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Maschinenkarabiner 42(H)
The Maschinenkarabiner 42(H) or MKb 42(H) (Machine carbine model of 1942 (Haenel)) is an early GermanWorld War IIassault rifle firing an intermediate round. 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 Sturmgewehr assault rifle.