There is a article in guns and hunting on old WW1 German machine guns - concreted into buildings in NZ
Thankfully some have been recovered and restored - especially with historical meaning for NZ
There is a article in guns and hunting on old WW1 German machine guns - concreted into buildings in NZ
Thankfully some have been recovered and restored - especially with historical meaning for NZ
I should have been more accurate with my message - I was reacting to Syria comment more than the origin post
Re the above insurgent groups - yes you will be correct - but remember Russia was Soviet comprising of many countries that now are all independent again.
Some of which are still supplying weaponry to Terrorist and insurgent groups
The flip side to this (what arks me up) is the "other side" never seem to gain the same negative/vitriol traction that Russia does - especially the last few years.
Re the above - the "other side" was supplied weapons by who ??
I will not debate which side was correct in its stand/intent
Every Government supplies weapons to other Countries and " Groups " , it is done for either Political / Money reasons or just for the chance to mess up someone else's deal . The only side that is in the "Right " is the side that wins , because the Victor ( winner ) gets to write the history
It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
Rule 1: Treat every firearm as loaded
Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
Rule 3: Load a firearm only when ready to fire
Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
Rule 5: Check your firing zone
Rule 6: Store firearms and ammunition safely
Rule 7: Avoid alcohol and drugs when handling firearms
It takes 43 muscle's to frown and 17 to smile, but only 3 for proper trigger pull.
What more do we need? If we are above ground and breathing the rest is up to us!
Rule 1: Treat every firearm as loaded
Rule 2: Always point firearms in a safe direction
Rule 3: Load a firearm only when ready to fire
Rule 4: Identify your target beyond all doubt
Rule 5: Check your firing zone
Rule 6: Store firearms and ammunition safely
Rule 7: Avoid alcohol and drugs when handling firearms
Even in 1979 Rhodesian security forces were still picking up MG-34 machine guns off of dead terrs. They were not extensively used though as quantities of Communist supplied weapons and ammunition were prolific and tolerated neglect far better.
Don't recall instances of MG-xx turning up with PLAN (the armed wing of SWAPO, which is the political entity), or any of the domestic South African liberation movements. MK in particular, preferred laying mines and firing RPG-7s. They eschewed direct confrontation as when they were able to be brought to contact by the SAP or SADF, it tended not to go too well for them.
Still - it wouldn't surprise me if they were around though.
Apparently the StG-44s were used by East Germany after the war and then given to the Syrian government as aid to fight Israel. After sitting in the armory for 30+ years they were then looted from an armory by the insurgents.
Ok so if I cant have a MG42 even a Luger would be ok??? PS please please please melt some Nagant rifles instead to make your steps.
A German mate of mine who did his GDR CMT back in the nineties told me that the goal when they were behind the MG42, or as Timo called it 'The Bone Saw' was to fire three shot bursts. Pretty hard to do but a lot of fun practicing no doubt !!
The other thing to save from the step-makers furnace would be any 88 mm guns.
You are right. Soo fast. 1000-1300 rpm for the MG3 is about 20 a second. Downregulated from the wartime MG42, was it 2000rpm? The real saw.
From Wikipedia, another one of my cut and paste postings for @40mm's amusement too:
Operation
The German military instructs sustained fire must be avoided at all costs. In the bipod mounted light machine gun role MG 3 users are trained to fire short bursts of 3 to 5 rounds and strive to optimize their aim between bursts fired in succession. In the tripod mounted medium machine gun role MG 3 users are trained to fire short bursts and bursts of 20 to 30 rounds and strive to optimize their aim between bursts fired in succession.
As for the sacrilege of melting down 88mm cannon, Wikipedia is strangely silent.... O-:>
My old man's unit liberated a 88 in North Africa they had a play with it for a couple weeks then had it taken off them would have been tricky trying to smuggle it home
but they did manage an MG34 and a few other goodies,
The big counties all supply the combatants in the middle east with arms either directly or through a third party while one lot of politicians are trying to negotiate a peace deal
others are doing arms deals behind their backs, America England France Germany China and any other country with an arms industry is in on the game make money any way they can
if they stopped suppling arms to the Syrian conflict it would have petered out years ago.
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