You know what? Thank you very much to portrait Heinrich as a soldier and not as a f****** monster like he is so many times. Germans and all others did the job they were told to. And the average german soldier was no monster - like the average allied soldier was none.
There were some sad decisions made, it happened on every side - but I really hate it to see, that the poor front-soldier is made accredible for it.
Thank you very much! I hope my english is to read ^^
thanks you for the video. i agree the gunners were trained to do burst but there is endless ww2 footage of gunners ripping threw 100 -250 rds in one burst .its not a matter of believe or not its a fact they did. i can recomend vids that show this as a fact.
If that's a postwar version it could be an early development of the MG3 which is still in use today. It's actually almost exactly like the original MG42 so I guess it really doesn't matter. Easily one of the best GPMG ever created.
@marine9588 dude that is a ww2 mg42. if it were a mg3 or post war mg it would have a different flash hider on it and those shells are to big to be 308nato.
@weapons4war shit i forgot for a minute that they shoot different cartridges. MG42= 7.92x59 i believe and MG3=7.62x51 NATO like you said. But their ROF is pretty much the same im guessing since its nearly the same design.
@marine9588 the ROF is slightly lower on the mg3 it was done post war when all the final modifications and new productions of the MG42 were made ie mg1 and minor mods', the mg2 and mods' with the mg3 becoming the final product the rate of fire was decreased to conserve ammo at the request of the Bundeswehr but the ROF was only really tweaked slightly with a heaver bolt
@GUNNY89 You can slow the ROF down by replacing the bolt with a heavier one or you can speed it up by removing the bolt anti-bounce device (not safe or recommended).
Great video, fantastic really! I haven't heard before that the crews would swap between 3 barrels at a time, that gives a new and very interesting outlook on their firing behaviour. Would they ever 'expediate' the cooling of the barrels by plunging them in water (or pissing on them etc) to cool them off faster in times of stress? It might be moot when they are firing 500 rounds through? a barrel in a life or death situation.
C2, I am glad you mention Gockel and his polish Browning. Thanks to Hollywood it seems that everyone thinks that the germans exclusively used the mg34 or 42. The germans were great scavengers of the over run countries and used many many different makes of machine guns. Great video!
@GunDoc39402 Exactly. Remember that Germany also kept firearms and munition factories operating in many occupied countries. The MG-34 remained in production with Czech factories right up to the end of the war, it's manufacturing code was "dot", Waffenwerke Brunn AG, Brno, Czechoslovakia.
What i always wondered about , when ejected, are the empty cases beeing pressed in on their front due to the ejection system? i found a LOT of pressed in casings in the forests of the German village i grew up. As i had found a bipod of a 42 there aswell, i just wonder and hope somebody here can help me.
@HondaNsrFan Yes, the MG42 has a bad habit of deforming case mouths. It can be corrected by opening the front edge of the ejection port, I have made several mods like this for customers that want to do reloading.
@C2builder Thanks for the qucik reply! I think it were like 6-700 casings in that shape,i guess defending the allied forces on crossing the Rhine made up bigger problems then getting that Problem fixed :P Btw, thanks for mentioning Severloh, who is a great person in a way. He even got in contact with a Army preacher he shot on Omaha and got into a friendship with him. may there never be war between our nations again and insted friendship... Greetings from the Rhineland Palatinate!
@cujomojo2007 The ideal burst is a count of three banana's, 1 banana, 2 banana, 3. The rate of fire for the MG42 would make it extremely difficult to to use a round count burst, I think what Jim means is the German gunners were trained to fire a 3 second burst.
@skeligandrew they are just sett a side for coling then when the adder barrle was to hot they replace it with the first one so no the barrles arent disposed
Heinrich Severloh fired 12,000 rounds from his MG42, and 400 rifle rounds. If his autobiography is to be believed, he accounted for over half of all allied casualties at Omaha. Severloh said he started shooting at 5:00am, that would have been Central European Time, still half an hour before the first LCA hit the beach. I think the order "Don't shoot, till knee deep", is often given instead of the real order Severloh mentions "Stop shooting, till in range".
