damn left flank

It was a H&K, but a rather old model.
Isn't the GMG a bullpup? Those aren't used in the danish military.
And the machinegun, well since it let the cartridges falls directly down it was no problem with me being lefthanded. In fact I rather liked it as I found the secondary hand to be more of a problem to place (you had to hold the weapon on the stock quite far back), also it kept the weapon firmly in place while I reloaded (beltfed). The only problem arised when I had to change the barrel, that could be done singlehanded if you were righthanded, but not me, I had to let it go completely (as most did), but again the difference was marginal, a second or so added to the three seconds perhaps (those old MG42s have really nice short changetimes for their barrels).

Here in the Canadian Army we are also taught to shoot with both hands. It's for different reasons such as patrolling (coverage both side) and Urban warfare. When rounding a corner you may have to switch to your left-hand (or right for lefties) to properly round the corner without exposing your whole body before you can shoot. We're also allowed to shoot left-handed if we choose to. I'm right-handed though.

p.s. I was reading on the Diemaco website that the Danish uses the C7 family of weapons now. Those weapons are really easily used by lefties.

Yep, the army made the transition soem years ago, but the navy don't get as money for personal arms (all goes into the ships and Harpoons and such), so they are a bit slower.
I think they are changing over now...
Now the C7 is much similar to the short M16 right? Or is it a big one with only 20 shots in the magazine?

Historically, the most honoured position on the battlefield was the right flank.

i thought somebody already sead that

What is this thread coming to?
Misunderstandings :dizzy2:
Modern warfare(I thought RTW was a historical game?)
and guns(look at notes to the above)
:help:

Hey sometimes threads get a little sidetracked.

Anyways. A C7 is a variant of the M16 with a few little differences. IT's not the short version. That would be M4/C8. The C7 has some changes like a spent casing deflector, full-auto, longer barrel and some other little tweaks and there is 30 bullets in a mag. It's that curved type of magazine that holds 30 rounds. BTW I just got back from an army exercise today and they are such a fine weapon, I love it everytime I play with them.

well did anyone tried the m1 garand or the ak 47

The GMG is a grenade machine gun, it is quite a cool weapon. Here is a link http://www.hkdefense.us/pages/milita...tions/gmg.html. 330 40mm grenades per minute, gives me that warm tingly feeling... Anyone here ever use a G-36, XM-8 or any other type of H&K assault rifle? I have only read bits about their guns from Rainbow six, their website and Mail Call but they seem to be really good...
They are making 4 versions or so of the XM-8, including sharpshooter, carbine and LMG variants. The US is phasing out the M-16 family in 2005 in favor of these new guns...

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Originally Posted by Emperor Umeu 1

well did anyone tried the m1 garand or the ak 47

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Tried the Garant.
It is fun... pom pom pom pom pom pom pom pom klang. Quite possibly one of the best sounding weapons, but also very bad in a real fight, *klang* and your enemy knows you are reloading.

Kenshin the older H&K I have experience with (as I mentioned earlier), one of those that look like big assault guns. They are very accurate if you know what you are doing, and they pack a serious punch, but they also have a kickback like a mule. You don't want to fire one standing up (but then again you don't want to do that period), it will mess up your aim impossibly. Several of the guys I was in with had big black spots on their shoulders after we had been on the range. In fact we were allowed to use our barets as padding when firing.
But to be honest I always found the MG42 to have a much more serious kickback (can't imagine it with a 7.92mm instead of the 7.62mm now). After firing one of those you need not go get a massage, your whole body is shaken apart.

LOL, I have only fired a shotgun, 12 gauge but then again I am pretty young to be trying out an assault rifle or machine gun. I shot like 15 rounds or so and to be honest the kickback was not that bad, anyone know how the kickback on a single shotgun shell compares to 1 5.56mm or 7.62mm round?

Lee Enfield Mk1 .303 bolt action for me. And after a few magazines it really starts to hurt, especially if you don't keep it tucked in really tight.

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Originally Posted by Uesugi Kenshin

anyone know how the kickback on a single shotgun shell compares to 1 5.56mm or 7.62mm round?

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That very much depends on the weapon. The MG42 fires the same round as the assault rifle I used, but the kickback was much worse, even in a single shot. We first tried a single shot then a few shots and finally full belts, though not in full long bursts, only tapping 3 rounds off (which is so fast that all three are off before you know it).
But I suspect that a 12 guage is more powerful than a normal round.

I bet the round I fired was less though, it was not a very heavy shot. I tried several including grouse and duck shot. The grouse got caught in the milk jug!