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Ive read that the guards at the Svalbard Seed Bank still use K98s for some unfathomable reason.
Polar Bears.
Ive read that the guards at the Svalbard Seed Bank still use K98s for some unfathomable reason.
Well, as opposed to something a little more modern. Not that a K98 wouldnt be effective against a polar bear, but the guards arent there to keep bears out.......Polar Bears.
The Swedes have an APC/ IFV that uses the 40mm Bofors as a main gun still.Aren't there still some Bofors pattern 40mm guns on some smaller ships? Just asking.
It's amazing that the M2 .50 BMG is still in service and the fact that going on 100 years, nothing else has been made that can replace it!
The latest upgrades to the M2 were quick change barrel, higher cyclic rate and a better buffer. These changes will keep Ma in service for at least another 20-30 years! Talk about if it ain't broke don't fix it!!!
Probably the general purpose machine gun, since that was what the post was describing. Lol. The tank? It was well liked but its two machine guns were not. The M-73 was the worst piece of crap the army ever adopted and the M-85 up in the Cupola broke so often that the army quit trying to qualify with them. I never saw or heard of one being fired.Tank or GPMG?
I was in Germany 69-70. My MOS was 45B20, Small Arms Repair. When I wasn't spending time in Grafenwohr trying to keep that Galactic turd of a machine gun, the M-73 co-ax on an M-60 tank.....in working order....I was back in Nuremberg trying to keep the Army's other problem child, the M-60, from breaking things. Usually this would involve weakened springs, reassembly with the sear reversed, or broken feed tray and cover parts because some troglodyte insisted on closing the cover with the bolt forward. We found a couple with cracked bolt lugs and one with a cracked receiver. Most of these problems were not the guns fault.
I have talked to a lot of Vets these past two years. Working in the museum, I meet vets every day. I have run into an awful lot of them who loved the M-60 and would trust them with their lives. I have always wondered why I ran into so many bad ones.
Maybe the Army sent the lemons to Germany? Lol.
The M-3 Sub Machine Guns were still the crewman's weapon in the M-60 Tanks in 1985. National Guard, not Regular Army.
My dear friend Roger was a tank commander in an M47 unit in Germany during the 50's. He described an incident when they were on high alert for the Soviets to come over the border one day and everyone turned out with full kit and live ammo. Fortunately, Ivan decided not to come out and play afterall, but one of the tanks in his unit had an M3 come loose from its bracket inside the turret and discharged when it hit the basket floor, killing the hull gunner.The M-3 Sub Machine Guns were still the crewman's weapon in the M-60 Tanks in 1985. National Guard, not Regular Army.
My dear friend Roger was a tank commander in an M47 unit in Germany during the 50's. He described an incident when they were on high alert for the Soviets to come over the border one day and everyone turned out with full kit and live ammo. Fortunately, Ivan decided not to come out and play afterall, but one of the tanks in his unit had an M3 come loose from its bracket inside the turret and discharged when it hit the basket floor, killing the hull gunner.
After that, he refused to let Grease guns aboard his tank. He said they carried 1911s and grenades exclusively.
Roger passed last December, he was 83 and still working everyday at his shop. I miss him alot.
IIRC, the M3 fires from an open bolt with a fixed FP, right? If the bolt was locked back with a full magazine inserted, the impact could have jarred a worn sear enough to allow the bolt to fly forward and cause the discharge......I'm thinking that the soldier did not close the ejection port door (the only safety on the M3/M3A1) or the weapon had something seriously wrong with it. I have seen the M3A1 get bounced around inside an M88 recovery vehicle without any problems. I even carried one as a backup to my M60 during Desert Storm. It was strapped to me pretty much all the time bouncing around the back open hatch of a M113. Yes Combat Engineer units had weird Modified Tables of Organizational Equipment and we were allowed to have all kinds of different toys.
This is why you carry them with the magazine not inserted. In my company we had the same rule for the M16 -- only an NCO can give the order to load, and that includes inserting the magazine.IIRC, the M3 fires from an open bolt with a fixed FP, right? If the bolt was locked back with a full magazine inserted, the impact could have jarred a worn sear enough to allow the bolt to fly forward and cause the discharge......
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What kept the cover closed, a ball detent? If so, I guess I could see the impact causing the cover to pop open. If the bolt were resting on a primer, that could do it, I suppose. In any event, clearly several safety precautions were ignored. It happens, ugh.I know that with the M3A1 we would always close the cover no matter what since the cover acted as a safety when closed. I usually kept a loaded magazine in the mag well with cover closed and bolt forward until I was ready to shoot. The inside of the cover on the A1 had a piece that fit into the cocking recess on the bolt to keep the bolt from moving. The original M3 had an actual cocking bolt sticking out.
The bolt can't rest on a primer -- if the bolt goes forward, the weapon fires. You could leave the bolt forward, uncocked, and load a magazine. That would be safe -- but better to leave the magazine out, so everyone can see it's safe.What kept the cover closed, a ball detent? If so, I guess I could see the impact causing the cover to pop open. If the bolt were resting on a primer, that could do it, I suppose. In any event, clearly several safety precautions were ignored. It happens, ugh.
When William Calley was court-martialed at Fort Benning, there was an MP car parked in front of the court building, with two MPs whenever court was in session.a guy who should have never held a gun almost killed me with a BAR. it got away from him. just as he was about to cut me in half the clip went dry. he never held a gun again. man was the gunny mad. kick his butt all the way off the range. also a couple of marines were playing quick draw. of course one was shot right though the middle. i think he lived. some guys should not handle guns.
I know this isn't what you had in mind...but the B52 bomber.
Well...certainly NOT a "museum ship" in the legitimate sense she might be otherwise listed as she remains unlawfully seized U.S. property.... but I get your meaning. Maybe the Navy Seals should put an end to this mockery and properly scuttle her.Ahhh, yes- USS Pueblo, commissioned April, 1945. Still on (technical) active duty due to being illegally captured and held by North Korea. There are some pretty good pictures of her on Google Earth as a museum ship in Pyongyang.