7.9mm FLAK34 A

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The Maschinengewehr 34, or MG 34, revolutionized German arsenal with its recoil-operated air-cooled design, debuting in 1929 and formally introduced in 1934. By 1936, the versatile machine gun had made its way to front-line units, changing the face of automatic firepower forever. The Einheitsmaschinengewehr (Universal machine gun) concept it pioneered set a new global standard for general-purpose machine guns, cementing its place as the world's first truly universal firearm.