I have been looking on-line to try to establish if the West Germanicon Army used the MG42/MG3 in it's original calibre of 7.92mm when the army was reformed in the mid 1950s. My interpretation of what I can find is that it did not, not even briefly, but went straight onto 7.62mm Nato. Is anyone able to confirm that I have understood this correctly, please?

Is anyone able to provide any information on the type of link belts used when the 7.62 Nato round was used with the MG42/MG3. Did this require an immediate change of belt or could the original belts and starter tabs still be used with 7.62 Nato? Is generally a disintegrating type belt used today with MG3 users firing 7.62 Nato or do some use non disintegrating belts? Thanks for any information.
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