Maschinenkarabiner 42(H)

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Maschinenkarabiner 42(H)
Haenel-built MKb 42(H)
Type	Assault rifle
Place of origin	Nazi Germany
Service history
In service	1942 – 1945
Used by	Nazi Germany
Production history
Designer	Hugo Schmeisser
Designed	1940 – 1941
Manufacturer	C. G. Haenel Waffen und Fahrradfabrik
Produced	1942
No. built	8,000
Specifications
Mass	4.9 kg (10 lb 13 oz) empty 5.49 kg (12 lb 2 oz) empty with bayonet
Length	940 mm (3 ft 1 in) 1,158 mm (3 ft 9.6 in) with bayonet
Barrel length	364 mm (1 ft 2 in)[1]
Cartridge	7.92×33mm Kurz[2]
Action	Gas-operated, tilting bolt, selective-fire
Rate of fire	500 rpm
Muzzle velocity	640 m/s (2,100 ft/s)
Effective firing range	600 m (660 yd) single fire 300 m (330 yd) burst 200 m (220 yd) continuous
Maximum firing range	800 m (870 yd) sighted[3]
Feed system	30 round detachable box magazine
Sights	Adjustable sights, rear: V-notch; front: hooded post

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), along with the less successful Maschinenkarabiner 42(W) (MKb 42(W)) by Walther Waffenfabrik AG, were predecessors of the MP 43 assault rifle.