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Re: German & Allied radar
Grozibou, you are dead-on correct, especially about the MG 42. It is probably still the best in the world. Our M60 and successors are not even close in terms of usability and effectiveness.
I have asked people why the US did not adopt a clone of the 42 and the answer always is that they, espcially, the Springfield Armory, did not like the stamped metal and thought it was cheap. the result was to continue to use machined (albiet beautiful) parts in weapons that were not that effective or useable and in the case of our M16 had all sorts of problems, even today. I guess us taxpayers have to suffer the egos of Army types and government bureacrats who don't want to admit that something "foreign" is better. too bad.
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