WWII trivia test

[14YEAROLDGUNADDICT]

2 out of ten but hey im only 14 i still got a lot to learn

 

[50.]

ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRH I only got 6 :banghead:

 

[Jeff Timm]

9 of 10. I would have phrased the Luger question differently, but I'll go along without too much whinning.

Geoff
Who watched all the "Tales of the Gun" which covered all the questions in one way or another.

 

[MillCreek]

10 out of 10. I knew that watching the History Channel would pay off some day.

 

[hhmorant]

9 out of 10. Missed the Luger question - which I took to mean a "feature associated with Nazi officers"

 

[CZ-100]

I'm not sure about the 7.92 part. I can understand that though. I didn't know the Brits HAD an anti-tank thing like that then. With the sub guns, the numbers confused me. Saying the Bren was developed in CZ got me, as I figured that would make it an Axis weapon. I'll agree with you guys about the toggle lock. At least half of Europe was using 9mm by the time WWII rolled around, so I didn't think it was that big of a deal.

Watch "A Bridge Too Far" the 1st attack across the bridge by the germans, the brits use the PIAT

 

[ABTOMAT]

Yeah, and they shoot it at a Leopard.

I got 8/10, and I really stressed over both my missed. The Luger got me, although I should have realized it was the ammo since he just made a compact Borchardt. I also got confused about the DPM. Thought the Bren had lasted into at least the '80s but I also thought the DPM had something to do with the RPD. Now that I think of it, the DPM was that thing with the drum, right?

 

[Gifted]

I'm not questioning, I'm just saying I didn't know.

 

[modifiedbrowning]

8/10 missed Luger and PIAT.

 

[Langenator]

9 of 10.

Damn Soviet machineguns.

 

[Malone LaVeigh]

I got the Luger question and still just got 6/10. Need to spend more time on the rifle forum.

I'd send this to my 16-year-old, but he'd probably kick my butt.

 

[rudolf]

Even if it looks a LOT better, The Luger is nothing else than an improved Borchardt. The grip angle was improved, and the clock spring with attached bicycle chain was replaced by mainstrings in the grip. The whole locked breach mechanism including the toggle was already there in the Borchardt, so it was no innovation, which is what the qustion asked for. A straight walled rimless pistol cartridge the didnt look like a revolver cartrige or a miniature rifle cartridge was the real innovation, and the caliber was and often still is called 9mm Luger.

Had no idea the MG 42 was in use for that long.

Many countries still use it. The german army also still uses it today (as MG3), but only as a mounted machine gun.

For more about the MG3 see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinmetall_MG3

 

[Cowgunner]

I got 8.

 

[entropy]

I got 9, and I disagree with the one I got wrong. (#2) Other taper-cased semi-auto rounds had been developed by then. But as others have disagreed with it in favor of the toggle mechanism, the Borchardt pistol had one, and pre-dated the Luger. certainly the stock wasn't the answer, as the Broomhandle had one, too. And the 1900 Colt had a grip safety, so none of the answers they give to this question are in fact correct. Still, can't be too mad, 9 of 10 ain't shabby!

Yes, the DPM is that one with the drum.

I only got a 5...stupid, stupid, stupid.
But I never claimed to be an ammunitions specialist. That was a job for guys that did poorly on the ASVAB.

Hey, Playboy Penguin, my GT was 124. what was yours?

 

[Lucky]

"Quote:
Had no idea the MG 42 was in use for that long.

Many countries still use it. The german army also still uses it today (as MG3), but only as a mounted machine gun."

The same way someone shows you a picture of an AR-10 and tells you they were used in Vietnam, or a Krinkov was produced just as WW2 ended

 

[VirgilCaine]

8/10. But they cheated on one of them--"standard U.S. weapon in WWII"--at WHAT POINT is important...they didn't mention this, so I guess Springfield.

 

[Carl N. Brown]

Got 8 out of 10. OUCH! Have to watch more Mail Call to atone.

 

[Warren]

8 of 10

I went with the toggle answer on the Luger question as well.


And I missed this one:

Which one of these WWII-era machine guns was NOT still in front-line military use with their respective countries in the 1990s?

Your Answer Bren Incorrect

The correct answer is Degtyarev DPM.


Guess I got confused on the letters used with Commie MGs.


Though I cannot recall seeing a Bren in service in all the pictures I've seen

 

[Lupinus]

9/10, two of which were the product of good guessing....if you don't know guess and hopefully you will

 

[det.pat]

10 out of 10, combination of small arms buff and WWII buff. also the garand was the standard for the army from the beginning of the war, the springfield was standard for the marine corps, and substitute standard for the army.
pat