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Old 20-10-2007, 03:23 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Awww man! Can I have a go pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease?!
I believe that the ACF still fire the bren gun for their 3 star so you'll have to join the boys in green Kitty. Even though i know you have a soft spot for the boys in blue,
If i remember rightly they found on a camp somewhere a whole warehouse full of .303 rounds, enough to keep the ACF using the bren and Lee Enfield for the next 120 years.
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Old 20-10-2007, 07:42 PM   #12 (permalink)
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Awww man! But i wanna be in blue!
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Old 20-10-2007, 07:52 PM   #13 (permalink)
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Sorry Kitty the boys in blue only fire .22 or very rarely the 5.56. Your going to have to bite the bullet and go green.

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Old 20-10-2007, 07:55 PM   #14 (permalink)
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Pfft! Sod that. I'm going to go for the 1500lb instead.
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Old 20-10-2007, 08:01 PM   #15 (permalink)
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Pfft! Sod that. I'm going to go for the 1500lb instead.
Guess i can't beat that. Of course you'll have to join aircrew first.
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Oh yeah baby!
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Hope you don't get airsick, lol.
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The GPMG is i consider the finest light machine gun ever produced and when on the tripod it was too accurate.
How can a gun be too accurate? No one seems to have questioned this so presumably there's some technicality here of which I am not aware.
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How can a gun be too accurate? No one seems to have questioned this so presumably there's some technicality here of which I am not aware.
Hi Adrian,

As a covering fire weapon, the "cone of fire" was not great enough through the life of the magazine. Simply, instead of hitting 20 enemy, you may hit the same target multiple times.

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The Bren had an effective range of around 600 yards when fired from a prone position with a supported bipod. Initial versions of the weapon were sometimes considered too accurate because the cone or pattern of fire was extremely concentrated, resulting in multiple hits on one or two enemies, with other enemy soldiers going untouched. More than a few soldiers expressed a preference for worn-out barrels in order to spread the cone of fire among several targets. Later versions of the Bren addressed this issue by providing a wider cone of fire.
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