Maschinengewehr 42

The MG 42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or "machine gun 42") is a 7.92mm universal machine gun that was developed in Nazi Germany and entered service with the Wehrmacht in 1942. It supplemented and in some instances, replaced the MG 34 general purpose machine gun in all branches of the German Armed Forces, though both weapons were manufactured and used until the end of the war.

Maschinengewehr 42 in The Phantom Tolbukhin
General Tolbukhin thought the MG 42 an extremely powerful weapon and preferred to be on the firing end rather than the receiving.