Comments by "Scott Kenny" (@ScottKenny1978) on "Q&A 51: Troop Trials, Postwar MG34/42, and the DIY Maker's Match" video.

  1. Yes, there is the 5.7, but it wasn't built as a handgun round. It was made as a PDW round first. It's about like calling the .30 Carbine a pistol round because there are a couple of pistols that happen to be chambered for it. Edit: and it's also a really long grip. I have decent sized hands (4" across the knuckles, can span an octave on the piano), and it was a reach for me to get my finger on the trigger.
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  2. And having owned a Five-seveN, it's a very long grip. Not as wide as my CZ75, but longer.
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  3.  @petrolak  well, the "East German" helmet is actually the m1945 pattern that the Germans were just starting to introduce at the end of WW2.
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  4.  @masterofdesaster8  8 Kurz is not significantly lighter than .30-06.
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  5.  @masterofdesaster8  the US full combat load for the Garand was 8 clips of 8. 64 total rounds. A single magazine of 8 Kurz is 35 rounds. 3 magazines of 8 Kurz is heavier than the full load of a US trooper.
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  6.  @masterofdesaster8  plus weight of the magazines, versus weight of the clips. Difference is that those StG44 are going to spend a lot of time in full auto, so the extra rounds don't give you as much advantage as you'd expect.
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  7. Printing rights has to include image rights, and that may not be easy to track down.
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  8. Agree with Tea Kew. It's knowing that you need to test for X action. See also how long it took to get antitilt followers in the M16 magazines.
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  9. Against drones, I expect high power jamming, not guns. I'm talking about enough power to smoke the drone, burn out the electronics. That's probably 1000+watts. A Super Tucano is not effective in a full combat environment. It's a great Counter-insurgency plane. But against opposition that has Stingers or SA7s, it's skeet.
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