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At the onset of the Second World War, German tanks were equipped with relatively modest 37mm main guns. By the final years of the conflict, their armor rolled into battle with 75, 88, even 122mm guns — a staggering leap in firepower and technology.

But throughout that rapid evolution, one thing remained unchanged: the machine gun mounted inside those tanks.

From the Panzer III to the King Tiger, German tanks relied on the MG 34 — a finely-machined weapon introduced in the 1930s.

And even after the cheaper, faster, and arguably more lethal MG 42 was developed, it was never adopted for use inside tanks.

This raises an important question: why would Germany — a nation obsessed with engineering efficiency — continue to use a slower, more sensitive weapon inside its most advanced vehicles?

In this video, we break down the technical and practical reasons behind the Wehrmacht's continued use of the MG 34 and why the MG 42, for all its advantages, just didn’t fit the role inside armored vehicles.

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