>So? MG42 is probably the best GPMG ever made; high rate of fire combined
>with reliability. IIRC it is still in use in the Bundeswehr, too, but
>re-chambered to 5.56N and maybe modified in some other ways. The name is
>MG3
>nowadays.
Sure thing. Proves that old stuff is not always inferior to the new guns.
The US army still use the Browning .50 cal as their HMG
>In the Finnish armoury there still are at least the Suomi SMGs and old
>rifles to be issued to rear area troops in case of war. When I was at
>reserve NCO school we practiced dismantling of them, but we didn't get to
>shoot with them :( I've always wanted to shoot with a Suomi SMG.
Isnt the current finnish assault rifle based on the AK weapons?
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