@cujomojo2007 If you read the account of of Jimmy Green, (The guy who put Cpt Fellers ashore) he mentions being under fire all the way to the beach. But it all went quiet when the ramp of his LCA went down, that would have tied in with the order that Severloh received. The 352nd were exactly what most of the troops landing thought they would be, young boys and old men. It as the sheer number of MG's at Omaha, more than any of the other beaches, there were 16 MG's in Tobruk's and Bunkers.
@C2builder In terms of casemates only 2 of the WN's had two casemates 62 and 72. WN61, 65, 70 and 73 had one casemate, the rest had none. Your right about one of the guns being removed from WN62 the day before D-Day, the empty casemate was still well defended though. One was eventually reduced with a Bazooka round while being assaulted from the rear, the other was knocked out by one of the M4A1's that made the beach.
I need to correct you a little bit. The manual says that you need to change the barrel after 150 rounds. Wider in widerstandsnest is pronounced as Wiender without the n. Casmate is the english version for the dutch word kazemat that is a dutch battle pillbox.
@metallicafan114 The manual I have (1943) says to change every 250rds when using 7.92x57IS 12.8g cartridge. Maybe the change difference is when they added the bolt-bounce device? Bullet weight?
@C2builder I just heard from the german weapons expert in the re-enactment group i am a member off, with the normal military rounds to change evry 150 rounds. Even in the series lock n load from history channel it has been said every 150 rounds.
@metallicafan114 I'm just going by what my war-time manual says. Maybe your expert has different sources, but please, don't go by what you hear on TV gun shows, those people get crap twisted all the time and I wouldn't take what they say as fact.
@MrAramantha This MG42 was built by me from a German WW2 parts kit. The silver colored finish is original. In the last months of the war Germany was building guns as fast as possible and not bluing the recievers. This finish is called clear phosphate and is sort of like a clear parkerizing done back then.
On a related note, i've got a Norwegian manual on the MG3, and on the tripod mounted sustained fire it notes that fire is done in increments of 50 rounds (i'm guessing this is indirect fire, to create a good beaten zone down range).
Any chance you can do a video on indirect MG fire? A rather forgotten and overlooked application that is the true roots of MG tactics.
According to a builder/renovator I know (or knew rather) asbestos products are only really dangerous when they are damaged, which causes the fibres to spread into the air and such.
@passwordresetisbroke True. I still use the original oil soaked asbestos twine to pack my old water-cooled guns. It's safe as long as it's wet and you don't eat or sniff the loose fibers.
Nicely Done Buddy!! I'll make a note to find the exact position of the Reistance Nest when I hit Normandy in April. Now, I need to re find that darn Layfette mount I saw on the internet and order it! Thanks for setting this up for us.
@nzww2buff WN62 is still there and you can actually go inside parts of it and overlook the beach sectors. I think Serverloh was stationed in a Tobruk just down in front of the zig-zag trenches but I can't confirm that. Maybe your guide will know.
@C2builder There are only 2 Tobruk's at WN62, both were Mortar Tobruk's. There's 2 AT Gun Casemates there too. It was these that Severloh was defending with his MG42, more than likely in the infantry role.
why did u just hold the gun and shoot it with the stand? like why did u use a custom stand for the trigger? but thumbs up on the vid I LOVE THIS GUN!!
@imbored1871 The defensive positions for machine guns facing the beach heads on Normandy used tripods or casemate static mounts. This video was to show just that. Thanks.
set up like that on that mount wouldnt it limit your field of fire they would be constantly adjusting the traversing mechanism too aquire new targets[marines running ashore at different places]? it seems to me it would be a lot easier off the shoulder.
@antmark1960 Not really, the machine guns were all set up to create a overlapping fire zone. Each gun would cover a partial area of the other stationed just down the beach, basically creating a solid wall of lead you could not avoid coming ashore.
Were there any riflemen firing from trenches and rifle pits at all on the Normandy beaches or was it pretty much just machine gunners in bunkers and pillboxes?
