Machines | Employment of Heavy Machine Guns in the Attack - 1944
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"In the popular mind, the heavy machine gun is usually thought of as a supremely effective defensive weapon. This unique film shows various infantry tactics that can be used to make it a potent part of offensive operations as well. The featured weapon in this US Army World War 2 training film is the Browning M-1917 water-cooled .30 caliber "heavy" machine gun, perhaps selected with the idea that if the big Browning could be lugged forward in an offensive maneuver, anything could be. (There is a good reason why those machine gunners are big, strong fellows) The film covers all aspects of offensive machine gun tactics through live action and illustrations, including enfilade and defilade fire, moving and placing your weapon in relation to the line of advance and using a machine gun for indirect fire support. You'll also get a look at how a heavy machine gun platoon was organized and the different ways the Browning could be set up for different missions. Zeno Zeno's Warbird Videos http://zenoswarbirdvideos.com. See this video full screen, plus a lot more, on our "German and American Automatic Weapons in World War 2" DVD. http://bit.ly/N3JHxa Visit our aviation DVD store at http://www.zenosflightshop.com for the World's largest selection of World War 2 & vintage jet aircraft aviation videos
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I'm retired military and love these old instructional films. Thank you for posting.
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I love these old videos, too bad the army does not make them anymore. All we got was some shitty AFN crap that was more like a private playing around with editing software rather than putting out something useful.
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In theory, you fire all the time xD
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The amount of ammo these guys have is unreal.
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Very briefly : In the absence and presence of sufficient inventory of water to be thrown in front of the Heavy Machine Guns we can place a cover under the Heavy Machine Gun nozzle and installed this cover with two stones , for this cover we can use a thick nylon Or any similar materials that well known for its lightweights and strong resilience like the linoleum beside its ability not to keep the dust to ensure a quick clean up under the Heavy Machine Gun nozzle and installed this cover with two stones ..Of course the film is talking about the European theater of operations which its known of being a rich sources of potable water and non-potable water so this is not a problem in itself But the physical and logistic headache begins when you are compelled on perseverance carrying it and move constantly from place to place Besides carrying other equipment and weapons, ammunition and other materials for personal subsistence and that would be an additional physical burden on the soldiers of the assault or the storm unit Or which has been fighting a moving war ( some sort of war of movement but in smaller scale Depending on the nature of the combat operation ) or not had been organized in fixed-line of defense or that are not connected to other combat units ..
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I wish we had youtube in the first world war, we are sure to beat the Germans now we have it.
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I feel asleep what happened??
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If the Germans captured this film they'd think every GI has a jeep.
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Can anyone tell me how they made the part towards the end of the video where couple Germans are shot dead? If it's special effect, how did they make it in the 30s/40s ? Please don't tell me it's real Germans...
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0331 for life
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why does he pronounce oblique like that?
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Imagine having communications via courier, and not having to worry about accurate and devastating air support at any second...
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lol okay :D
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This film was produced & titled during World War 2. Too late to change that now. ;)
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Shouldn't it be "deployment"?
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Yea they do (WWWDOT)m2hb.net/manuals/fm23_65.pdf
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Kind of difficult with air cooled weapons only. Bring back the M1917!
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They dont teach indirect fire anymore
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This video helps me winning Modern Warfare 2