard that swapping barrels out is super slick and quick on these.

[@fathergraves6510]

Germany is literally always one step ahead when it comes to military technology.

[@georgepalmer5497]

When I first arrived in Germany in 1977 they sent me and this other private over to the German firing range to fire the MG3. I was surprised how many rounds went down range when I fired it. The best way to fire this weapon probably is moving from target to target, in short bursts, unless you're firing at a helicopter.

[@gordonfernandes6873]

Most Iconic & Fearsome Weapon since WWII 🙏

[@RalfMartinTauer]

To be mentioned as well is the fact that this MG3 is still actively used as coaxial machine gun inside the turret of most of the German MBTs like the Leopard I and even Leopard II.

[@Cherb123456]

Thank you!

[@pekkakoski6595]

Finland has only those MG3:s which came with Leopard 2 tanks. Infantrys basic machine gun is the PKM. Which is not bad either :)

[@frankrenda2519]

had both of them in yugoslavia the pkm is superior

[@alexandrebelinge8996]

same for Canada we had 20 of them

[@pekkakoski6595]

@@frankrenda2519 Yes, the "Puljemot Kalashnikov Modernitzennyi" is a great gun.

[@Sturminfantrist]

@@frankrenda2519 no Jugoslavia didnt use MG3 they used MG53 7.92x57 basically a MG42 copy!

[@frankrenda2519]

@@Sturminfantrist i know that but the gun i was using was a original german manufacture mg

[@GNP3WP3W]

“Mashinen gev-air” not “machine ghsjdbbdsh” “Rine-meh-tall” not “rine-metal”

[@mwanikimwaniki6801]

Ikr. I ain't German yet I cringed at the pronunciation.

[@cfbabo]

Hahahahahha u made me have tears with this comments loool

[@madmarvshighwaywarrior2870]

If you're going to speak German at least pronounce the numbers in German as well

[@nucleargandhi101]

@@madmarvshighwaywarrior2870 Nein

[@thhseeking]

But not with a U.S. drawl. I cringe when I see some pronunciation guides, like "fossil" pronounced as "fah-sil". It's "fossil", short "o", as it's spelled. As for Rheinmetall, "Rine-meh-tahl".

[@raoulman1]

Danke Rheinmetall for this beautiful weapon.

[@arminulrich2319]

When I was a tank loader (Leopard 1) in 1988, I often shot with the MG 3.

[@kalleklp7291]

We had them in the Danish Airforce and Army too. It's a perfect area denial weapon. Up til 200 m, the field is yours. There would be a shooter and a helper. The helper was responsible for feeding the belts and changing the barrel, which was done after two belts fired through ( 2X 120 rounds). However, that was on constant firing and we got easy on this old lady :). The shooter did well...the obvious..cutting people into halves (you could do that on short distances). Changing the barrel was a matter of seconds and you were good to go. It's an effective and reliable weapon. German engineering at its best :) The original Rheinmetal MG 42 Einheitsmaschinengewehr (Universal machine gun) fired the 7.92×57mm Mauser round. After the war, it was adopted by NATO because...it was a damned good piece of equipment. It was converted to NATO ammunition 7.62X51 mm

[@hobbyist6181]

Talking about shorts distances...😢 we had to carry that thing and 2 boxes with 250 shots each during our competitive 30km marches in 1981. Bundeswehr FSchJg Btl 262....

[@kalleklp7291]

@@hobbyist6181 Oh, yeah.. I know how that feels. ;) We marched 20 and 30 Km with this thing on the back. I was serving between 1988 and 1991.

[@lan8401]

Bonus feature, everytime someone use this MG and gone full auto, Erika music suddenly play.

[@didacticpixeltv3349]

How original

[@ERIKNOWAKK]

Its really amazing how those guns are used even today 😎

[@lupas1143]

I know the MG since a lot of time but these is the best presentation that I see never.

[@survivalbert7017]

You got one thing wrong: to my knowledge, the MG-42 was faster than the MG-3. They reduced the firing rate because it simply consumed too much ammo.