@nbenicewicz the germans never fired the MG's form bunkers like in the moives thay had a special holes set up around on the beechs look at the vids on ted's channel from the beechs you will see the MG holes
and thay also set them behind sand bags
thay did not just use the german mag MG's thay also used captured guns of all types
@nbenicewicz Yes, each gun crew had gunner's mates that helped feed the guns and used thier K98's to pick off troops coming ashore. Heinrich Severloh even states he used his K98 rifle on occation while his MG was cooling off. The Germans had many snipers on D-Day.
Thanks very much for this - awesome video! Out of curiosity what is the view like through the periscope? Is the field of view narrow? Is a spotter required to direct fire? Thanks again!
@DagaYute I tried to get a shot of video through the periscope but the camera wouldn't keep focus. It looks alot like the standard type hunting scopes with a center post and grads out to each side of that. It has adjustments for bright and dusk light conditions as well as a cable lighting system (lights up recticle) and battery box just like the WW2 variation. No spotter is needed and the scope is good out to 900 meters.
@C2builder Thanks for the reply! The tripod mount seems like a really advanced bit of kit and reflects the seriousness the Germans put into machine gunnery.
"Heinrich Severloh was a soldier in the German 352nd Infantry Division, which was stationed in Normandy in 1944. He has been referred to as the “Beast of Omaha Beach” by the media of English speaking countries. He rose to notoriety as a gunner in a machine gun emplacement known as WN 62 “Widerstandsnest 62”. In his autobiography he claimed that in that position he inflicted 1000-2000 casualties while American soldiers were landing on Omaha Beach."
@KiloSierraAlpha Yes, I agree with everything you say but, the total number of American casualties on D-Day was only 3000 +/- so I doubt he really killed that many. I would however go for a figure closer to 300.
Love this gun!
scootex1912 1 week ago
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johndecat 3 weeks ago
You know what? Thank you very much to portrait Heinrich as a soldier and not as a f****** monster like he is so many times. Germans and all others did the job they were told to. And the average german soldier was no monster - like the average allied soldier was none.
There were some sad decisions made, it happened on every side - but I really hate it to see, that the poor front-soldier is made accredible for it.
Thank you very much! I hope my english is to read ^^
genjuro88 1 month ago
thanks you for the video. i agree the gunners were trained to do burst but there is endless ww2 footage of gunners ripping threw 100 -250 rds in one burst .its not a matter of believe or not its a fact they did. i can recomend vids that show this as a fact.
coljohn23 1 month ago
it amazes me how much you dudes know. great as always.
weapons4war 1 month ago
If that's a postwar version it could be an early development of the MG3 which is still in use today. It's actually almost exactly like the original MG42 so I guess it really doesn't matter. Easily one of the best GPMG ever created.
marine9588 1 month ago
@marine9588 dude that is a ww2 mg42. if it were a mg3 or post war mg it would have a different flash hider on it and those shells are to big to be 308nato.
weapons4war 1 month ago
@weapons4war shit i forgot for a minute that they shoot different cartridges. MG42= 7.92x59 i believe and MG3=7.62x51 NATO like you said. But their ROF is pretty much the same im guessing since its nearly the same design.
marine9588 1 month ago
@marine9588 the ROF is slightly lower on the mg3 it was done post war when all the final modifications and new productions of the MG42 were made ie mg1 and minor mods', the mg2 and mods' with the mg3 becoming the final product the rate of fire was decreased to conserve ammo at the request of the Bundeswehr but the ROF was only really tweaked slightly with a heaver bolt
Blackguineapig 1 month ago
suscribed, great vid man
waffencamo 1 month ago
Could you demonstrate how these tripods swivel? in most of your videos they are locked in place
dylandance 1 month ago
Great insight on that subject sir, thanks a lot.
antikoerper256 1 month ago
I love this machine gun :D
rapanuimaster 1 month ago
I heard that you can slow the rate of fire by moving some parts around in the bolt to bring it down to about 600-700rpm is that true
GUNNY89 1 month ago
@GUNNY89 You can slow the ROF down by replacing the bolt with a heavier one or you can speed it up by removing the bolt anti-bounce device (not safe or recommended).
