The italians used .303 in their aircraft guns, The machine guns in a jap zero were licence built vickers. The japs used a Lewis gun, As did our Navy. and of course the British army and Navy.
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The italians used .303 in their aircraft guns, The machine guns in a jap zero were licence built vickers. The japs used a Lewis gun, As did our Navy. and of course the British army and Navy.
I once viewed a clip of some Rumanian soldiers in Russia standing on a Matilda tank pulling 8mm rounds out of belted tank ammo can and packing their pockets.
I've seen WW2 photos of German soldiers armed with U.S. M1 carbines but never an M1 rifle or BAR. Apparently they didn't hear that the carbine didn't kill German soldiers.
I guess the Germans must have been arm weary and had not heard the M-1 carbines did not function well in cold weather.Quote:
Originally Posted by smle-man
A friend of mine saw a lot of carbines that did not work in the Korean War during winter weather but only saw one M-1 rifle quit.