What was the next best LMG of WW2 after the MG42?

the MG34.

>>34942138
Your premise is arguable in the first place.

If you just want to wehraboo it up, probably the MG34.

If you are just ignorant, see
https://youtu.be/SyJs6expvT8

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>>34942145
>the MG34.

mein neger.

>>34942145
ok after the MG34

>>34942156
>BAR
>Shitty bipod
>20 rounds
It's shit

DPM best.

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>>34942185
>ok after the MG34

Actually, the MG34 is better in pretty much all aspects than the MG42, except build complexity and as such price.

It's significantly more accurate, both in single shot & full auto.

>>34942185
probably the mg18

>>34942156
Bren or bust. Burger BAR was a piece of shit compared to its Kurwa cousin

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Shame it was too late to really get into the party. It's pretty much just a flat upgrade to the BAR.

>>34942185
You do know, amidst all your wehraboo bullshit, that the MG42 is a shitter, cheaper to produce replacement for the MG34, don't you? Or have the vidjas replaced reality for you to a point that you can't even accept that historical fact (because man, the MG42 is super cool in COD)?

>>34942145
MG 34 was better than the MG 42 IMO

>>34943280
>MG42 is a shitter
But firerate! More DPS! Less TTK!

>>34942223
DPM was post war (or used in very limited numbers at the very end). That's like saying the SKS is a WWII weapon cause it was used in troop trials in March 1945.

>>34942138
MG34>MG42

>>34943280
This is the amerifat logic
> Lol german tanks super expensive must be more shit than american cheap shit
> Lol german mg42 is worse than mg34 despite being cheaper to produce

Fucking idiots, If you're going to make the quantity is a quality all of its own argument at least be consistent with it you cucks.

>>34943334
You're the fag bringing tanks into it, my man. OP, being the cock-gobbler he is, posted some wehraboo nonsense and is getting corrected. Within the nebulous constraints he didn't post, he's getting answers.

And unlike tanks, small arms don't win wars, so one could conceivably focus on which gucci piece of kraut ironmongery is "better" without bringing up strategic concerns.

>>34943304
By that logic the Stg44 isn't a WWII weapon.

>>34942156
He LITERALLY fucking explained it in the video but the first thing you scream is wehraboo like some pathetic bottom feeder. The MG42/34 were area denial weapons by design. Completely different from the BAR, it's retarded to directly compare them on the squad level due to usage/doctrine.

>>34943419
Yeah, the US would definiely have performed as well if everyone carried the M1903 instead of the M1.

>>34943419
>small arms don't win wars
Umm sweetie, the North Vietnamese would like a word with you ;^)

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>>34942138
Is that a Spandau?

>>34943962
>Umm sweetie, the North Vietnamese would like a word with you ;^)
Umm sweetie the North Vietnamese were completely destroyed militarily ;^)

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>>34944002
So that's why there isn't a South Vietnam. Really makes me think.

herman weapons and tank and planes and soldier were shit, thats why they L.O.S.T

>>34943304
Doesn't stop anyone from saying that Pershing is the best heavy tank even though they didn't do shit and arrived at the absolute end of the war on european front.

>>34944081
One could argue that that's actually why there isn't a South Vietnam.

>>34942145
Fpbp

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>>34944255
>Pershing is the best heavy tank
You mean IS3

But the Bren gun was the best LMG of WW2, not the Spandau.

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>Spandau
>good

>>34943914
They literally would have, having overwhelming air and artillery superiority and using trucks instead of horses tends to make you perform well regardless of small arms.

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>>34945035
Its welds break when shot or even over rough terrain.

>>34943297
unless you're a WWII vet who encountered one in combat, your opinion doesn't mean jack shit

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>>34942657
>>34947077
Men like you are the heart and soul of our smashing empire.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=xwMvGM3bhRQ

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>>34948956
>unless you're a WWII vet who encountered one in combat, your opinion doesn't mean jack shit
The Tiger was a pretty good tank.

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>>34942138

>>34942657
>>34948998
t. Lindybeige

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>>34948165
source that shit nigger

>>34948998
The BREN was shit because it was an automatic rifle trying to do a machine gun's job. The BAR had the same problem. The MG-42 and DP-28 were the two best machine guns of WW2.

>>34949066
Nice dubs, but Loopy Lindy's autism does not invalidate the Bren's exceptional performance as an LMG during the Great Kraut Cookup.

>>34943419
>gucci piece of kraut ironmongery
A phrase only found on /k/

>>34949059
First generation FG42 with the retarded hand grip is best FG42. Fuck your gen 2.

>>34949092
>DP-28
>shitty placement of recoil spring
>clumsy, heavy as fuck pan mag
>the shittiest of shitty rounds

>MG-42
>not even a LMG

God damn, did an Englishman fuck your wife or was grandpa just a salty bog wog?

>>34942156

>frito bandito

God this is amazing.

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>>34942138
the breda duh you werhaboo

>>34949123
>what is the DPM
>54R
>shitty
Big rim means reliable extraction. Also, the
MG-42 only weighs a little more than the BREN.

>>34948956
Then why are you giving your opinion?

>>34949092
>The BREN was shit because it was an automatic rifle trying to do a machine gun's job.
Organisation and top mounted magazine allowed to reduce its deficiencies. As 1-man operated LMG it sucks. But 2-men team could execute very fast and slick reloads producing high rate of sustained fire.

>The BAR had the same problem.
BAR problems multiplied by 1-man operation.

>DP-28 were the two best machine guns of WW2.
Too bad soviet users cursed disk magazines and found Bren magazines be better in usage.

>>34949123
The germans classified weapon systems according to their function not any sort of size and weight limit. An MG42 carried by a soldier would be classified as a light machine gun and the same gun mounted on a tripod would be considered a heavy machine gun. In the same vein the panther was a medium tank but if it was made by any other country it would be considered a heavy tank

>>34943962
Public opinion stoked by politically motivated media isn't a small arm, broseph.

Even taking your statement at face value, the particular type of small arm that the NVA/VC used had nothing to do with their victory. If they'd been armed with different small arms, they'd have achieved roughly equal results.