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Why U.S. Failed to Copy German MG42 Most history channels repeat the same few facts about the MG42's rate of[...] ...

The PKP Pecheneg is Russia’s formidable general-purpose machine gun, designed to deliver sustained, accurate fire under the harshest battlefield conditions. Built as a modernized variant of the PKM, ...

There is a great streak of ingenuity that runs through the American people. The phrase improvise, adapt, and overcome is intertwined into our military culture for a reason. Our troops are pros... Here ...

Germany produced some of the finest and most innovative small arms of the Second World War—from the MG-34 general purpose machine gun to the StG44, the world’s first assault rifle.