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Originally posted by Vukovlad
O´rly
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Originally posted by Vukovlad
Well the M-2 on a tripod is roughly a third of that weight, wheels and shields arent used much outside of Russia
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Weight: 38 kg MG, 58 kg complete with M3 tripod
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Originally posted by Vukovlad
400,000 in WW2 isnt many?
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "howard" (Jul 30th 2008, 4:24am)
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Originally posted by Vukovlad
400,000 is in the ground role only, not counting aircraft weapons and since the other than the MG34/42 there are no pre-1945 GPMG
This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Vukovlad" (Jul 31st 2008, 1:00pm)
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Originally posted by Vukovlad
Wow, did you actually read the link you posted?
Since the original air-cooled barrels were too light to provide any degree of sustained fire in ground applications, heavier barrels were soon introduced for the ground-mounted guns, so this weapon became the “M2 Heavy Barrel” or M2HB for short. In 1938 the barrel of the M2HB was lengthened to provide more striking energy and longer range, and in this form the M2HB was made in great numbers during the Second World War. US arms factories turned out a little less than 2 million M2 guns in all versions between 1941 and 1945, of which over 400,000 were made in M2HB configuration for ground use.
Show another pre-1945 MG other than MG34/45 that were able to perform LMG,MMG and HMG roles?
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Originally posted by Brockpaine
As a medium, the MG34 and the Solothurn probably apply, and the .30cal Browning...
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Originally posted by Vukovlad
1. Plenty of M-2HB used by the infantry the very reason the HB was developed was to increase its ability for sustained fire
2. Never stated the M-2HB was a GPMG, Howard claimed that there were other guns than the MG-34/42 that could be counted as GPMG
3. A GPMG is a weapon that can fulfill all three roles (sometimes with different barrels), the Bren was never used as an HMG
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