"Why the M2 Heavy Machine Gun Is Simply Unstoppable" Topic
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Tango01 | 18 Jun 2020 9:43 p.m. PST |
"The venerable M2 Browning machine gun was first developed during World War I. The Great War had witnessed the development of faster aircraft that were more heavily armored than earlier balsa wood and canvas birds. Tanks, as well, began to slowly slog across the Western Front from both British and French lines. Though cumbersome, the tank began to find its niche on the battlefield—and was also impervious to most rifle rounds and some artillery. Though the standard American service cartridge, the .30-06 Springfield, was a high-powered rifle cartridge, it struggled to inflict damage on up-armored planes. The Americans wanted something that had both the range and the stopping power to reliably take down German biplanes. So they consulted with perhaps the best gunsmith the United States ever produced: John Moses Browning…" Main page link Amicalement Armand
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Max Schnell | 19 Jun 2020 5:10 a.m. PST |
Next year an article will come out "the myth of the M2 Heavy Machine Gun". |
Leadjunky | 19 Jun 2020 11:06 a.m. PST |
Now if the patriots had possessed one of these they could have darn well celebrated whatever party they wanted. One lump or two if you please. |
Tango01 | 19 Jun 2020 11:56 a.m. PST |
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Wolfhag | 21 Jun 2020 12:29 p.m. PST |
Just Google: .50cal wounds to see just how effective it is in addition to negating most cover an infantryman may be hiding behind. Wolfhag |
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