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Bundeswehr Schutzenschnur qualification course.Related content
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Some of the MG3 used Today are the old MG42's with the new "recoil-booster" and with the change in caliber and firing-rate!
Sometimes there are still the old Stamps with two X's over the 42 and an 3 added after that 
sometimes you find even a swastika on the guns.... it's remarkable that the Guns used in WWII are still in Service today! I fired them myself! and the MG3 is still prefered by Soldiers in the field because of the small caliber of the new MG4!
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Ich kenne ne Menge Leute beim Bund die mit MG3 und MG4 geschossen haben. Die sagen alle das gleiche, das MG4 ist ein StΓΌck Plastickscheisse.
Was die Hakenkreuze auf den Waffen angeht, bis 2003 hatten die meisten K98k des Wachbattalions noch die alten WH Stempel mit Hakenkreuz.
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naja schon klar , hab das ganze auch nie bezweifelt! wollte nur feststellen, dass die Bundeswehr noch Waffen benutzt, die bereits im Zweiten Wk aktiv genutzt wurden, und nicht danach produziert wurden!
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oh nice^^ did you get the schuetzenschnur? i did my qualification in the german army too but i failed shooting with the mg3. too much recoil for a small soldier like me
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It's not a bad MG. I think the MAG-58 is better. But the MG3 was a LOT better than our old M60.
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The Modfication on MG-3 is a stable rate of Fire ( about 1200 RPM, the MG 42 fired at 1400 RPM but if the burst was too long the Rate of Fire increased to 1750/1800 RPM )
The MG-42 is chambered in 7.92, MG-3 is in 7.62 NATO
ANd there is another modification on the Flash Hider ^^
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Aside from the caliber change, not very major changes. But definite improves. Essentially, it's the same design considering the weapon is roughly 65 years old. I still do think the fire rate is a touch too high. It's controllable, considering I qualified on it with 15 rounds.
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I've a friend who was in Bundeswehr, for the Machine gun MG-3, they must fire only small burst of 6/8 Rounds to hit the Target.
Shotting in Full auto 200 rounds in one burst it's generally for...Movies ^^
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It took me some time to get used to the fire range. While I didn't do 200 round bursts, the Spanish Army was rather forgiving of my longer bursts. We just swapped out the barrels more often.
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The Bundeswehr ran the qualification and handed out the cords. Obliviously US soldiers are not part of the Bundeswehr.
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Very nice...I simply can't wait for the MG4 to be released and approved for service.
Good pictures! Definately going into my favorites.
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They're releasing another version? Basically the same weapon with refinements, or a completely new design?
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Completely new design, looks a lot like the M249 the US uses, heres a link to a picture,
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I think it looks awesome and will go a long ways for IdZ.
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Yea, it's a copy of the FN Minimi. The M249 is also a copy of the Minimi.
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ahh. Well I thought the FN Minimi and the M249 were the same gun. Oh well....thanks for correcting me.
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They are very similiar. The M249 is based off the Minimi, but with a couple of modications. FN makes the M249, BTW
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Ahh....well thanks for the info man! Now my paper will go much better for sure.
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Rate of Fire: 1150 rounds/minute (+/- 150)
almost the same rate like the MG42
it traces back to the MG42, a German WW2 era machine gun, but has some small improvements, can use NATO links, is somewhat lighter, and is adapted to fire 7.62 x 51 mm NATO standard rounds
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Except for being rechambered and a plastic stock, it's virtually identical.
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why does a GI shot a german machine gun???
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Because I was shooting with the German army, I think that'd be obvious.
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Some people don't get the obvious...
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ah, some things were just done right the first time. like the browning .50 or the m1911. those two never go out of style, so why would this?
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Actually, both the Browning M2 and the M1911 went through changes. That's why the last variant of the 1911 was called the M1911A1, before it was ditched for the M9. M2 has made a ton of changes, due to the fact that it has internals that look like a giant Swiss watch.
But still, the M2 and 1911 are very close to me. I own and carry a Rock Island M1911A1. Not fancy, but solid as a rock.
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does the mg-3 have the same firing rate that the WWII version had?
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Close enough. I don't remember it off the top of my head, but the modern version had an insanely high fire rate.
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no, due to NATO-Standards the fire rate had to be reduced.
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It was still pretty high. I fired a good number of the other NATO MG's, mostly variations of the FN's MAG-58. The cyclic rate of the MG-3 seemed higher. I'll admit, I'm not an expert on the MG-3, just going off memory
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The MG-3 is limited to about 1200 rounds/ min the original MG-42 was able to fire 1500 rounds/ min. These values are, of course, only theory.
Nevertheless its an awesome MG, easy to maintain and reliable.
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It's amazing that this is essentially the same gun from over 60 years ago, yet its still widely used today. It was just that good a design, I guess. 
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Not so surprising. If it works very well, why change? New does not necessarily mean better. Military uses a lot of older technology because it bloody well works, unlike a lot of modern high tech (overpriced) pieces of junk that break at the drop of a hat.
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isnt this MG 42 for WWII era?
or is this just the improved version?
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The MG3 is essentially the same weapon as the MG42 with a few minor changes. Updated version, I suppose.
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