Comments by "Anders Juel Jensen" (@andersjjensen) on "Rheinmetall MG42/59: The Slow-Fire Commercial MG42" video.

  1. I'm pissed that the Danish army went with the M60E6 to replace the ageing fleet of MG3s we had. Sure, the foot guys don't like to carry the ammo, but 90% of our MG3s were vehicle roof mounts... and those things lay down an impressive amount of arguments for the enemy to decide to keep their heads down. Waaay down.
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  2. If I'm not mistaken 7.62 NATO is cheaper and more readily available than .308 Winchester... so why bother with it? That being said, the breech, chamber and barrel was originally developed for 11mm Mauser which is a seriously potent cartridge, so I would suspect that since nothing has changed dimensionally it should handle the pressure of .308 without problems. The only question is if the buffer tube is sturdy enough...
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  3. Those were MG3's in Bundeswehr configuration.
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