WW2 Guns Still Being Used Today
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Publicado 2024-07-04
They may be old, outdated, and gathering dust, but World War Two weapons are still lethal bits of military tech that should not be taken lightly. Even now, among the arsenals of modern armies and police forces, these tried and tested instruments of death can still be found doing their job like it was 1945 all over again.
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If it can shoot straight and you can hit the target, it's good
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If a gun that was made in 1943, is well maintained, has ammo, and a trained person wielding it, then it is as deadly as a firearm made in 2023.
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John Browning. The patron saint of firearms
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The M2 Browning .50 cal will probably outlive us all. It's kinda hard to replace a .50 BMG heavy machine gun that isn't just the "Ma Duece" that looks different but functions the same. It's already 100 years old, and most likely will live 100 years more. That's the legacy the HMG has, and is still carrying to this day.
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My husband told me while his service with the SANDF in South Africa they ran into insurgents and criminals who had STG-44 even took a picture of his Lieutenant holding a captured one. My husband’s bring back was a weird looking Cetme with an Ak style rear sight
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M2 will probably be on space ships 100 years from now
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M2 Browning Is the only weapon created on max status that didn't need further upgrades.
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The Maxim is the oldest gun used by a military force, and the first automatic machine gun, dating back to 1884, even older than the Mosin Nagant from 1891
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You know what they say! "Old reliable!"
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All goes down to one principle: The human body never gets more resistant to bullets.
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Dad said they had a Grease Gun in their armory, this was 1970 Vietnam...
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Mikhail kalashnikov said in his own memoirs that he drew inspiration from the m1 garand, the stg44 had nothing to do with it.
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if a weapon can still fight, it will fight once more
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Everybody loved the M1911 pistol. Ever since the Moro Rebellion in the Philippines, because the 38 caliber pistol or revolver don't have the power or the firepower to kill or take out Moro Rebels and that the M1911 was born.
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2:03 that german soilder whistling like nothing happened 😂
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Fun fact about the MG3. Some of them actually used MG42 receivers and if you know where to look you can find waffenamts on them. They are however very hard to see cause the West German Army made it a habit to get rid of anything having to do with the pervious gov't shall we say. To find them you got to totally dismantle it an armory level though.
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In Poland during 2014 I trained on the D44. Loudest thing I ever witnessed
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My Lee Enfield from 1916 still shoots straight as an arrow, the only issue I have is finding ammo for it. These guns are still out here looking for the enemy
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Tbh I still can’t believe a 1911 was designed in … well you get the idea. It always seems so modern to me… even decades after I first held one