| |
| | Lone Sentry: More Details of the German MG 42 (WWII Tactical and Technical Trends, No. 31, Aug. 12, 1943) |
 | | In place of the Solothurn rotating bolt-head of the MG 34, the locking of the bolt to the breech of the barrel is achieved by a wedge, which forces outward, and into suitable recesses in an extension of the breech of the barrel, two rollers on the head of the bolt. |
 | | As in the MG 34, operation is by a feed arm housed in the feed cover. |
 | | In the MG 42, however, two feed pawls are linked to the front end of the arm by an intermediate link, in such a way that when one is feeding, the other is riding over the next round in the belt. |
| www.lonesentry.com /articles/ttt/mg42.html (846 words) |
|