Testing The Greatest Light Machine Guns Of All Time | Weapons That Changed The World
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Published 2024-05-20
00:00 Intro
02:00 M249 SAW
12:15 Maxim 1884
15:50 Madsen
18:30 Chauchat
22:15 BAR
23:40 Lewis Gun
26:15 Bren LMG
30:10 MG42
34:15 HK21E
36:30 M27
41:25 Combat Simulation
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All Comments (21)
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Ww2 in a nutshell: German, Italian and Japanese walk into a BAR.
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I’ve had pizza with less cheesiness than this.
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No mention of the FN MAG (known in the UK as the GPMG or "jimpy")? Very poor.
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I like how they made it look like the host was explaining to the rso why each guy was less accurate with the saw lol
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You forgot the MG34, which was havier and way more expensive to produce than the MG42.
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The Madsen LMG was not sold in limited numbers due to complexity but due to Danish export policies as a neutral country, by the time.
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The chauchat was good in the fact it made it in great numbers to the field for half the war. Lewis and BAR were better but they didn't have the numbers and time. Having a Chauchat beats having nothing.
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A Browning Automatic Rifle is a real crowd pleaser. The M-14 as the US Military called it was a Favorite and still is a Favorite for Special Operations Teams Snipers. You don't get up from a round from this gun.
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It is a wonderful video about the most swiftly firepowers light machine guns infamous( M249 ) with excellent accuracy ... thanks ( war stories) channel for sharing...
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M60 ?
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I've no idea how they've designed it to absorb all that kick-back
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Canadians used the Lewis gun too
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Imagine there is a machine gun in belted 5.56mm that is 5 lbs lighter than a M249 and much less recoil impulse oh wait there is and its 20 years before the M249 aka the Stoner 63. The first beltfed 5.56mm SAW not even addressed.
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It's a shame that we can't get the Negev to our guys. Light weight, single & full auto and extremely reliable. Oh yeah, Tannerite is so over played!
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Didn't really care for the closeups or the explosive targets but other than that great video. 🙂
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Wheres the Stoner?
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Please add the Israeli made Negev 5.56 light machine gun.
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The M249 action is a direct descendant of the Lewis.
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nice to see the Madsen in another gun documentery, just one observation the "D" in madsen is not pronounced in danish so it should be pronounced "massen"
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the "saw" is just a combination of the FG.42 and the MG.34
