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Automatgevär m/42

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After a number of issues had been discovered, including a serious problem with rusting gas tubes, the existing stocks of the rifle were modified between 1953 and 1956, and the reworked rifles were designated Ag m/42B. Modifications included a stainless-steel gas tube, two knobs on the breech cover, a
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options, one calibrated for spitzer m/41 ammunition and one for round-nose m/94 ammunition. Which one is installed can be seen between the sight screw and the range window. The bullet image (spitzer or round nose bullet) should match the ammunition used. With a hand adjustable elevation screw on the
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of the AB C.J. Ljungmans Verkstäder company of Malmö, loosely following SVT mechanics around 1941, and entered production at the Carl Gustafs Stads Gevärsfaktori in Eskilstuna in 1942. Some 30,000 rifles were manufactured in all for the
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rifles. The Ag m/42 is ammunition specific since it does not have an adjustable gas port or valve to adjust the rifle to various propellant and projectile specific pressure behavior.
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loaded into a removable 10-round box magazine. In practice, however, the magazine usually remained attached to the rifle while it was loaded from the top with five-round
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were issued a number of Ag m/42s and brought these rifles to Norway when the Germans surrendered in 1945. These rifles were never modified to the later Ag m/42B version.
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new elevation knob for the rear sight, a rubber case-deflector, new magazines and new cleaning rod. The Ag m/42B was replaced in Swedish service in the mid 1960s by the
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From 100 to 800 metres (109 to 875 yd) with m/41 spitzer ammunition, or 100 to 600 metres (109 to 656 yd) m with m/94 round-nose ammunition.
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cartridge. Sweden sold the machinery to Egypt and the Hakim was therefore built with the same machine tools used for the Ag m/42B.
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and having its trajectory adjusted, the Ag m/42 was used as a ranging gun on the Swedish anti-tank gun
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This was a relatively small number of weapons and the standard infantry rifle remained the 6.5 mm
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left side of the rear sight can be adjusted for bullet drop in 100 metres (109 yd) increments.
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and Soviet SVT-40, the Ag m/42's magazine was intended to be removed only for cleaning.
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In the early 1950s, the Ag m/42B manufacture license was sold to Egypt resulting in the
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Madsen tried to license the Ag m/42, but it never got beyond prototype stages.
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From 1941 onwards Sweden, which remained neutral during World War II, adopted
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rifles, and at least one found its way to Sweden. The Ag m/42 was designed by
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The Ag m/42B is a variant of the m/42 with a stainless steel gas tube.
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The ammunition used by the Swedish military from 1894 was 6.5×55mm
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rifle. The Ag m/42 also uses a tilting breech block like the
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Weapons and military equipment designed in Sweden 1914–1945
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4.71 kg (10.4 lb) unloaded & without bayonet
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Swedish troops serving under UNFICYP have used the m/42.
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