Actual muzzle velocties (standard AP loadings) of the tank guns were as follows: US 75mm: c.2,000 fps US 76mm: 2,600 fps, (the tungsten-cored...
An interesting report, and a pity that we didn't get the Russian view of US tanks as a comparison. This bit made me blink, though: Say again?...
The Bren was converted to 7.62x51 (designated L4) and remained in front-line British service alongside the GPMG until the late 80s, and in...
I can support both the muzzle flash and the recoil, having put a couple of rounds through one. Sadly, not allowed to shoot full auto, though.
Penetration of RHA at 1,000 yards/30 degrees: M4 75mm: 62mm M4 76mm: 89mm Pz IV 75mm L/43: 72mm Pz IV 75mm L/48: 79mm The M4 with 76mm gun...
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At least one Mark of Beaufighter used Merlins, IIRC.
It depends on how you define "sustained fire". For air-cooled MGs the practical limit is set by barrel heating. For instance, the .50 M2HB has a...
I would add that an essential requirement for an anti-tank gun is high velocity. This is not only because armour penetration depends on striking...
Actually the trajectory of the 5.56mm (and the 5.45mm) is flatter than that of the 7.62x51 out to beyond 400m. The AK's 7.62x39 has over double...
The British expected London to be levelled; that's why they evacuated most women and children, and all but essential personnel, in 1939. In the...
The Bren only weighed a couple of pounds more than the BAR, and was most certainly not "most useful as a defensive weapon from a fixed position";...
That's like saying "an Audi is just a modified BMW". After all, they've both got an engine, four wheels.... The StG 44 uses a tilting-block...
One point not mentioned so far is that the top-mounted magazine greatly speeds up magazine changes. With the Bren, these were usually done by the...
Nope. The M60 design borrowed certain design elements from the MG 42, and others from the FG 42, but it wasn't a straight copy of anything. In...
Nope. The AK was certainly inspired by the StG 44 (whatever Kalashnikov might say) but it wasn't a copy: the design of the action is completely...
"Britain did supply small arms to Russia, the ubiquitous 9mm Sten Submachine gun was supplied to Russian partisan troops." From: Allied...
I've already answered that in my first post in this thread: "Later in the war it was replaced by two other MGs: the 7.92mm MG 81 (a very small and...
Not a lot, no. They were both chambered for the standard 7.92x57 military rifle/MG cartridge, although aircraft guns generally used more...
The Army chose the MG 34, the Luftwaffe the MG 15. They were separate organisations and made their own decisions. The MG 34 had certain things...