C2builder 1 month ago
/watch?v=CdnB8ST8A94 (Beast of Omaha Beach) But you have to learn German ;)
PS But you can never use again the sleeves if you fires tfrom a MG42! this is the only design error
pinselplins 1 month ago
I like your neutral point of explaining. You arent insulting the german guys, who did theyr sad duty, as nazis. thanks.
Kampfkauz 1 month ago
This is turning into a a great channel. Keep it up guys
JSSW183 1 month ago
The most accurate AV MG 42 (brief) education anywhere on the internet!
superkancil 1 month ago
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Great video, fantastic really! I haven't heard before that the crews would swap between 3 barrels at a time, that gives a new and very interesting outlook on their firing behaviour. Would they ever 'expediate' the cooling of the barrels by plunging them in water (or pissing on them etc) to cool them off faster in times of stress? It might be moot when they are firing 500 rounds through? a barrel in a life or death situation.
KinetiK138 1 month ago
@KinetiK138 Expedite? Not that I have ever heard of.
C2builder 1 month ago
Very interesting stuff!
SEThatered 1 month ago
Lol, the cases rolling around was quite distracting, excellent video though, thanks for sharing.
TaZ101SAGA 1 month ago
C2, I am glad you mention Gockel and his polish Browning. Thanks to Hollywood it seems that everyone thinks that the germans exclusively used the mg34 or 42. The germans were great scavengers of the over run countries and used many many different makes of machine guns. Great video!
GunDoc39402 1 month ago
@GunDoc39402 Exactly. Remember that Germany also kept firearms and munition factories operating in many occupied countries. The MG-34 remained in production with Czech factories right up to the end of the war, it's manufacturing code was "dot", Waffenwerke Brunn AG, Brno, Czechoslovakia.
C2builder 1 month ago
@nzww2buff you didn't actually use an asbestos mit right..? D:
MMBNM 1 month ago
@MMBNM It's not 100% asbestos, the material is interwoven with a double layer cotton twill. It's safe.....unless I get the desire to chew on it.
C2builder 1 month ago
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C2builder 1 month ago
What i always wondered about , when ejected, are the empty cases beeing pressed in on their front due to the ejection system? i found a LOT of pressed in casings in the forests of the German village i grew up. As i had found a bipod of a 42 there aswell, i just wonder and hope somebody here can help me.
HondaNsrFan 1 month ago
@HondaNsrFan Yes, the MG42 has a bad habit of deforming case mouths. It can be corrected by opening the front edge of the ejection port, I have made several mods like this for customers that want to do reloading.
C2builder 1 month ago
@C2builder Thanks for the qucik reply! I think it were like 6-700 casings in that shape,i guess defending the allied forces on crossing the Rhine made up bigger problems then getting that Problem fixed :P Btw, thanks for mentioning Severloh, who is a great person in a way. He even got in contact with a Army preacher he shot on Omaha and got into a friendship with him. may there never be war between our nations again and insted friendship... Greetings from the Rhineland Palatinate!
HondaNsrFan 1 month ago
Nice video! i simply love thse type of realistic reconstructions hope we will see more weapons thanks,
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cujomojo2007 1 month ago
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@cujomojo2007 The ideal burst is a count of three banana's, 1 banana, 2 banana, 3. The rate of fire for the MG42 would make it extremely difficult to to use a round count burst, I think what Jim means is the German gunners were trained to fire a 3 second burst.
cujomojo2007 1 month ago
nice to see some history included in this video....all absolutely correct ...do you include tracer rounds in your beltsl?
616702 1 month ago
@616702 I have 8mm tracers but not in this video. The Germans defending the Atlantic Wall did use tracers as well as armor-pirecing projectiles
C2builder 1 month ago
MG42 is my favorite weapon ever. just the way it's build and how it sounds and works and how it looks. it's just soooo badass ...
halfpipefreak 1 month ago
Hey great video, are the barrels disposed after they are taken out or can they be used again?
skeligandrew 1 month ago
@skeligandrew they are just sett a side for coling then when the adder barrle was to hot they replace it with the first one so no the barrles arent disposed
SweStuff94 1 month ago
@skeligandrew
The barrels are set aside to get cooled off then used again. (As is explained in the video, the Germans used to alternate between 3 barrels)
greedkiller 1 month ago
Heinrich Severloh fired 12,000 rounds from his MG42, and 400 rifle rounds. If his autobiography is to be believed, he accounted for over half of all allied casualties at Omaha. Severloh said he started shooting at 5:00am, that would have been Central European Time, still half an hour before the first LCA hit the beach. I think the order "Don't shoot, till knee deep", is often given instead of the real order Severloh mentions "Stop shooting, till in range".
