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Pardon? The Lewis Gun and MG34/42 have nothing in common.Things do come a full the Lewis was responsible for the MG34/42 and finally the M60.
Pardon? The Lewis Gun and MG34/42 have nothing in common.Things do come a full the Lewis was responsible for the MG34/42 and finally the M60.
Pardon? The Lewis Gun and MG34/42 have nothing in common.
I said FG-42.I know but you did say it did provide the basis for the German MG34/42 the Lewis gun is partly responsible for it and I meant no offense.
No offense taken, just trying to be clear.BTW the Lewis gun provided the Germans the basis of the design for the FG-42....which then inspired the M-60...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M60_machine_gunThe proposed system of operation was modeled on that used in World War I Lewis light machine gun, with a gas-operated turning bolt action geared to a spiral (clock-type) recoil spring.[13] The type "A" was never produced beyond model form, but the basic design layout was retained for further development.[14]
All the Monitor is really is a shortened BAR without the needed barrel shroud.Like the title says the the US Army chooses the colt monitors rather than the M1918A2 and the model 1923 Thompson chambered for .45 Remington Thompson, the latter was never advertised as replacement for the BAR just a more powerful Tommy gun.
Just how would the colt monitor and model 1923 have faired in combat?
What kind of variants would there be of both weapons?
How would the higher velocity R.T .45 be received by the US military and would still be in use today?
How much more reliable would the colt monitor be and just what kind of beneficial improvements would it had by Korea and Vietnam?
I said FG-42.
No offense taken, just trying to be clear.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FG_42
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M60_machine_gun
The Thompson 45 apparently extracted rounds at high pressure and high velocity, reportedly with enough force to drive the casings into wooden planks near the shooter. That would make you REALLY popular with your battle buddy.
The Blish hesitation principle is not real, so what did he get a patent for ?Like the Blish sliding wedge did nothing to actually slow the bolt travel on recoil.
The Blish hesitation principle is not real, so what did he get a patent for ?
Hey now be fair, Lewis was long dead when the M-60 was developed; he can't be blamed for it.Things do come a full the Lewis was responsible for the MG34/42 and finally the M60.
Hey now be fair, Lewis was long dead when the M-60 was developed; he can't be blamed for it.
The Marines and Navy already had a LMG, the Lewis. The US Army in Europe had the Chauchat machine rifle, 35,000 of them. A little better planning could have equipped them with a better automatic rifle.Well the US did not choose the BAR until 1938. You have to change US infantry doctrine, the rifleman with his personal weapon can do anything. The BAR as originally intended is a failure in the role of providing the rifleman with more firepower, it was never intended as an LMG in US service.
That's a) hard given Pershing's insistence on it and b) means you actually get an LMG, and probably not the M1 for financial reasons. That LMG could be an adaptation of the BAR per Belgian or Swedish versions but its going to be in the standard rifle calibre which financially means the .30
Given the gestation of the M1 itself you are probably looking at very long trials with the cavalry and infantry disagreeing about everything, a large dose of NIH and no orders placed until the late 30s, which then go to troop trials and have to be reworked.
The Marines and Navy already had a LMG, the Lewis. The US Army in Europe had the Chauchat machine rifle, 35,000 of them. A little better planning could have equipped them with a better automatic rifle.
It had problems but the 7.65mm and 8mm versions were mostly workable weapons.Wasn't the chauchat very bad with its exposed magazine?
I guess. It was a brutal weapon to fire though:It had problems but the 7.65mm and 8mm versions were mostly workable weapons.
I guess. It was a brutal weapon to fire though: