M2 0.50cal HMG WW2

[Tolstoi]

 

[besilarius]

It was a given that any newbie on the Mekong, who got into a firefight, always melted the barrels.
Was told that the amount of orders for new barrels could choke a horse.

[bob48]

Whilst that is interesting, bear in mind that I'm talking specifically about airborne forces in WW2 and not about the M2 itself.

[bayonetbrant]

I'm doing a bit of research for the next game in the 'Assault' series, this being 'Assault - Sicily '43'. There are a number of scenarios that include US Airborne, and, as far as I can tell, the standard MG used was the M1919 0.30 cal, the M2 being much too heavy. Despite a fair bit a research, I can find no evidence of any issue of the M2 to Airborne units, and, in fact, other that vehicle mounts, not that common as a tripod mounted weapon in Infantry units.

Anyone have any hard info to offer me? :-)

Bringing it back to the original point - I've never seen any evidence of dismounted infantry having M2s in WW2, and mounted infantry kept them on their vehicles if they had them at all

[bob48]

That is certainly the conclusion that we came to, and we have amended the game accordingly.