How many kills can each of the machine guns do? Explan why or say what do you think or what's true. The American Browing .50-inch The Russian 12.7 heavy machine gun The German 7.92 MG-34 The Japanese 7.7 Type 99-1
No. Just choose one of the machines. And explain how they are good. That is what you should do. Don't just say all are excellent. Just choose any of them and you have to explain how and why they are good.
Ok, they all shoot fully auto and one would'nt want to be performing a frontal assault on any one of them in a good position? Later
I have shot with the Russian 12.7 mm machine gun and must say the fire power is so enormous I would not like to face one anywhere of these. Having every 5th a tracer bullet and you also could see where exactly the rounds were going and that would have been especially lethal to any troops´ morale attacking me and my machine gun.
Wot no Bren?!? Or Vickers!?! Or Lewis?!? I would mostly like to be going up against a chauchat... 'cos it probably wouldn't be working. Cheers, Adam
A sustained rate of fire of 10,000 rounds an hour, and one once fired for three days before it jammed. I'd have to go with the Vickers.
And damned stylish too: If you like that kind of thing... though perhaps the Lewis should win the award for elegant design??
Hey Guys, Personally , I'm a large caliber guy... .50 Cal. M2HB all the way baby...and its the longest serving machine gun in history its been used for 60+ years! You gotta admit...Browning had something! Regards, MARNE
Can't deny that. Been reading up on the remarkable history of the .50 recently, but when I'm standing there trying to decide which deac Gun to buy for the dining room I just can't see myself hanging one on the wall...(if the wall could take the weight that is.) Feel the same about the MG42.. just too 'modern'. I realise this isn't exactly the correct military criteria I'm using but the Vickers, MG34 & Bren just have a certain period 'something'. Cheers, Adam.
The Vickers; In one of my books it says 10 guns once held off an entire German attack during the Somme battle. With 2 guys per gun linking ammo, and one rotating barrels. Function above all else. A jammed gun, or an empty gun is not even a good club, I'd rather have a sword. It's not fair to compair 50 cals, with 30 cals, or the new even lighter (SAW). All are purpose built for different needs, and pretty much can't compete in the same arena (weight-class). Combined they create an awsome defense. The Germans disliked the American 50. They had no infantry weapon to match it. Range and hitting power, especially so for the "Meat-Chopper", quad 50. Double that and you have the P-47. The Germans had 20's in single, double, and the "Wirbelwind", quad 20, which they found worked well as crew served weapons against infantry and other soft targets. These required wheels and wagons of ammo, so with the bofors, graduate to the cannon weight class.
The MG 42 is the grandad of all the squad machine guns in use today, so it is no slacker. However, I have seen first hand the power of the M2. I removed the cosmoline from about twenty, stripped them down, cleaned, reassembled and set the timing on them. I have seen a sniper hit his target at over a mile, using a 20x scope on a M2. I also have also seen a sanpan blown out of the water with one. The M60 was a decent squad machine gun, but the destruction caused by that 1/2" round is awesome.
