MG 39 Rh

Maschinengewehr MG39 Rh
Type	General purpose machine gun
Place of origin	Nazi Germany
Production history
Designer	Louis Stange
Designed	1937
Specifications
Mass	9.58kg
Length	1185mm
Barrel length	599mm (660mm with flash hider)

Cartridge	7.92×57mm Mauser
Caliber	7.92mm
Barrels	1
Action	Gas operated
Effective firing range	100-1600 m in 100 m increments
Feed system	Belt
Sights	Iron sights

The MG39 Rh was a machine gun of German origin.^[1] The only surviving example is at the Military Historical Institute of Prague in Czech Republic.

References[]

↑ "Dead End: MG 39 Rh". Forgottenweapons.com. Archived from the original on 15 June 2013. http://web.archive.org/web/20130615093647/http://www.forgottenweapons.com/dead-end-mg-39-rh/. Retrieved 2013-06-19.

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See also[]

List of World War II firearms of Germany

v t e German firearms and light weapons of World War II

Sidearms	Mauser C96 Luger Walther P38 Walther PP and PPK Sauer 38H Mauser HSc Sturmpistole Dreyse M1907 Pistol Volkspistole

Rifles and carbines	FG 42 G 98/40 Gewehr 41 Gewehr 43/Karabiner 43 Grossfuss Sturmgewehr Karabinek wz. 1929 Karabiner 98k M30 Luftwaffe drilling MKb 42(W) / MKb 42(H) Spz MP 43/MP 44/StG 44 StG 45(M) VG 1-5

Submachine guns	MP 18/MP 28 MP 34 MP35 MP 38/MP 40 MP 41 MP 3008 Erma EMP EMP 44

Machine guns and other larger weapons	MG 08 Schwarzlose MG M.07/12 MG 13 MG 15 MG 17 MG 26 MG 30 MG 34 MG 39 Rh MG 42 MG 45 MG 81 MG 131 IMG 28 MG 35/36A Faustpatrone Puppchen Panzerfaust Panzerschreck Fliegerfaust/Luftfaust Flammenwerfer 35 Flammenwerfer 41 Einstossflammenwerfer 46 Panzerbüchse 39 Solothurn S-18/1000 VMG 1927 Zf.Ger.38

Infantry mortars	5 cm leGrW 36 8 cm GrW 34 kz 8 cm GrW 42 12 cm GrW 42

Grenade launchers	Kampfpistole Leuchtpistole 34 Leuchtpistole 42 Schiessbecher Sturmpistole

Grenades	Blendkörper 1H Blendkörper 2H Fallschirm Leuchtpatrone Gewehr-Panzergranate Gross Gewehr-Panzergranate Gewehr-Granatpatrone 40 Gross Panzergranate 46 & 61 Gewehr-Sprenggranate Hafthohlladung Model 1924 Stielhandgranate Model 1939 Eihandgranate Model 1943 Stielhandgranate Multi-Star Signal Cartridge Nebelpatrone Panzerwurfkörper 42 Panzerwurfmine Propaganda-Gewehrgranate Shaving Stick Grenade Splitterring Sprengpatrone Wurfgranate Patrone 326 Wurfkörper 361

Notable foreign-made weapons	Modele 1935A as Pistole 625(f) Kongsberg Colt as Pistole 657(n) Browning Hi-Power as Pistole 640(b) M1911 as Pistole 660(a) PPSh-41 as MP 717(r) Radom wz. 35 Vis as Pistole 645(p) Puška vz. 24 as Gewehr 24(t) Puška vz. 33 as Gewehr 33/40(t) Lewis gun as leMG 137(e) Bren light machine gun as leMG 138(e) Kulomet vz. 37 as leMG 148(j)/MG 37(t) Browning wz. 1928 (BAR) as leMG 154/2(p) Beretta Model 38/42 as MP 738(i) ZB vz. 26 as leMG 146/1(j) Sten MK I-III as MP 748-750(e) PPS-43 submachine gun as MP 719(r) SVT-40 as Sl.-Gewehr 259(r) M1 Garand as Sl.-Gewehr 251(a) Kb ppanc wz. 35 as PzB 770(p) Bazooka as RPzB 788(a) M1917 Enfield as Gewehr 250(a) M1903 Enfield as Gewehr 249(a) M1 carbine as Karabiner 455(a) Thompson Model 1928 as MP 760/2(r)

German cartridges of the Wehrmacht	7.63×25mm Mauser 7.65×17mmSR Browning 7.65×21mm Parabellum 7.92×33mm Kurz 7.92×57mm Mauser 7.92×94mm Patronen 9×19mm Parabellum 13.2×92mmSR 20×138mmB

v t e General-purpose machine guns (GPMG)

AA-52 AEK-999 Barnitzke FN MAG Garanin Heckler & Koch HK21 Heckler & Koch HK121 M60 M240 Madsen-Saetter Mekanika Uirapuru MG 34 MG 39 Rh MG 42 MG 51 PK PKP Pecheneg Rheinmetall MG 3 Rheinmetall MG 60 SIG MG 50 SIG MG 710-3 S&T Motiv K12 Sumitomo Type 62 T24 Type 67 Type 80 Uk vz. 59 UKM-2000 Vektor SS-77 Zastava M84

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