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cujomojo2007 1 month ago
@cujomojo2007 If you read the account of of Jimmy Green, (The guy who put Cpt Fellers ashore) he mentions being under fire all the way to the beach. But it all went quiet when the ramp of his LCA went down, that would have tied in with the order that Severloh received. The 352nd were exactly what most of the troops landing thought they would be, young boys and old men. It as the sheer number of MG's at Omaha, more than any of the other beaches, there were 16 MG's in Tobruk's and Bunkers.
cujomojo2007 1 month ago
@cujomojo2007 I think WN62 was the largest bunker at Normandy. Didn't they also remove the big guns from this one just days before June 6th?
C2builder 1 month ago
@C2builder In terms of casemates only 2 of the WN's had two casemates 62 and 72. WN61, 65, 70 and 73 had one casemate, the rest had none. Your right about one of the guns being removed from WN62 the day before D-Day, the empty casemate was still well defended though. One was eventually reduced with a Bazooka round while being assaulted from the rear, the other was knocked out by one of the M4A1's that made the beach.
cujomojo2007 1 month ago
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C2builder 1 month ago
This is the weapon that took the use of Bob Dole's right arm.
Alexn1067 1 month ago
Great video. Really brings the history to life with no bias or flannel. Thanks, Jim.
Nosteratees 1 month ago
I need to correct you a little bit. The manual says that you need to change the barrel after 150 rounds. Wider in widerstandsnest is pronounced as Wiender without the n. Casmate is the english version for the dutch word kazemat that is a dutch battle pillbox.
metallicafan114 1 month ago
@metallicafan114 The manual I have (1943) says to change every 250rds when using 7.92x57IS 12.8g cartridge. Maybe the change difference is when they added the bolt-bounce device? Bullet weight?
C2builder 1 month ago
@C2builder I just heard from the german weapons expert in the re-enactment group i am a member off, with the normal military rounds to change evry 150 rounds. Even in the series lock n load from history channel it has been said every 150 rounds.
metallicafan114 1 month ago
@metallicafan114 I'm just going by what my war-time manual says. Maybe your expert has different sources, but please, don't go by what you hear on TV gun shows, those people get crap twisted all the time and I wouldn't take what they say as fact.
C2builder 1 month ago
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ConTacTzDiddy 1 month ago
great to see how well this channel is doing with the great historical background of the guns then the technical aspects and fireing thumbsed up
TheAlexagius 1 month ago
great video, thanks C2builder!
MrColt45acp 1 month ago
Were they alternating the barrels, or were they shot out (I can´t think so) ?
1339LARS 1 month ago
@1339LARS Like I mention in the video, they used 3 barrels in a cycle so it allows cool down time to use them again. Trigger discipline was critical.
C2builder 1 month ago
@C2builder I was a bit to fast on the reply there !
1339LARS 1 month ago
Nice one !
1339LARS 1 month ago
really good!
girlonwork 1 month ago
Thanks for taking the time to set this up and show us Jim! Really appreciate it, love to see how state of the art this weapon was!
remixnick 1 month ago
how did you get this, was it specially made or did you pick it up at a collectors store, id much like to get my hands on one
MrAramantha 1 month ago
@MrAramantha This MG42 was built by me from a German WW2 parts kit. The silver colored finish is original. In the last months of the war Germany was building guns as fast as possible and not bluing the recievers. This finish is called clear phosphate and is sort of like a clear parkerizing done back then.
C2builder 1 month ago
amazing that the system made in 1942, still is being used by german, and us forces.
