LMGs - the most unpolished weapon class (imo)

[VoyoMayPL]

@8383908

what the machine gun nest tries to emulate

“tries”, good choice of a word.

[Szeki_]

@21557209

No they shouldn’t. LMGs have less recoil than rifles IRL. Its the same round being fired by a much heavier and larger gun. The myth that LMGs have more recoil than a rifle chambered in the same round is the most ridiculous thing I ever see people commonly call for.

Yeah, in semi auto, for the first few shots, before fatigue sets in. Im strictly talking firing from the shoulder and in full auto. There’s no way an average soldier could control an LMG like that, and use it effectively. Especially considering the fact that most of these guns don’t even have a proper front grip. Plus soldiers were not trained to fire these weapons from the shoulder as it was not part of military doctrine.