FG 42

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'''The FG 42 rifle can be seen in the following television series, video games, and anime used by the following actors:'''
[[Image:FG421stPattern.jpg‎|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 with iron sights flipped up (no scope mounted), 1st pattern (metal buttstock and sharly-angled pistol grip) - 7.92x57mm Mauser‎]]
[[Image:Firearm FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|FG 42 1st pattern with Zeiss ZF4 scope - 7.92x57mm Mauser]]
[[Image:FG42.jpg|thumb|right|400px|‎FG 42 7.92x57mm Mauser early version with ZF4 scope (top) and late-war version with ZFG42 scope (bottom)]]
This revolutionary automatic rifle was produced in limited numbers for the German ''Fallschirmjäger'' (Airborne) during the Second World War. The slim in-line design, coupled with the side mounted 20 round magazine made it one of the more distinctive designs of its era. Early models came with a dramatically angled pistol grip and metal furniture while later models had a standard grip and wooden furniture (possibly due to wartime shortages). In addition the weapon could also be fitted with a ZF4 or ZFG42 scope.

=== Film ===

* Carried by several Fallschirmjäger in ''[[The Eagle has Landed]]''

=== Television ===

* Atreides Troops in ''[[Frank Herbert's Dune]]'' (as a fictional Laser weapon)

=== Video Games ===

* ''[[Battlefield: 1942]]'' Used by german soldier (Secret Weapons of WWII Expansion pack)

* ''[[Call of Duty]]'' (with Zeiss ZF4 scope)

* ''[[Call of Duty 3]]''

* ''[[Call of Duty: World at War]]''

* ''[[Return to Castle Wolfenstein]]''

* ''[[Silent Storm]]''

* ''[[Silent Storm: Sentinels]]'' (standard & scoped versions)

=== Anime ===

* ''[[Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade]]''

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