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2019-6-19 · The MG 42 (shortened from German: Maschinengewehr 42, or "machine gun 42") was a general-purpose machine gun.It was created in Nazi Germany.It began being used by the Wehrmacht in 1942. It was used with (and sometimes replaced) the MG 34 machine gun in the German Armed Forces. Both weapons were made and used until the end of the war.