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View Poll Results: What's Your Favorite T2K-era SAW/LSW/LMG | |||
FN Minimi/M249 SAW | 31 | 47.69% | |
L86A1/A2 LSW | 1 | 1.54% | |
H&K 11/21 | 5 | 7.69% | |
H&K 13/23 | 3 | 4.62% | |
L4 Bren | 7 | 10.77% | |
RPK-47 | 3 | 4.62% | |
RPK-74 | 4 | 6.15% | |
RPD | 1 | 1.54% | |
Negev | 2 | 3.08% | |
Vektor SS77 | 0 | 0% | |
Ultimax | 3 | 4.62% | |
Other (Please Specify in Thread) | 5 | 7.69% | |
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Ah yes the Stoner LMG, I hadn't thought of that one. I do like the look of it very much. Other LMG type weapons that could be found in some areas would be the French MAC 24/29, the Soviet DPM and the Spanish Ameli (okay I cheated, I got interested in the subject and checked some websites).
The LMG designation surely makes for a difficuly decision at times, the Lewis Gun is considered a Light MG but at approximately the same weight as the M60 I wouldn't call it such. The Bren Gun is only about 2kg lighter than an M60 and it's classed as a Light MG but it too is heavier than I'd like to carry. |
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Where's our BRIPAC poster? I've heard that even the Spanish don't like the Ameli, due to a tendency towards fragility. Is that true?
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I'm afraid you are true. A very extended opinion about the Ameli is that, although the first prototypes were outstanding, the materials used in their serial production, intended to reduce its production cost, caused them to be too much fragile and unreliable. The preserial models seemed to point the Ameli as a good light machinegun. By the time I was in the BRIPAC, our machinegunners were proudly using the MG3 and I don't remember to have seen any Ameli until I was deployed in the Republika Srpska in 1999. There I was attached to a company of Naval Infantry of the "Tercio Armada" to provide them with radio/phone/satellite link. They were using the Ameli as squad light machinegun. I remember it was the first time I saw a plastic box for the belt. So, like the CETME L, the Ameli was a good design, but was spoiled by the low quality materials and serial production. With the substitution of the CETME L by the G-36, the Ameli would be substituted by the HK MG43.
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Although I think the M249 (especially the para versions) is better looking, I really like the K&K 21.
Aside from the fact that it's based on the legendary G3 rifle, the H&K 21 has a heavy barrel that can be easily changed. Most SAWs don't. It also accepts standard box mags, 80-round drums, and belted 7.62mm N. When fitted with a telescopic sight, and fired on semi-automatic, it can be used as a designated marksman's rifle. With a new barrel, belt feed, and bolt, it can fire 7.62mm AK ammo. That kind of versatility ranks it above all of the other weapons on the list. In my mind, this is the ideal SAW for SOF. I so want to play a German PC now so that I can have one of these babies.
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If, in the Twilight timeline, the German army had to revert to the G3 (once their G11s ran out of caseless ammo), I can see a few HK-21s being issued to some German troops as a SAW/LSW. Anyway, whatever the case, I really like 'em.
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For the stuff on the list, the SAW, definitely.
If we're including 7.62 MGs on the list like the HK 21, then I'd have to vote for the PK. |
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