Affects of an MG42

<BLOCKQUOTE>quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Billy Bones:
[. The instructors had a unnique training technique called fish and chips. thats how long you fired for, as long as it took to say that phraze, Apparently some of them would actually say it out loud in combat[/QB]<HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

we still do something similar. For the chain gun on the Warrior, the burst lengths depend on the target. For one of them we use the phrase 'Marilyn Monroe Sucks C**k '
As for fireing MGs, the aim is not to get every round on target. They are an area weapon. We accept that many ronds will hit nothing. When fireing at troops, we are taught to aim at the knee area. the beating zone you create will cover the ground and the upper parts of the body.

 

Something about firing short bursts - I know a guy who can squeeze off single shots with the MG 3 (42) [admittedly, this about sums up his military skills]. I routinely got off two-shot bursts, it's not too hard.

Don't really know about our Marders, but they seem to prefer very short bursts also, something around five to seven shots max. The Marilyn Monroe bit sounds a bit long... although if you say it real quick, I guess it boils down to the same length...

 

I've seen guys get single shots from a GPMG. the best i could manage was 2 rounds. If i remember right, as i have not fired from a warrior in a while, the Marylin thing was for area targets such as buildings. the type of target defines the length of burst.