Beer_n_Pretzels Posted January 8, 2001 Share Posted January 8, 2001 Greetings, I'm hoping some of the WWII history Gurus and/or BTS reps could shed some light on this situation. I'm a die-hard British player and nothing warms my heart more than the continuous chatter of a 1912 Vickers machine Gun. The Vickers is the perfect sustained fire support / suppression machine gun. It doesn't have the muderous rate of fire of a MG42, or the sheer stopping power of a 50 Cal, but it just goes, goes and goes. In fact the Vickers can just about be fired non-stop for an average 30 turn Quick Battle. Sounds Good? I've also read that the Vickers 1912 MG had an amazing reputation for reliability. For example, at the Somme in 1916, the 100th Machine gun company fired non-stop for twelve hours, with not one stoppage. At the end of the action the guns had comsumed an average of 8,300 rounds, totalling 1,000,000 rounds for the entire company" (see p124, John Weeks, Infantry Weapons, Ballantine, 1971). Based on this excerpt, I decided to do a little test. I set up a firing range and got 10 Vickers MG's to fire non-stop at 10 buildings for 20 turns. 14 Jams were recorded. I then repeated this experiment with German MG42 and the US 30 Cal. The 30 Cal recorded 16 Jams and the MG42s, 13 Jams. The results suggest there is little difference between the machine guns in terms of reliability. Of course one test is not statistically valid, but it does beg the following questions: 1. How is the reliability of crew-served machine guns reflected in CM? (disregard vehicle mounted MG's) 2. What does a JAM result actually represent? is is an actual stoppage, or does it also represent barrell changes, refilling coolant etc? 3. Was the Vickers MG historically more reliable than the MG42? thanks in anticipation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forever Babra Posted January 8, 2001 Share Posted January 8, 2001 Ooooh, good question. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Subvet Posted January 8, 2001 Share Posted January 8, 2001 That's a great question. There were differences in the reliability of machineguns in real life, although I have no hard data on the numbers. I doubt this is in the game though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beer_n_Pretzels Posted January 8, 2001 Author Share Posted January 8, 2001 thanks guys, I think I'll repost this topic again under a more sensible subject heading... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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