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[Messervy]

Margaret !!!

[Celeon999]

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[Kaleun1961]

Don't matter how good the weapon is; it's only as good as the man holding it.

[bunkerratt]

honestly ...from my infantry point of view...given my limited information on the weapon...it just looks like more things to have problems with....i'd like to see it disasembled in a wet muddy fighting hole in a rain .....

[Celeon999]

Well, its certainly an improvement over this :

I love this photo



It reminds me of this

[bunkerratt]

now if that ain/t the truth....for those of us who were infantry...as our brand new 2nd lt. said .....i know it's heavy but it's only 6 inches on the map....as a side note ....thats a 40mm gernade launcher.....

[Celeon999]

now if that ain/t the truth....for those of us who were infantry...as our brand new 2nd lt. said .....i know it's heavy but it's only 6 inches on the map

Amen ! AMEN !

.thats a 40mm gernade launcher.....

Its a 40 mm "Granatmaschinengewehr" that weighs 30 exhausting back-ruining kilograms to be precise. Plus 10 kg for that tripod

I believe the british army uses it too.

Thank god this thing wasn't available yet when i was there.

With me being not exactly a Schwarzennegger, they would have strapped that thing on my back just to find out how long it takes before me ending my life with my face down in the dirt.

For those sick army statistics charts you know ....

*Sings a famous Johnny Cash song* : "Ive strapped a GMG to a man in Reno ....just to watch him die"

[bunkerratt]

the U S M C uses a 40mm mk 49 i belive it's named ....but do i remember breaking down a M2 .50 cal HMG the receiver alone weighed 80 pounds ..then add in the barrel and the tripod and the dam ammo cans .....it's amazing how fast a can of.50 gets ate up ...

[Messervy]

Update:

M-84 (Yugoslav copy of Russian PKT):



Desert Eagle .50AE



And Astra in Hollywood setup:

[Celeon999]

Just when you thought things were relatively stable, the Balkans plunge into the next conflict with Messervy arming up for his conquest for Great-Slovenia.

Didn't you just settled that border dispute with Croatia recently ? Or was that just a strategic move for gaining time ?

In what is Switzerlands role in all of this ?

Anyway, what is still missing in Messervy's collection is the

SUPER PERFORATOR !

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