Maschinenkarabiner 42 can refer to either of two German World War II automatic rifles:
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Maschinenkarabiner 42(H)
The Maschinenkarabiner 42(H) or MKb 42(H) (machine carbine Model 1942 (Haenel)) was an early German assault rifle firing an intermediate round of World War II. Designed in 1940 – 1941 by Hugo Schmeisser working for ''C. G. Haenel Waffen und ...
- produced by Haenel
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Maschinenkarabiner 42(W)
The Maschinenkarabiner 42(W) (German: "machine carbine model 1942 (Walther)" ) or MKb 42(W) was an early German assault rifle designed in 1940-41 by Carl Walther GmbH, Walther during World War II. The Mkb 42(W), and the more successful Maschinen ...
- produced by Walther
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