Armchair Dragoons Forums

News:

  • Connections Online 2024 will be held 15-20 April, 2024 ~~ More Info here
  • Buckeye Game Fest will be held May 2-5, 2024, with The War Room opening on 29 April ~~ More Info here

News

Buckeye Game Fest will be held May 2-5, 2024, with The War Room opening on 29 April ~~ More Info here

Author Topic: M2 0.50cal HMG WW2  (Read 7231 times)

Tolstoi

  • Patreon Supporters
  • Lancer
  • *
  • Posts: 618
  • Hang on, let me overthink this.
    • Alek Tolstoi
Reply #15 on: March 28, 2023, 05:27:36 PM
 :2thumbs:



besilarius

  • Corporal
  • **
  • Posts: 1559
Reply #16 on: March 28, 2023, 11:44:45 PM
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.

"These things must be done delicately-- or you hurt the spell."  - The Wicked Witch of the West.
"We've got the torpedo damage temporarily shored up, the fires out and soon will have the ship back on an even keel. But I would suggest, sir, that if you have to take any more torpedoes, you take 'em on the starboard side."   Pops Healy, DCA USS Lexington.


bob48

  • Smeghead.
  • Warrant Officer
  • Lead Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 11715
Reply #17 on: March 29, 2023, 06:09:58 AM
Whilst that is interesting, bear in mind that I'm talking specifically about airborne forces in WW2 and not about the M2 itself.

“O Lord God, let me not be disgraced in my old days.”

'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'


bayonetbrant

  • Arrogance Mitigator & Event "Organizer"
  • Administrator
  • Staff Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 15381
  • Going mad, but at least going somewhere
    • Six Degrees of Radio
Reply #18 on: March 29, 2023, 06:32:55 AM
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

=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=++

Random acts of genius and other inspirations of applied violence.
-~-~-~-~-~-~-~-~
Six Degrees of Radio for songs you should know by artists you should love


bob48

  • Smeghead.
  • Warrant Officer
  • Lead Sergeant
  • *
  • Posts: 11715
Reply #19 on: March 29, 2023, 06:34:53 AM
That is certainly the conclusion that we came to, and we have amended the game accordingly.

“O Lord God, let me not be disgraced in my old days.”

'We few, we happy few, we band of brothers'