 | FG-42 & StG.44 vids| WW2 General Discuss FG-42 & StG.44 vids in the World War II - General forums; And lets be honest, semi-auto from the shoulder was not its forte'
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02-24-2008, 08:06 PM
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And lets be honest, semi-auto from the shoulder was not its forte'
| Why not ? The straight inline stock and the muzzle brake makes it more controllable & comfortable to shoot.
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Country:  | Because it was meant to be an "assault" weapon where full auto was highly desireable. And other makes of weapons that were semiauto could have served the same role, cheaper, lighter and with less maintenance. And those serving as full auto that were more controllable. It was useable from the shoulder, yes. It was in its limelight from a prone position as a squad automatic equivalent. But you wouldn't want it issued to every rifleman. And thus it wasn't with the exception of special forces of the Wermacht.
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02-25-2008, 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Matt308  You would have to measure that in minute-of-barn. And lets be honest, semi-auto from the shoulder was not its forte'. | Just to show how poor my knowledge is, what is minute-of -barn?
A guess would be slang for spread of a short burst | |
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| It's instead of Minute Of Angle, or MOA, the usual way to measure the accuracy of a weapon. If it shoots sub MOA it's extremely accurate, and if it shoots above 3 MOA not soo accurate.
1 MOA is approx. one inch at 100y, that means if your rifle shoots 1 MOA groups it will place all its projectiles within a one inch circle at 100y, and if it shoots .5 MOA half that.
__________________ We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft (Me-262), but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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| Double post....
__________________ We have built a total of about 1250 of this aircraft (Me-262), but only fifty were allowed to be used as fighters - as interceptors. And out of this fifty, there were never more than 25 operational. So we had only a very, very few.
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02-25-2008, 04:45 AM
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Originally Posted by Soren It's instead of Minute Of Angle, or MOA, the usual way to measure the accuracy of a weapon. If it shoots sub MOA it's extremely accurate, and if it shoots above 3 MOA not soo accurate.
1 MOA is approx. one inch at 100y, that means if your rifle shoots 1 MOA groups it will place all its projectiles within a one inch circle at 100y, and if it shoots .5 MOA half that. | Thanks
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02-25-2008, 07:10 AM
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| It isn't official Glider, Matt just made it up for fun 
Matt,
The FG-42 was great in that it coul serve so many roles; LMG, combat rifle & sniperrifle. And the inline stock & muzzle brake also made sure that controllable bursts were very accurate from the shoulder.
That having been said, the RoF of the Version 1 was 750 -900 rpm depending on the ammo used, which is very high, so high that prolonged full automatic fire from the shoulder would be in the "Minute Of Barn" range in terms of accuracy
The second version had a reduced RoF of 600 rpm and an improved muzzle brake, making it more accurate full auto from the shoulder.
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02-25-2008, 05:43 PM
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Country: | Gotta agree with everything Soren is puttin up... The weapon was phenominal....
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