As World War II ended, the MG42 endured, eventually evolving into the West German MG3, the Swiss MG51 and the Yugoslavian M53, as well as providing significant influence in the design of the U.S ...

Picture the scene. It is the Eastern Front in 1943, and you are a German soldier on the frontline. In the distance, you can see and hear a line of T-34 tanks trundling and clacking towards your ...