Wild_Bill_Kelso
Senior Master Sergeant
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- Mar 18, 2022
Lol you think he made it up?
Sometimes the Germans did lose battles ... shocking I know.
Sometimes the Germans did lose battles ... shocking I know.
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I know they did. I recently watched oneLol you think he made it up?
Sometimes the Germans did lose battles ... shocking I know.
There is no doubt he deserved the Medal of Honor.I am unfamiliar with the described action, and just read the wiki description. Did Murphy continuously reload the M2 while under fire? As far as I understood, the mounted M2 would have only had 50 round belts in each can. Single handedly operating what is normally a crew served weapon, whilst trying to manage cumbersome ammo boxes, while under fire, and injured, seems like a movie script.
Wow
Being unfamiliar with that man as well, Ill use the same word to describe the action.There is no doubt he deserved the Medal of Honor.
Wither the .50 cal deserves the medal of Honor may be a different story.
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Ben L. Salomon - Wikipedia
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And yet NOT used by the British on anything they built during WW II or in the over 70 years since.
And yet NOT used by the Germans on anything they built during 65 years since Germany could build their own stuff.
And yet NOT used by the French on anything they built during 70 years since they could build their own stuff.
And yet NOT used by the Italians on anything they built during 70 years since they could build their own stuff.
Or the Swedes....................................................
Get the idea??
USA right, rest of the world wrong?
You are correct.But they are a known quantity and they are very effective when used right.
Crunchy on the outside, chewy on the inside.
I think some of the strong negative feelings about HMG's are due to the fact that it's still a MG. Yes, it carries a lot more punch than a LMG, and API ammo turned out to be decently good for punching holes in engine blocks or (thin) armor plates and for lighting stuff on fire. But for only a little bit bigger caliber you get something firing HE shells which are vastly better against many kinds of targets.
Then again, a HMG seems to be just big enough that you can sprinkle them on all kinds of vehicles without having to worry too much about a massive mount capable of taking the weight and recoil of the gun. Autocannon mounts in comparison tend to be massive affairs, or even mounted in a turret, substantially increasing weight and cost.
I can't help but notice that all the Sherman photos you are posting are of M4A3E8(76). The "Easy 8", with the HVSS suspension and muzzle brake. Only about 2,400 of nearly 50,000 Shermans (excluding post war upgrades) were built as Easy 8.
That model didn't reach Europe for distribution to the front line troops until late Dec 1944. 4th Armored Div was one the first to get them during the fighting around Bastogne. Relatively few reached combat before the end of the war, which is perhaps why there are so many photos of them around.
The fourth pic down in post 393 shows a sour looking Gen. Patton.