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Early machine guns had sights and even special ammunition produced for them to enable their use as indirect fire weapons prior to mortars and field cannons becoming common. Does anyone know how they performed in combat? Could they be viable alternatives to designated marksman rifles for infantry squadrons, or even used as alternatives to large caliber sniper rifles (the original .50 caliber sniper rifles were heavy machine guns and possibly even anti-tank rifles)?