[PAR] [TLE] MG 42 [SEP] The MG 42 (shortened from German: "Maschinengewehr 42", or "machine gun 42") is a 7.92×57mm Mauser general purpose machine gun designed in Nazi Germany and used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen-SS during the second half of World War II.  It was intended to replace the earlier MG 34, which was more expensive and took much longer to produce, but both weapons were produced until the end of the war. [PAR] [TLE] Rheinmetall MG 3 [SEP] The MG 3 is a German general-purpose machine gun chambered for the 7.62×51mm NATO cartridge.  The weapon's design is derived from the World War II era MG 42 universal machine gun that fired the 7.92×57mm Mauser round.
[PAR] [TLE] MG 42 [ SEP ] The MG 42 ( shortened from German : " Maschinengewehr 42 " , or " machine gun 42 " ) is a 7.92×57 mm Mauser general purpose machine gun designed in Nazi Germany and used extensively by the Wehrmacht and the Waffen - SS during the second half of World War II . It was intended to replace the earlier MG 34 , which was more expensive and took much longer to produce , but both weapons were produced until the end of the war . [PAR] [TLE] Rheinmetall MG 3 [ SEP ] The MG 3 is a German general - purpose machine gun chambered for the 7.62×51 mm NATO cartridge . The weapon 's design is derived from the World War II era MG 42 universal machine gun that fired the 7.92×57 mm Mauser round .
What gun did the machine gun that the MG 3 is derived from replace?
What gun did the machine gun that the MG 3 is derived from replace ?
MG 34
MG 34