"All of Vlad's forces and all of Vlad's men, are out to put Humpty together again." (6 Viewers)

[GrauGeist]

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.

 

[marathag]

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.