c/forgottenweapons · by FireTower@lemmy.world · 2yUS Marines Training w/ m1917 & m1919 Machineguns (1940s) 85 points · 11 comments · view on lemmy.world
11 Comments
Gork@lemm.ee · 9 pts · 2y
That position looks... painful
MightBeAlpharius@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y
"...And this is the fire selector lever. It changes fire modes between 'ouch,' 'owwww,' and "AAAAAAAAAAAGH.'"
Nacktmull@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
So that's why in the movies they always start to scream at some point while firing those things.
geography082@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
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Anticorp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Something tells me this image has been edited.
AscendantSquid@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 2y
What makes you say that?
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y
Because men typically protect their nuts more than their life. I don't see any soldiers voluntarily absorbing the recoil from a machine gun with their nads.
AscendantSquid@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 2y
That's very true, but that looks to be too high up to be on the nads. It looks like they're bracing it against their pelvis.
Anticorp@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
Why though?
Mirshe@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
I would assume this is before the adoption of the BAR.
NarsilNZ@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
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