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> From: EXT Weasel Fierce [mailto:septimus__at_...]
> Sent: 04. September 2000 14:16
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> Subject: RE: [NetEpic ML] Epic WW1
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> >Didn't the StG44 stay in service with East-German border
> police until
> >almost
> >the fall of the Berlin wall????
>
> i think so. It wasnt a bad weapon at all. One of the first to
> fire lower
> velocity ammunition at a high rate. (I know the M2 carbine did too)
>
> Also, the FG 42 formed the basis for the american M60.
>
> And if you dont believe me try to compare pic's of 'em.
>
> i read somewhere that the americans tried to copy the MG42
> and rechamber it
> for their own Cal .30 ammo, hoever, due to a small
> miscalculation on the
> lenght of the german ammunition the gun did not work and they
> kept their
> brownings.
You mean MG42, don't you. Guess which MG is still in service, re-chambered
to 5.56mm and renamed MG3?
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Received on Mon Sep 04 2000 - 12:53:08 UTC