1/24 scale: WW2 German MG34 Machine Gun (ID 21.46)

MG34 Machine Gun with Ammo Carrier

1/24 scale Resin printed, high detail model

The MG-34 is a German machine gun created, as the name implies, in 1934. It was used as the German primary machine gun during the 1930s and is considered the first General Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG). In the 1940s there were plans to replace the MG-34 by the more modern MG-42, but the MG-34 served until the end of the World War 2. The versatile MG 34 was chambered for the full-power 7.92 x 57mm rifle cartridge and was arguably the most advanced machine gun in the world at the time of its deployment. The MG 34 was envisaged and well-developed to provide portable light and medium machine gun infantry cover, anti-aircraft coverage, and even sniping ability. Its combination of exceptional mobility – being light enough to be carried by one man – and high rate of fire (of up to 900 rounds per minute) was unmatched.