Darne Model 1933: belt-fed infantry version , maybe for a axis Event squad

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Most info about it in the video!

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The Darne company was one of relatively few private arms manufacturers in France, best known for shotguns. During World War One they got into the machine gun trade, making licensed Lewis guns for the French air service. After making a few thousand of those, Regis Darne designed his own belt-fed machine gun in 1917. A large order was placed by the French military, but it was cancelled before production began because of the end of the war.

Darne continued to develop this design in the 1920s, while also producing sporting arms to keep the business running. The gun was intended mostly as an aircraft gun, but designed in a rather modular fashion, easily made into both magazine-fed and belt-fed infantry versions as well as downing, wing, and observer aerial models. It was actually bought by the French Air Force, as well as several other countries during the inter-war period.

The example we are looking at today is an infantry configuration, with a bipod and light-profile barrel. It is chambered for the French 7.5x54mm cartridge, and is officially the Model 1933 (one of the last iterations made). Many thanks to the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels for access to this very rare piece! Check them out here:

Source The Darne company was one of relatively few private arms manufacturers in France, best known for shotguns. During World War One they got into the machine gun trade, making licensed Lewis guns for the French air service. After making a few thousand of those, Regis Darne designed his own belt-fed machine gun in 1917. A large order was placed by the French military, but it was cancelled before production began because of the end of the war.

Darne continued to develop this design in the 1920s, while also producing sporting arms to keep the business running. The gun was intended mostly as an aircraft gun, but designed in a rather modular fashion, easily made into both magazine-fed and belt-fed infantry versions as well as downing, wing, and observer aerial models. It was actually bought by the French Air Force, as well as several other countries during the inter-war period.
The example we are looking at today is an infantry configuration, with a bipod and light-profile barrel. It is chambered for the French 7.5x54mm cartridge, and is officially the Model 1933 (one of the last iterations made). Many thanks to the Royal Museum of the Armed Forces and Military History in Brussels for access to this very rare piece! Check them out here:
Source Darne Model 1933: An Economic & Modular Interwar MG - Forgotten Weapons
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I dont know if this pictures are exactly from the same variant, or it hade some modul changes it was quite modular.

More info about multyple versions of Darne LMG,s
THE DARNE MACHINE GUN - Small Arms Review

Rate of fire 900 to 1,200 rounds per minute i think the infantry version was most likely on the lower end.

Darne Lmg,s did exist in multyple calibers.

Battle Rating i think its depends to a big part on the lengt on the belt and how much ammo it hase.
If its 150 Catridges like in the black and white picture than it would be Br 5 i think maybe if 100 rounds maybe Br4 50 - 90 rouds maybe Br3.

Muzzle velocity 790 m/s
maybe it depends on cartridge and caliber?

There could be multyple versions of this gun!

Different callibers different belt length,s.

Do you want Darne Model 1933: belt-fed infantry version?

  • Yes Darne Model 1933: belt-fed infantry version
  • No Darne Model 1933: belt-fed infantry version
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For what?

The Axis didnt get to long a real Event Squad except the saboteur , but the allies did get last time the Kick ASS p39 squad and the Soviet the good Zuckermann launcher squad , axis germany did get out empty for to long if we talk about real event squad for the Event slots.

This weapon could be used for a Vichy-Regime Axis Event Squad.
Or other Axis forces.
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Or * Germany – Designation: 7.5 or 8 mm l.MG 106(f)

  • Italy – 1000 machine guns in .303 purchased in 1924, designated as Darne cal. 7,7.[7]
    But i am not sure what Darne Variants.

There was a Darne Lmg, Box mag version but this Suggestion Post isnt about this!

Should one be used for a Axis Event Squad?

There could be multyple versions of this Lmg.

  • Yes for a axis event squad
  • No for a Axis event squad
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Other Idears for Axis Event squads

I have a bit more.

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French M60?!

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Maybe?

But the Us M60 came some decades later.

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I mean, because they look alike, like
Johnson M1941: Fake M60
MG42: Grandpa M60
FG42: Dad M60
VGO No.2: Bri’ish M60

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I realy dont know.

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50 rounds yes br3
90 rounds no -10 rounds does not equal 1 less br
I no no prone so again no br3 90 rounds
With the set up the gun would not have a long enough reload for 90 rounds

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I think with the Br stuff its often hard to see through.

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Another BR V LMG for Axis?
I dont think it would be necessary, especially since other LMGs for the BR have also been suggested.

Wouldnt Allies benefit more, especially from a French event/premium squad with this gun?

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Who would use it as Allies though? It would need to be with a French squad to make sense most likely. It would be easier to implement as a standalone Axis weapon IMO.

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Maybe
but i did say

You could give a version maybe to a Free French squad as well or a different version as a allied Event weapon.

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Maybe it would work as a Free French squad maybe or Free italian.

There where some export versions of this LMG

but i did say.

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The main reason I did not write a suggestion about the Darne MG is because I could not find a reliable source explaining how to differentiate the variants.
Adding multiple variants could be a little problematic.

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Enlisted often dont care realy.