[@haysnairte4]

This, I read somewhere that MG42 was 1500 rpm unlike MG-3

[@ayoutubecommenter1827]

1200rpm

[@MrKaliber43]

You have to change the barrel after 1000 shots of live rounds. Used this baby for a few years in the military. The recoil is something you fall in love with😂

[@dennispusch6920]

According to ZentralerdienstVorschrift 3/14 you have to change theBarrel after 150 live Rounds and 100 blanks

[@dennispusch6920]

😋

[@MrKaliber43]

@@dennispusch6920 did you ever shot 150 at once? I don't think so. Once the barrel cooled down you can use it again

[@haysnairte4]

@@MrKaliber43 My thoughts exactly, ain't nobody gonna waste such amount of ammo unless they are firing as starship troopers to a swarm of bugs

[@villegas24]

that gun is just iconic

[@boyhenyo4431]

why MG3 and AK47 are Masterpieces made by brilliant Engineer, it never Jams like M16, or Kord 50cal it functions in cold weather and on some extreme conditions it doesn't fail.

[@KayUweClemens]

My father was a small boy in Königsberg and he saw with his own eyes that a german MG cut a Soviet soldier in half. I guess that was a MG42. He had have nightmares his entire life about it.

[@Agent77X]

MG 43 firing rate to extreme for the U.S. military decision makers. They wanted a rate of 200-400 rpm, not 1,200 rpm.

[@patmcbride9853]

They also leaned towards domestic designs.

[@jmkhenka]

Well they had a diffrent doctrine. WW2 germany based their infrantrys firepower around the MG thuss the individuals where more support for the MG, thats why they kept the bolt action rifles. American had a diffrent view on it.

[@messmeister92]

Good lord, not that slow. 600-700 rounds per minute was considered ideal. The contemporary M60 fired at about 650.

[@RH-uc7ze]

having such a rate of fire has it own downsides such as the heavy weight weapon(13kg) and a lot of amo

[@joeblack8137]

The original MG42 had a firing rate of 1500 RPM with a 7,92cal. The MG3A1, the following model has a firing rate of 'only' 1200rpm with 7.62cal.

[@jean-pierrekouvalchouk4980]

Despite small Changes, still the good old bone saw

[@ronaldocezaro]

Good Video!

[@alextweyongyere7277]

I like that one 👌.

[@itsjustmenova]

Let it be said the MG42, and thus MG3 we’re actually capable of firing almost twice as fast, but due to how quickly it would ruin the gun it wasn’t a very sustainable version, and was thus reduced

[@greatgatsby2007]

This machine gun is legend!

[@warhammerchieftain9795]

I was in the german army. MG3, the first time you shoot it, you hate it, because of the recoil (its really punches back) but man, after a few hours of training with it, you love it. Even if the recoil packs a punch, its quite manageable, since you dont go through a 120 shots belts in a single burst. You fire short, controlled burst, that are really quite accurate. Our company boss, a captain, really liked to test stuff out. We did all sort of things with the MG3. Mud, snow, dirt, nothing stopped this thing from doing its job.

[@deryasaymalbaki6497]

This weapon is called the "black snake" by the Turkish Soldiers and is loved despite the fact that it is heavier than other machine guns and is more difficult to carry in operations.

[@AlpArslanTheSeljuk]

Squad Middle Eastern Alliance mg 👌

[@martinstummer4141]

A little error in detail, the austrian MG74 is aparallel developement from the same source, the MG42, but it is not a licence product and there are some minor differences between the MG74 and the MG3

[@imamanofculturepleasegivem5440]

When my grandpa was alive I showed this video to him It scared the heck out of him And said that thing almost wiped us out

[@draganbjelic6297]

MG 42 7,9 mm is more powerful and accurate weapon. Unfortunately very heavy (11 kg plus tripod 23 kg)

[@Sturminfantrist]

you know it because u folks in Jugoslavia had the MG53 (a MG42 copy in 7.92x57) in Jugoslavia in service.

