MG 34 - Revision history

Skizmophonic: Update weapon stats from scripts; hide Fire Rate on semi-auto-only weapons

2026-06-14T23:44:38Z

Update weapon stats from scripts; hide Fire Rate on semi-auto-only weapons

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Skizmophonic at 04:27, 25 February 2026

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	~~DESCRIPTION GOES HERE~~		The MG 34 is a German general-purpose machine gun (GPMG) chambered in 7.92×57mm Mauser. It is recoil-operated, air-cooled, and belt-fed, with the flexibility to be used from a bipod, tripod, or vehicle mount depending on the role. The MG 34 is best known as one of the first widely adopted “universal” machine guns, combining portable automatic fire with sustained-fire capability in a single weapon system.
	=HISTORY=		==HISTORY==
	~~TEXT GOES HERE~~		The MG 34 was developed in the early 1930s and entered German service before World War II as an “Einheitsmaschinengewehr” (universal machine gun). It could be configured as a light machine gun on a bipod for mobile infantry use, or as a heavier sustained-fire weapon on a tripod with belt boxes and optics, and it was also widely fitted as a coaxial or pintle-mounted gun on armored vehicles. While highly capable and refined for its time, the MG 34 was relatively complex and costly to manufacture compared to later wartime designs, leading to the MG 42 supplementing it in many frontline roles.
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			After World War II, large numbers of MG 34s were captured, redistributed, and used in secondary service across multiple countries and conflicts, often wherever German stocks or postwar transfers introduced them into local arsenals. In Southeast Asia, the movement of surplus and captured weapons through the postwar period meant that MG 34s could appear alongside other legacy machine guns during the First Indochina War and later, typically in limited quantities compared to more common Cold War-era arms. Museum collections also document MG 34 examples associated with post-1945 conflicts, including pieces bearing non-German markings that reflect later capture and reissue histories.

			===Sources===
			* [https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/30030080 Imperial War Museums – MG34 machine gun (collection entry)]
			* [https://www.history.navy.mil/our-collections/artifacts/arms-and-ordnance/small-arms/automatic-weapons/german-mg34-machine-gun.html Naval History and Heritage Command – German MG34 Machine Gun (artifact overview)]
			* [https://www.dhm.de/lemo/bestand/objekt/universal-maschinengewehr-modell-34-mg-34-19341945 Deutsches Historisches Museum – Universal-Maschinengewehr Modell 34 (MG 34), 1934/1945]
			* [https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1500085608 Imperial War Museums – ''MG34–MG42: German Universal Machine Guns'' (book collection entry)]
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Skizmophonic at 01:30, 1 October 2025

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Skizmophonic at 02:13, 14 November 2024

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Skizmophonic at 07:52, 5 November 2024

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Skizmophonic at 23:54, 2 November 2024

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Skizmophonic at 23:53, 2 November 2024

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Skizmophonic at 23:52, 2 November 2024

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