Browning M1919 vs MG42

Range issue (how they actually determined range and how they actually got so different ranges to two guns which use almost equally powerful cartridge is beyond me) is not really important issue as most of the infantry fighting took place at relatively short range, within few hundred meters.

ROF is also two sided issue. Higher ROF is ofcourse handy and skilled, experienced and cold-blooded shooter can 'downgrade' it by shooting short bursts when situation allows.
Otherwise, high ROF just makes your ammunition consumption go skyhigh.

Clip/belt capacity issue is real issue, bigger capacity allows you to fire longer without changing clip/belt.

In general: BAR is a fine weapon but not really a machinegun. Despite that it substituted MG's rather good.

 

I forgot to mention this in my last post. The BAR served the same purpose the mg-34 did at the begining of the war. As I stated before the Americans were better equiped for suppresive fire mostly semi and full auto weapons.

 

Actually according to this video the old man is shooting the mg-42 semi auto http://www.brpguns.com/images/mg42salaf2.MP4 Tankdriver posted this link is members lounge.

 

he's not using the guns trigger though, on the tripod has a lever which is pulled to discharge the round, wehther or not it makes it easier to fire single shots i do not know

 

Ya I know, but it is still the MG-42, and thats how the tripod worked. Well from allthe videos that I've seen they use the lever never the trigger.

 

mainly because the frame wrk gets in way of the trigger and if the gun is set and zeroed then there is no point holding it to your shoulder and fireing.

 

I have seen what I beleive to be a German vehicle modern era which has a MG-3 mounted over at the shotgun position and a browning M2 over on top of the frame. I will try to resize the picture.


Edit found the picture and where I saved it from.

 

Most german vehicles I have seen carry the MG3.
Spanish ones too (here called MG42/3). At least those not carrying the Browning M2.