[@RePlayBoy101]

8mm mauser is better but americans wanted it their way

[@draganbjelic6297]

@@RePlayBoy101 it is not. Two bacic reasons. 7.9 was usual caliber during IIWW in Europe , and I never heard of 8 mm before in IIWW

[@RePlayBoy101]

@@draganbjelic6297the cartridge is called an 8mm mauser ... i dont name the rounds i just tell it how it is

[@draganbjelic6297]

@@RePlayBoy101 it is ok. Personaly 8 mm in II WW is totaly new for me. I'll try to find something about it.

[@taeliantalittia612]

6:39 I was confused when I saw MG42s in Myanmar military propaganda, like, how did they get those WW2 mgs from Germany?

[@tsubadaikhan6332]

Because, as a World, we don't give a shit who we sell incredibly lethal weapons to.....

[@prcr8tion]

Probably provided by UK from the huge stock of captured German arsenal after WW2. Soviet and the U.S. did the same.

[@no898]

Fuck it, from good guns we get good kills

[@gunmonkey1185]

Myanmar got licensed to produced G3 and MG3 in the past.

[@martin840909]

because Burma is Nazi. Search Nationale Burmesische Armee.

[@fw1421]

I would love to have one of these. Amazing design made to be able to fire and fire and fire. The barrel gets hot,no problem,just yank that thing out and put another one in.

[@benjroof]

Great video.

[@kendodd8734]

German engineering again when they produce something it’s normally top quality a gun that could possibly b in service for 100 years think that says it all as to how good our German friends r at design and engineering

[@flyboy38a]

So, how many ways can we say “Rheinmetall” in one video clip, never mind multiple videos?

[@overboost7667]

In fact, he says 'Rhienmetal' far too often. When will those narrators ever get those letters in the right order ?

[@martin840909]

American like to spell all other language words in English style and don't care how it is spelled in native language.

[@flyboy38a]

@@martin840909 Do you mean pronunciation or is the way Rheinmetall spelled wrong?

[@martin840909]

@@flyboy38a I mean pronunciation.

[@Einungbrekke]

We still use this in Norway. Fantastic weapon. Fun to shoot with and a very fearsome weapon. I have been overshot by it and it sits with you a long time after. This and the .50 cal. browning, only know as 12.7 here. (.50 cal is 12,7 mm). Still in use, 70 years after. Must be some kind of record.

[@thegrass7199]

This gun would probably still in service by 2050 and beyond

[@OrIoN1989]

I remember being opfor against the special forces and blowing a team to bits in one spray during CQB training. Great but heavy gun. Gets hot and the barrel change is an akward balancing act that I would not have done on the frontline. Most of the times you would get out of ammo before needing to swap anyways.

[@ceemosp]

What exactly should be akward in changing the barrel is beyond me. It is probably the fastest and most straightforward procedure of any MG around. Pull back the charging handle, push forward on the latch to open the cover and swing out the barrel (which then slides back slightly), grab the barrel and pull it out, push in the cold barrel, close the cover and get ready to shoot again. All actions (minus the pulling back of the charging handle) can be done with your right hand (the dominant one for most) while the MG rests on the bipod and shoulder rest.

[@OrIoN1989]

@@ceemosp Well then you have not tried easier weapons... And thats not my fault. Your ignorance is beyond me, if I use your words.

[@ceemosp]

@@OrIoN1989 Show me one MG where you can change the barrel faster and easier while still in cover not having to rely on a loader or such. Learning how to operate the weapon you use BEFORE you use it is the key here. The M240 is nice-ish in that respect but you have to do it from above and surely wont do it yourself. M294 is a pain in the butt in this respect. So with all due respect - I don't get what your problem with changing the barrel on a MG3 is/was.

