Originally Posted by Airborne Aircrew
Interesting...The GPMG replaced the Bren because they needed an area weapon and the Bren was simply too accurate. Now they want to replace the good old GPMG with this highly accurate version... Kind of like a Bren...
Ahhh... The circle of life...
I was once having some banter with a raf reg gunner saying I bet he's a rubbish shot. He replied as the GPMG gunner it's better that he's a rubbish shot, if he can hit them he's not doing his job properly as he's meant to spray the entire area to make the other side get their heads down.
I read they had to remake the Bren less accurate for suppressive fire. The German MG42 had such a huge rate of fire they couldn't hear the individual rounds, it sounded like a ripping noise and ended up with the nickname "Hitlers Bonesaw", the offical US Army tactic for attacking a MG42 was you cant do anything but sit tight and wait until ze Germans had to change the ammo belt or barrel.