T110's Transcontinental Transplant
Дата: 24.10.2018 19:51:35
FrozenKemp, on Oct 23 2018 - 21:13, said: Gun stuff: Just listening to a podcast and they're discussing
someone on the German side in WW2 who actually complained about the
MG42. Apparently it consumed so much ammunition that for one
gun you'd have the gunner, loader, and then SIX MEN who did nothing
but constantly run more ammunition up to the gun!!The_Chieftain: It's... a known problem, and why folks who think about it
will usually consider the Bren to be a better section weapon than
the MG-42. In a defensive position, with stockpiled ammo, it's
awesome. But for a section in attack, all that ammo has to be
transported somehow, and that limits the ability of the squad to
operate a bit. Further, as section machineguns are supposed to be
more suppressive than killing, you just plain don't need that rate
of fire. Again, another case of people looking at paper
stats, and not thinking about how well a weapon fits into the
larger war.
T110's Transcontinental Transplant