Still soldiering on
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Canada took a step back when they adopted the C2 to replace the Bren, it was lighter , and many parts interchange with the FN C1 , but not anywhere in the same class as the Bren , Australia also had a light machine gun similar to the C2 , but when the Australian Army got involved in Vietnam, they found it lacking in being a reliable weapon, and was ditched and replaced with the US M 60 machine gun
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Ian McCollum had a question about what small arms a well-financed private citizen might choose for OAS-type adventures in the early 1940s (or some such scenario). He mentioned the ZB 30J. Hmmm? What's that? Turns out to be a Czech ZB30 with an adjustable gas system for light and heavy ball 7.92 for the first version of Jugoslavia, per the old spelling.
I went digging and got a better idea of just how progressive the Czechs were in the 1930s. Britain copied the good parts for the BREN, and the designers could easily have kept up the development. But they chose to follow a different path with a one gun does everything philosophy.
I went digging and got a better idea of just how progressive the Czechs were in the 1930s. Britain copied the good parts for the BREN, and the designers could easily have kept up the development. But they chose to follow a different path with a one gun does everything philosophy.
.... an example of a gun designed by a government committee. Not the first time such a thing has happened.
Watching McCollum's video on the design and development of the MG 34 and MG 42 shows how it needs to be done.
My late Panzer Grenadier father-in-law told me his favourite weapon was the MG 34, Why? "Because when you needed it - it worked!".
The MG 34 and Kubelwagon got him out of Stalingrad, so he was a little prejudiced.
Watching McCollum's video on the design and development of the MG 34 and MG 42 shows how it needs to be done.
My late Panzer Grenadier father-in-law told me his favourite weapon was the MG 34, Why? "Because when you needed it - it worked!".
The MG 34 and Kubelwagon got him out of Stalingrad, so he was a little prejudiced.
