"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (5 Viewers)

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Too much recoil I think.

I must admit I have often thought that the Ukrainians should be fitting Bren guns to high speed fixed wing drones for use as drone killers and for strafing. They would need to fit a bigger magazine but the Ukrainians are good at improvisation so that should not be a problem.

As far as I know the Bren was the only MG that had negative recoil - that means it moves towards the target when fired - so that makes it ideal for fixed wing drones where you do not want a short burst to stall the drone.
Several autoloader style shotguns like the Remington Model 11 and Browning Auto-5, use the recoil energy to cycle the next round into the chamber, which considerably reduces recoil.

The belt-fed shotguns follow this same design.
 
Several autoloader style shotguns like the Remington Model 11 and Browning Auto-5, use the recoil energy to cycle the next round into the chamber, which considerably reduces recoil.

The belt-fed shotguns follow this same design.
It still recoils, it just feels really different from the long recoil impulse of the action, first from the *bang* and then all that metal sliding around.
I think it -feels- less, but that is really a subjective feeling.
 
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It still recoils, it just feels really different from the long recoil impulse of the action, first from the *bang* and then all that metal sliding around.
I think it -feels- less, but that is really a subjective feeling.
Any gas operated recoil systems will be less recoil than inertia recoil(spring) system...But inertia recoil systems are usually lighter than gas operated shotguns/rifles..
 
The point the article mentions fighting for strategically less important areas is understandable. I agree with the idea of striking the enemy where he ain't is better than just throwing elite units into a meat grinder. C'mon, Field Marshall Winter!
 
Any gas operated recoil systems will be less recoil than inertia recoil(spring) system...But inertia recoil systems are usually lighter than gas operated shotguns/rifles..

The Bren was gas operated and light. Apparently there was a belt fed version post ww2 but it is longer and presumably heavier. I do not know if it also gently dragged the operator forward.

 

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