MrGerardnl 1 month ago
On a related note, i've got a Norwegian manual on the MG3, and on the tripod mounted sustained fire it notes that fire is done in increments of 50 rounds (i'm guessing this is indirect fire, to create a good beaten zone down range).
Any chance you can do a video on indirect MG fire? A rather forgotten and overlooked application that is the true roots of MG tactics.
norwegianwiking 1 month ago
Abestus gloves..isn't that like highly cancerous? Awesome video! thx
usrnamedenied 1 month ago
@usrnamedenied Only if you decide to snort them.
According to a builder/renovator I know (or knew rather) asbestos products are only really dangerous when they are damaged, which causes the fibres to spread into the air and such.
passwordresetisbroke 1 month ago
@passwordresetisbroke True. I still use the original oil soaked asbestos twine to pack my old water-cooled guns. It's safe as long as it's wet and you don't eat or sniff the loose fibers.
C2builder 1 month ago
@passwordresetisbroke Interesting. Wasn't aware of that.
usrnamedenied 1 month ago
Great Vid Jim.
You mentioned the stand was post WW2, is the sighting mechanism from WW2?
I've never seen it mounted that way, it looks so low.
gusswilliams 1 month ago
@gusswilliams The periscope is H&K post-war also. Original WW2 scopes alone cost $1500 - $2000 when you can find them.
C2builder 1 month ago
Jim, you're a badass. I mean, you absolutely nailed it with the overalls and camo hat! Great vid, take care.
xBiGTxLPZx 1 month ago
@xBiGTxLPZx I live in the country now....I can get away with dressing like that.
C2builder 1 month ago
Nicely Done Buddy!! I'll make a note to find the exact position of the Reistance Nest when I hit Normandy in April. Now, I need to re find that darn Layfette mount I saw on the internet and order it! Thanks for setting this up for us.
nzww2buff 1 month ago 10
@nzww2buff WN62 is still there and you can actually go inside parts of it and overlook the beach sectors. I think Serverloh was stationed in a Tobruk just down in front of the zig-zag trenches but I can't confirm that. Maybe your guide will know.
C2builder 1 month ago
@C2builder There are only 2 Tobruk's at WN62, both were Mortar Tobruk's. There's 2 AT Gun Casemates there too. It was these that Severloh was defending with his MG42, more than likely in the infantry role.
cujomojo2007 1 month ago
barrel length on one of these is ??
MultiSr16 1 month ago
@MultiSr16 21 inch
TaZ101SAGA 1 month ago
cool vid., thanks alot, i enjoyed watching...
MultiSr16 1 month ago
nice *****
wufwufwufwuf 1 month ago
Thank you. Excellent video. I certainly appreciate your work.
GutpileCharlie 1 month ago
Why is this not C2builder's channel?
KinetiK138 1 month ago
@KinetiK138 It IS his channel. We co-founded it.
nzww2buff 1 month ago 4
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KinetiK138 1 month ago
@nzww2buff Egg on my face then, sorry!
KinetiK138 1 month ago
@KinetiK138 No apology required.
nzww2buff 1 month ago
why did u just hold the gun and shoot it with the stand? like why did u use a custom stand for the trigger? but thumbs up on the vid I LOVE THIS GUN!!
imbored1871 1 month ago
@imbored1871 The defensive positions for machine guns facing the beach heads on Normandy used tripods or casemate static mounts. This video was to show just that. Thanks.
C2builder 1 month ago
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KinetiK138 1 month ago
set up like that on that mount wouldnt it limit your field of fire they would be constantly adjusting the traversing mechanism too aquire new targets[marines running ashore at different places]? it seems to me it would be a lot easier off the shoulder.
Just my 2c worth.
antmark1960 1 month ago
@antmark1960 Not really, the machine guns were all set up to create a overlapping fire zone. Each gun would cover a partial area of the other stationed just down the beach, basically creating a solid wall of lead you could not avoid coming ashore.
C2builder 1 month ago
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KinetiK138 1 month ago
Very informative Jim..But did Ted film that? Thats a sweet MG you have there...
sum12see 1 month ago
@sum12see Nope, Ted's home in New Zealand.
