MCgunner
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Actually, I've had a soft spot for the M1 Carbine most of my life because the lieutenant on "Combat" had one. I didn't care that much for Sargent Sander's tommy gun for some reason.
What is your Favorite weapon of WWII?
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Actually, I've had a soft spot for the M1 Carbine most of my life because the lieutenant on "Combat" had one. I didn't care that much for Sargent Sander's tommy gun for some reason.
byf43
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Allies:
1918 and 1918-A1 BAR 350 OR 450 rounds per minute of .30-'06!!!!!! Get some!
1928 and 1928-A1 and M1 Thompson
1911-A1 .45 acp A fistfull of fury.
M1 Garand "The greatest battle implement ever devised."
M2 "Ma Deuce"!!!!! .50 caliber Still serving proudly!!!!
F4-UF Corsair "The Sweetheart of Okinawa"
Iowa Class Battleships (No need to say anything more about these gorgeous ships!!!)
Axis:
K98k Mauser 7.92mm. Still the most beautiful bolt rifle ever, IMO.
P-08 Luger 9mm
P-35 High Power 9mm
P-38 9mm
Walther PP 7.65 mm
MG-42 Awesome firepower!!!!!!!!!
1918 and 1918-A1 BAR 350 OR 450 rounds per minute of .30-'06!!!!!! Get some!
1928 and 1928-A1 and M1 Thompson
1911-A1 .45 acp A fistfull of fury.
M1 Garand "The greatest battle implement ever devised."
M2 "Ma Deuce"!!!!! .50 caliber Still serving proudly!!!!
F4-UF Corsair "The Sweetheart of Okinawa"
Iowa Class Battleships (No need to say anything more about these gorgeous ships!!!)
Axis:
K98k Mauser 7.92mm. Still the most beautiful bolt rifle ever, IMO.
P-08 Luger 9mm
P-35 High Power 9mm
P-38 9mm
Walther PP 7.65 mm
MG-42 Awesome firepower!!!!!!!!!
Longbow
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M1 carbine here too!
That's what my Dad carried in WWII.
That's what my Dad carried in WWII.
My favorites would have to be the:
PPSch-41
http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg02-e.htm
Winchester Model 12 Trench shotgun or riot model
and the Webley revolver in .455, because I just like top breaks.
http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg91-e.htm
PPSch-41
http://world.guns.ru/smg/smg02-e.htm
Winchester Model 12 Trench shotgun or riot model
and the Webley revolver in .455, because I just like top breaks.
http://world.guns.ru/handguns/hg91-e.htm
kjeff50cal
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My 1942, Mosin Nagant 91-30 and My Cousin's K-43 that he found in a wall while he was restoring a rich bliss-ninny's house. BN had just bought the home as an investment..... and he told the contractor (my cuz) to take that dirty greasy old gun away from his house..... he can have it . It cleaned up well and shoots like a dream. No chance to get it away from him he knows what it is worth.
. It cleaned up well and shoots like a dream. No chance to get it away from him he knows what it is worth.
CSA 357
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the 1911 and the thompson , 45 acp!
B.A.R.
From WW1 to Vietnam it served US forces all over the world. Absolutely my favorite full auto of all time and the most fun gun I've even gotten to shoot.
MP-40 = braaaatbraaaaat
Thompson = bambambambambambam
BAR = BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM
Oh yeah, also the favorite weapon of Clyde Barrow.
Of course you'd want a 1911 or a 1917 Colt New Service to keep you company in close quarters. Lugers are cool, I love mine but they are finicky.
From WW1 to Vietnam it served US forces all over the world. Absolutely my favorite full auto of all time and the most fun gun I've even gotten to shoot.
MP-40 = braaaatbraaaaat
Thompson = bambambambambambam
BAR = BOOMBOOMBOOMBOOM
Oh yeah, also the favorite weapon of Clyde Barrow.
Of course you'd want a 1911 or a 1917 Colt New Service to keep you company in close quarters. Lugers are cool, I love mine but they are finicky.
Warren
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P-47 Thunderbolt
MG 42
Tommy Gun
Bren
Ma Deuce
Garand
Panzerfaust
The basic issue US Army infantryman. Without him the best weapons would not have amounted to anything.
MG 42
Tommy Gun
Bren
Ma Deuce
Garand
Panzerfaust
The basic issue US Army infantryman. Without him the best weapons would not have amounted to anything.
Mannlicher
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Iowa Class BBS main armament, those wonderful 16"/50 rifles
Owen
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mmm the V2....
I'm surprised more people haven't mentioned the Bren. The BAR was a groundbreaking design but it wasn't a very good infantry weapon. It was too heavy to be an automatic rifle, and didn't have a quick-change barrel or enough ammo capacity to make a good LMG. The Bren on the other hand changed barrels easily, had a 30 round top-loading mag (allowing it to be fired prone) and was very accurate and controllable in automatic fire. They even made 100 round drums so it could be used as a GPMG.
Sadly the UK replaced them in '86 with their LSW which is basically a HBAR SA80
The Czech republic still uses a cousin of the Bren called the UK vz.58.
Sadly the UK replaced them in '86 with their LSW which is basically a HBAR SA80
The Czech republic still uses a cousin of the Bren called the UK vz.58.
MJbluedsteelnwood
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Little Boy and Fat Man
Little Boy and Fat Man are my favorite weapons of WWII. I wish we had dropped a third on these bastards who treated our POWs the way you wouldn't treat a dog, a pistol shot to the head would have been kinder than what most had to endure: ever read of the treatment of flyers shot down over Japan during WWII?. Otherwise the battlerifle that killed more Nazis and Japs and later Chi Coms and North Korean dog eaters, than any other, the M1 Garand, what else could it be.
Little Boy and Fat Man are my favorite weapons of WWII. I wish we had dropped a third on these bastards who treated our POWs the way you wouldn't treat a dog, a pistol shot to the head would have been kinder than what most had to endure: ever read of the treatment of flyers shot down over Japan during WWII?. Otherwise the battlerifle that killed more Nazis and Japs and later Chi Coms and North Korean dog eaters, than any other, the M1 Garand, what else could it be.
Owen
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I'm surpised no one has daid FG42 yet
http://world.guns.ru/rifle/rfl11-e.htm
fallsturmjagergewehr is fun to say!
http://world.guns.ru/rifle/rfl11-e.htm
fallsturmjagergewehr is fun to say!
beerslurpy
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Cause the FG42 sucked?
From a design standpoint it was really innovative. It was basically an early stab at making an assault rifle. It could have been an early version of the M4 carbine for all we know. The only problem was that they chambered it in 8mm mauser, so it had huge blast and flash, painful recoil and weighed a ton. More like a short barrelled, select fire M60 without a belt than a real assault rifle.
From a design standpoint it was really innovative. It was basically an early stab at making an assault rifle. It could have been an early version of the M4 carbine for all we know. The only problem was that they chambered it in 8mm mauser, so it had huge blast and flash, painful recoil and weighed a ton. More like a short barrelled, select fire M60 without a belt than a real assault rifle.
HankB
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CAnnoneer said:
The M1C was a sniper version of the M1 Garand, firing the standard .30/06 round. Low stopping power? Perhaps you meant the M1 carbine . . . a different kettle of fish entirely.
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