12-05-2017, 06:57 PM
Article may be flawed, but DID get me thinking. What is the proper premise for a squad level belt-fed?
Going back to WWII, isn't it true the MG34/42 was acknowledged as the primary killing machine, and the bolt-action rifles were basically support?
How does that change in the era of assault rifles/automatic rifles with full-auto fire? Does one need a burst longer than 30 rounds? Mag changes are quick. Even if one has a belt, machine gunners are taught to use short bursts, right?
So if we don't need a 200-round belt because we never use 200-round bursts, what's the downside to lesser on-board capacity?
Is the only advantage of a dedicated LMG a quick-change barrel? Pretty sure that can also be done in an IAR.
I don't think of the USMC as those willing to give up firepower superiority, and yet they're dropping the SAW in favor of the IAR. (Or are they also keeping their SAWs? I could be mistaken.)
Why do we need a belt-fed SAW in the age of full-auto capable individual weapons?
Going back to WWII, isn't it true the MG34/42 was acknowledged as the primary killing machine, and the bolt-action rifles were basically support?
How does that change in the era of assault rifles/automatic rifles with full-auto fire? Does one need a burst longer than 30 rounds? Mag changes are quick. Even if one has a belt, machine gunners are taught to use short bursts, right?
So if we don't need a 200-round belt because we never use 200-round bursts, what's the downside to lesser on-board capacity?
Is the only advantage of a dedicated LMG a quick-change barrel? Pretty sure that can also be done in an IAR.
I don't think of the USMC as those willing to give up firepower superiority, and yet they're dropping the SAW in favor of the IAR. (Or are they also keeping their SAWs? I could be mistaken.)
Why do we need a belt-fed SAW in the age of full-auto capable individual weapons?
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