MG 3

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The MG 3 is a German general-purpose machine gun developed in the post–World War II era, derived from the wartime MG 42 design and widely used by NATO and other armed forces.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
MG 3 canonical 4
MG3 2
MG 3E 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf firearm ⓘ
general-purpose machine gun ⓘ
action recoil-operated ⓘ
barrel quick-change barrel ⓘ
beltType disintegrating M13 link belt ⓘ
non-disintegrating DM1 metal link belt ⓘ
cartridge 7.62×51mm NATO ⓘ
coolingSystem air-cooled ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
derivedFrom MG 42 ⓘ
linked to: MG 42 machine gun
designedInPeriod post–World War II era ⓘ
designer Rheinmetall ⓘ
feedSystem belt-fed ⓘ
inService 1950s ⓘ
intendedRole light machine gun ⓘ
medium machine gun ⓘ
sustained-fire machine gun ⓘ
manufacturer Fábrica de Braço de Prata ⓘ
Heckler & Koch ⓘ
Iranian Defense Industries Organization ⓘ
Pakistan Ordnance Factories ⓘ
Rheinmetall ⓘ
Steyr-Daimler-Puch ⓘ
massProduction yes ⓘ
mountingOptions bipod ⓘ
tripod ⓘ
vehicle mount ⓘ
operation roller-locked ⓘ
rateOfFire 1000–1300 rounds per minute ⓘ
standardIssueFor Bundeswehr infantry units ⓘ
linked to: Bundeswehr
successorTo MG 42 ⓘ
linked to: MG 42 machine gun
usedAs anti-aircraft machine gun ⓘ
coaxial tank machine gun ⓘ
usedBy Austrian Armed Forces ⓘ
Bosnian Armed Forces ⓘ
Brazilian Armed Forces ⓘ
Bundeswehr ⓘ
Chilean Armed Forces ⓘ
Croatian Armed Forces ⓘ
Danish Armed Forces ⓘ
Greek Armed Forces ⓘ
Iranian Armed Forces ⓘ
Italian Armed Forces ⓘ
NATO member states ⓘ
linked to: NATO

Norwegian Armed Forces ⓘ
Pakistani Armed Forces ⓘ
Portuguese Armed Forces ⓘ
Saudi Arabian Armed Forces ⓘ
linked to: Saudi Armed Forces

Slovenian Armed Forces ⓘ
Spanish Armed Forces ⓘ
Turkish Armed Forces ⓘ
Yugoslav People's Army ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MG 42 → successor → MG 3 ⓘ
subject linked to: MG 42 machine gun
CETME Ameli → inspiredBy → MG 3 ⓘ
MG 1 → successor → MG 3 ⓘ
MG5 → successorOf → MG3 ⓘ
linked to: MG 3
Heckler & Koch MG5 → successorOf → MG3 ⓘ
linked to: MG 3
MG3 machine gun → hasVariant → MG 3E ⓘ
linked to: MG 3
MG3 machine gun → hasVariant → MG 3KWS ⓘ
linked to: MG 3