[@OrIoN1989]

@@ceemosp As I said its just that its a balancing act when swapping barrels with the forks for the barrels. And the cases for the replacement barrels. I would made a better design, but its a old design. When driving in a tank its a pain when everything is tubling around. "Learning how to operate the weapon you use BEFORE you use it is the key here." This make you sound you sound like we are doing this for the first time. lol

[@ceemosp]

@@OrIoN1989 Naaw - that wasn't my intention at all. It's just that the process gets so much faster and easier once you have been "convinced" to do 100 dry runs by your instructor LOL. Also I agree that there is a huge difference between the pure bipod infantry usage and that as a coaxial or "AA" mount on a tank (done both). My comment referred to the former usage. I'd say the biggest downside of the MG3 is the lack of a carrying handle and yes, I was blessed with having to carry it during our training marches :s

[@TheNinjaDC]

"Most successful machine-gun of WW2" M2 Ma Deuce: *final boss laughter*

[@grojunge2449]

It’s actually more successful than the m2 because it’s been produced and used by over 150 countries over its time

[@TheNinjaDC]

@@grojunge2449 There are about twice as many M2s that have been produced over the MG3/42 though.

[@grojunge2449]

@@TheNinjaDC ,but it has been used in over 150 country unlike the m2 which was closer to 50 countries. The mg3 current production numbers are 2 million with the mg 34 and 42 it would be well over 3 mil produced Edit: and the mg 34 was produced for 10 years officially while the 42 was only produced for 3 years

[@TheNinjaDC]

@@grojunge2449 MG3 numbers are only over 1 million. If you add MG34 and 42, that brings it to 2million + vs 3 million + M2. It's not the number of countries that matters, but the size of the military too. M2 was ordered in bulk by the biggest militaries in the world, save the USSR.

[@grojunge2449]

@@TheNinjaDC no, the number of variants and prototypes throughout the history of the mg3 makes the production closer to 2 million the mg 34 at a half a million and mg 42 at 600,000 roughly, this would make the total 3 million + , and what the hell does save the ussr mean

[@steifan]

Many MG3s were sold as a part of the Leopard 2 weaponsystem, like for example Sweden who uses MG3A1 as "KSP 94" on the STRV122 tanks (only usage, otherwise mostly FN MAG as KSP58).

[@gardnert1]

I took part in a competitions that involved taking apart and putting back together the MG-3. We weren't supposed to take alart the bolt assembly but when I took it out it just fell apart... because of course it did.

[@neilbowness6074]

How to avoid saying German ww2 design, “Cold War design”…………Also U.S,U.K. and France all tried but didn’t adopt, probably a few soldiers with memories from the European campaign…….

[@Sturminfantrist]

shortly after the war the French and their Legion used the original MG42 too

[@cubancigarman2687]

It’s a matter of pride regardless of how performance and cost efficient a weapons system is. Frankly I find modern leaders and generals to be extremely stupid in regards of not taking up what’s better no matter who produced the items.

[@2adamast]

The French just stick to their chauchat replacement FM 24/29 at 450 rpm

[@martin09091989]

The MG3 is an MG42 re-chambered for 7,62 NATO! The first ones were rebuilds and left over parts from MG42´s after WW2. So realistic the weapon is now 79 years old.... nice round one coming up soon!!! 😆

[@Dovresjo]

The front end is not a flash hider, it’s a recoil enhancer to make sure the gun operates well.

[@papaschlumpf5894]

Had to shoot that beauty back in 1988 in my time in the german army. I could not hit a barn door with it. Then an old sarge with a pipe in his mouth came up to me, kneeled down beside me and said "don't hold it like this, boy, hold it like that." I just changed the hold of my left hand against the butt a bit and suddenly I started sniping with it, hitting a hand sized target at 300 yards with all four bullets of a burst. A simple trick but a classic example of "how to". That gun is far from foolproof but if you know how to use it...

[@mahamajones2994]

I never knew Ghana uses the MG-3 machine gun.😎

[@TheDarkfrostElf]

Superior German engineering!

[@Mark49007]

This great MG-3 is like M2 Browning, because it's such good and quality weapon it´s still in active service.

[@TheTmshuman]

Think you’re old? M2 has entered the chat.