Your favorite WWII gun
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OT: Thompson. Totally. You know that picture where Churchill is holding one? That's from the initial testing for WWII, where a load of the SMGs were taken to Northern England to hunt Blood Wolves.
OT: Thompson. Totally. You know that picture where Churchill is holding one? That's from the initial testing for WWII, where a load of the SMGs were taken to Northern England to hunt Blood Wolves.
The Hispano 20mm cannon.
All the cool aircraft of WW2 had them fitted in one guise or another ( HS.404, Mk.I, Mk.II, Mk.V, M1, M2, M3, M24) and when you consider all the roles those aircraft using the Hispano 20mm performed, it's probably one of the most important yet overlooked guns of the entire war.
All the cool aircraft of WW2 had them fitted in one guise or another ( HS.404, Mk.I, Mk.II, Mk.V, M1, M2, M3, M24) and when you consider all the roles those aircraft using the Hispano 20mm performed, it's probably one of the most important yet overlooked guns of the entire war.
MP43, played a key part in galvanising the creation of the AK47, was widely liked by the German forces who viewed as the best way to fight on the Eastern front...and all under the nose of Hitler who didn't want to bother designing an assault rifle.
The M1 Garand was semi-automatic so I don't think you would need to reload after every shot. The German gun you're thinking of is presumably the Mauser Karabiner 98k....oh, and don't forget the Lee Enfield rifles.Straying Bullet said:
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I know so much about it, but i think someone will probably just google the specs, so screw it, i'll let them do it.
I know so much about it, but i think someone will probably just google the specs, so screw it, i'll let them do it.
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What's not to love about it?! D=
(Anyone who says "it's bolt action, *sneeeeer*" will be SHOT BY ZE SS! Bolt action rifles are classy!)
What's not to love about it?! D=
(Anyone who says "it's bolt action, *sneeeeer*" will be SHOT BY ZE SS! Bolt action rifles are classy!)
The world's first assault rifle was the Federov Avtomat. It feel into a similar pitfall to the StG.44 (which had to pretend to be a machine pistol to enter trails for the Wehrmacht), because most generals at the time didn't recognise the significance of such a rifle, so was only issued as a light machine gun.Skullkid4187 said:
Either the thompson for awesomeness,the m1 garand for awesomeness,or the bren gun for star wars clone trooper conversion awesomeness.
No, that was the overwhelming numbers compaired to the Axis. As far as i'm aware, as far as guns go, they were both impractical and unreliable.Fox242 said:Dead tie between the Tommy Gun
...and the Browning Automatic Rifle or BAR
These weapons were a big part of the arsenal of overwhelming firepower that helped the U.S. carry on the fight in two different theaters and come out on top.
