Can you identify this firearm?

So, who's the hotshot who can identify this piece? It's one of the several new guns I've uploaded to the web site (Forgotten Weapons (http://www.forgottenweapons.com)) this evening (looking at the site before you figure it out is cheating!). :)

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=125658&stc=1&d=1281322658

Mg 42

MG42 but could be a modern MG3 (although I don't think so given the grip). Possibly the Yugo version of it...what was it called? M53 or something along those lines?

OK, now having looked at your site, I see that I was wrong. But at least it was an interesting read.

Yeah, maybe I should have said right off the bat that it's not an MG42...

mg3?

Saginaw Steering Gear MG42 trail model in 30 government? t24?................. Baahah i know i am right i was reading the wiki mg42 article last week has to be that.

And that's why I like THR - the depth of knowledge. :)

It is, in fact, the US experimental version of the MG42 in .30-06 (aka T24). Here's another of this pictures I uploaded:

http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=125659&stc=1&d=1281324676

The distinguishing features you can see are the attachment points for the US tripod, the US-style rear sight, and the US bipod. Note the 1944 date on the caption.