C2builder 1 month ago
Great info, I thought as many did that the Germans just laid out a wall of lead from each MG
cplbullet 1 month ago
Those Germans made some fantasic stuff.
hamcheesesalami 1 month ago
Nice vid. Wealth of knowledge.
MrM2hb 1 month ago
congrats jim, you always get it in the one take!
Banano79 1 month ago
Were there any riflemen firing from trenches and rifle pits at all on the Normandy beaches or was it pretty much just machine gunners in bunkers and pillboxes?
nbenicewicz 1 month ago
@nbenicewicz the germans never fired the MG's form bunkers like in the moives thay had a special holes set up around on the beechs look at the vids on ted's channel from the beechs you will see the MG holes
and thay also set them behind sand bags
thay did not just use the german mag MG's thay also used captured guns of all types
camerl2009 1 month ago
@nbenicewicz Yes, each gun crew had gunner's mates that helped feed the guns and used thier K98's to pick off troops coming ashore. Heinrich Severloh even states he used his K98 rifle on occation while his MG was cooling off. The Germans had many snipers on D-Day.
C2builder 1 month ago
That brass came to life.... haha
Kurac80 1 month ago
Thanks very much for this - awesome video! Out of curiosity what is the view like through the periscope? Is the field of view narrow? Is a spotter required to direct fire? Thanks again!
DagaYute 1 month ago
@DagaYute I tried to get a shot of video through the periscope but the camera wouldn't keep focus. It looks alot like the standard type hunting scopes with a center post and grads out to each side of that. It has adjustments for bright and dusk light conditions as well as a cable lighting system (lights up recticle) and battery box just like the WW2 variation. No spotter is needed and the scope is good out to 900 meters.
C2builder 1 month ago
@C2builder Thanks for the reply! The tripod mount seems like a really advanced bit of kit and reflects the seriousness the Germans put into machine gunnery.
DagaYute 1 month ago
Thanks for posting a good watch,ping ponging the videos really works.
ZEDZOR2 1 month ago
That brass is going crazy while your talking. Awesome video and great info.
URBANAMERICANTAC 1 month ago
@URBANAMERICANTAC Really windy outside so I had to shoot from the back door of the shop.
C2builder 1 month ago
Awesome vid, awesome setup! Thanks Jim!
"Heinrich Severloh was a soldier in the German 352nd Infantry Division, which was stationed in Normandy in 1944. He has been referred to as the “Beast of Omaha Beach” by the media of English speaking countries. He rose to notoriety as a gunner in a machine gun emplacement known as WN 62 “Widerstandsnest 62”. In his autobiography he claimed that in that position he inflicted 1000-2000 casualties while American soldiers were landing on Omaha Beach."
KiloSierraAlpha 1 month ago
@KiloSierraAlpha Yes, I agree with everything you say but, the total number of American casualties on D-Day was only 3000 +/- so I doubt he really killed that many. I would however go for a figure closer to 300.
C2builder 1 month ago
@C2builder That's a paragraph from Wikipedia which got it from National Geographic it seems. No idea how accurate NatGeo is on that number...
KiloSierraAlpha 1 month ago
@KiloSierraAlpha Understand. Thanks.
C2builder 1 month ago
it is sad that you are not familiar with eastern front that much.
efrol1 1 month ago
@efrol1 Want to explain that?
C2builder 1 month ago
@efrol1 ..and your basing that on???....
DaytonaRoadster 1 month ago
very professional
efrol1 1 month ago
Why does the camera always make this guy look fat!!! LOL!
C2builder 1 month ago
@C2builder That's you isn't it?
MrFwong42 1 month ago
@MrFwong42 Yeah, sad isn't it?
C2builder 1 month ago
*****
bisquik3006 1 month ago
thanks for the info, as a reenactor of a german unit that fought at dday this will be grat info
Kaptk112 1 month ago
@Kaptk112 If I had the proper uniform I would have dressed the part.
C2builder 1 month ago
@C2builder hey it's no problem! don't have to dress the part to educate
Kaptk112 1 month ago
Great information here. Thanks.
MistrEgg 1 month ago