Well the 81 also shot off a load of ammo as there was no semi-auto mode. A soldier would have had to have been very well trained to use it properly...
BTW it wasn't a GPMG - it was an aircraft gun. A GPMG is a ground designation.
Why wasn't it produced after the war? Because there was no need for it. The Brownings were tested and proved for that job. And the production...
Not a lot Spidge. Details of the documentary: HAFNER's Paradise
Naomi Wolf, author of "10 steps" speaks publicly for the first time about legacy of modern-day tyranny America's Fascist Coup Owes to Bush's Nazi...
OK, platoon, sharpen pencils to beat Hitler: Quirky account of life as a WWII Home Guard | the Daily Mail Sharpening pencils at both ends to...
FEATURE-Argentine pilots break silence over World War Two | Reuters OTTAWA, Dec 12 (Reuters) - In early October 1942, Flight Lieutenant Donald...
Unrepentant Nazi, 84, calls Auschwitz a 'ten star hotel' and tells Dachau victim 'you survived well' | the Daily Mail
BBC NEWS | Northern Ireland | War-hero pigeon is remembered A County Antrim pigeon who received a medal for his war-time bravery is being...
This made me laugh (though I doubt that was intended by the writer): Did Unity Mitford have Adolf Hitler’s love child? - Times Online
Strewth that sounds like a real pain. But the wrong parts/late engineer/long delays seems typical. Two years ago the controller knob on my gas fire...
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RN & FAA Casualties The Korean campaign casualties are generally marked as such Royal Navy casualties, killed and died, 1950 Royal Navy casualties,...
I know nothing about the Korean Air War but since the recent posts on the Australian contribution to it I started to have a little dig around. There...
It would have been US gallons, Spidge, rather than imperial. US gallon = approx 3.79 litres Imperial = approc 4.55 litres So technical it would...
Thanks for the book recommendations. You've probably seen this Owen but I do like the fact that RAAF ORBS are available online. Just found the one...
In honour of nostalgair and his father, a new thread on the Meteor. Pictures and more info appreciated: The Gloster Meteor
It would be interesting to dig out copies of those articles on the web as neither seems to have sites dedicated to them
Two distinguished careers, and a local lecturer. Obviously a man with very steady nerves.
Nearly 5 am and it is bloody freezing. Just had to turn the fire onto full blast for a bit!!
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