The Mg42 is way cheaper than the MG34... First, it was the first MG using stamped steel so it was easier and faster to produce, then they took out the double trigger and a lot of pansy work so it was faster to produce.
The Mg34 is compared to the Rolls roice of the machine guns of the time... Not really worth the price for what it did. hard to maintain for a neglegivble improve in perfoirmance.



I'd go for the MG 42 as the best machine gun. It's trully a GPMG the first of it's kind it was lighter than the browning .30 could be transformed easilly from GPMG and LMG... It was cool


Handguns I'd go for the colt 1911


Cheers...