Cheesy MGs (was FN F2000)

[Shawn Mulock <salamndr@xxxxxxxx>]

srydzews@ix.netcom.com wrote:

> millenniums-end-l@firedrake.org wrote:
> > This is probably the feature that scares me the most.  Any jamming
> > in this ejection tube and serious malfunction results that takes a
> > good bit of fiddling to fix.  They have kindly put access holes in
> > the side of the tube to allow acces, but that also allows access to
> > dirt and other obstructions.
> > Reminds me of the magazine on the Chauchat.
> >
> > Rob
>
> Oh now it can't be *that* bad.  It reminds me more of a WWII Italian
> medium MG (designation escapes me at the moment, but it's real) that
> used rigid sheet metal 'belts' of 20 or so rounds, thus neatly
> combining the disadvantages of a magazine-fed and a belt-fed weapon.
> Further, after the action removed a round from the 'belt' and fired
> it, the empty cartridge case was then extracted from the chamber
> and lovingly re-inserted *back into* the sheet metal strip, thus
> approximately doubling the complexity of the feed mechanism in an
> apparent attempt at promoting recycling and battlefield neatness.
>
> (In addition, I think this is one of those delightful WWII MG's
> that required the rounds to be oiled in order to extract properly.
> Lovely thing, oiled rounds stored exposed on sheet metal strips,
> won't pick up hardly any dirt at all on those, oh no, especially
> not in the North African desert.)
>
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LOL

S.