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.

2018年7月6日 · When the German military first requested rifles in the new 8x33mm Kurz cartridge, there were two companies that provided designs. One was Haenel, who would eventually win the competition. The other was Walther, who submitted this rifle – the MKb-42(W).

2014年4月24日 · The Haenel weapon was preferred, and production of the MKb42 (W) ended by early 1943, with only 200 units made. Photos. Download the gallery in high resolution. The MKb42 (W) was an early prototype design of what would become the StG44.

The ‘Maschinenkarabiner 1942 ‘ or MKb.42 (H) for short was the final result of a contract issued to HWaA (Hitler’s army Weapons command) in 1939. The formation of this weapon led to the creation of the successful Stg.44 ( MP 43/44), the world’s first ‘assault rifle’.

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.

MKb-42 is an abbreviation for Maschinenkarabiner 42, one of two German assault rifles: the Haenel Maschinenkarabiner 42(H) the Walther Maschinenkarabiner 42(W)

The MKb 42 was an assault rifle developed in Germany during World War II. It was chambered for 7.92x33mm ammunition. The MKb 42(W) was made only as a prototype trials rifle.[1]

2024年11月27日 · It was a select-fire rifle chambered for the short 8x33mm cartridge, developed by the Polte company. It used a long-stroke gas piston and a tilting bolt patterned after the Czech ZB-26 light machine gun. What makes the MKb42 (H) stand out from the later Sturmgewehr models is that it was an open-bolt design.

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.

The MKb 42(H) is another rarely-encountered German firearm, although not as much as Walther’s version. The troops trial example that we are presenting today has serial number 7896. It was manufactured in May 1943 and field tested on the Russian front soon after.