Comments by "COL BEAUSABRE" (@colbeausabre8842) on "Danish Madsen-Saetter GPMG at the Range" video.

  1. Because the Danes had every reason to use common equipment with Germans. They would be operating as part of the German dominated Northern Army Group. It's a lot easier to get spare parts from them if yours run out than try to supply them for an orphan gun that only you use. Plus, due to the MG3's large production run (German orders had already paid for the production machinery, all you had to cover were the variable costs - labor, materials, electricity etc. B School 101) Rhein Metal almost surely could underbid Madsen. Last it was a day late and a dollar short by 1960. The Danes weren't going to wait around for the bugs to be worked out. So, the MAG dominated the Western world, with the MG3 picking up the rest.
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  2. DSS1998 The US chose the M60 in 1957, long before this gun had its problems solved (issue began in 1959). The real competition to the M60 was the MAG
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  3.  @DSS-jj2cw  Yes, it was worn out. That's a known problem with guns such as the M60 made from stampings. In my military career (74-99) I never encountered a problem with an M60. But I was a tanker, so had less exposure than, say, an infantryman
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  4. Chillier "Coolness" doesn't sell guns, performance, price and timing do
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  5. HE - as does every other GPMG. They're too heavy to be LMG's and not heavy enough to be a MMG. That's the reason the GPMG's have been replaced by KMG's at the squad level with the GPMG's relegated to the long gone MMG's (Vickers, Maxim, Browning, Hotchkiss, etc) role
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