M42

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M42 or M-42 may refer to:

• Orion Nebula, a Messier object
• BMW M42, a piston engine.
• M42 lens mount, a standard for cameras.
• M42 motorway, in the United Kingdom.

In weapons and warfare it may refer to:

• M42 Duster, a U.S. self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.
• m/42, a Swedish military bicycle.
• M42, a type of German helmet from WWII.
• M-42, a Soviet anti-tank gun.
• Fallschirmjägergewehr 42, a German automatic rifle.
• Maschinengewehr 42, a German machine gun.