German FG 42 Type I Museum Quality Replica Non-Firing Automatic Rifle by Shoei of Japan with Box & Magazine - Serial No 1266 U.S. Uniforms as part of the advance

as part of the advance across the River Rhine

White Paint Markings on the Left Exterior which indicate Officer Issue

each Group attached to brigade-sized Groupings (Raggruppamento) with operational HQ and support elements

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German FG 42 Type I Museum Quality Replica Non-Firing Automatic Rifle by Shoei of Japan with Box & Magazine - Serial No 1266 U.S. Uniforms as part of the advanceMuseum Quality Replica Item: The FG 42 (Fallschirmjgergewehr 42, "paratrooper rifle 42") is a selective fire 7. 9257mm Mauser automatic rifle produced in Germany during World War II. The weapon was developed specifically for the use of the Fallschirmjger airborne infantry in 1942 and was used in very limited numbers until the end of the war. It combined the characteristics and firepower of a light machine gun in a lightweight form slightly shorter