{"id":52396,"date":"2020-02-20T02:00:18","date_gmt":"2020-02-20T07:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=52396"},"modified":"2020-03-30T18:42:52","modified_gmt":"2020-03-30T22:42:52","slug":"an-american-30-06-mg-42-and-gpmgs-after-wwii","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2020\/02\/20\/an-american-30-06-mg-42-and-gpmgs-after-wwii\/","title":{"rendered":"An American .30-06 MG-42, and GPMGs after WWII"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kFza-dZ02aw\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Forgotten Weapons<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 31 Oct 2019<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.patreon.com\/ForgottenWeapons<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=kFza-dZ02aw&#038;redir_token=U8rauIAarX7yeMKfmm1RjoUDYbN8MTU3MjgyNTcyN0AxNTcyNzM5MzI3&#038;q=http%3A%2F%2Fshop.bbtv.com%2Fcollections%2Fforgotten-weapons\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/shop.bbtv.com\/collections\/forg&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The perk for $100 Patrons is choosing a gun they would like me to find and film, and one such Patron (Mark) expressed a curiosity about US testing and lack of adoption of an MG-42 in .30-06 caliber. So, today we will discuss that (the trials gun was designated the T24) as well as why it took so long for the FN MAG to be developed and adopted. <\/p>\n<p>For the full T24 trials report and photos, go here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=kFza-dZ02aw&#038;redir_token=U8rauIAarX7yeMKfmm1RjoUDYbN8MTU3MjgyNTcyN0AxNTcyNzM5MzI3&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forgottenweapons.com%2Flight-machine-guns%2Fus-t24-machine-gun-mg42%2F\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.forgottenweapons.com\/ligh&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Resources for this video included:<\/p>\n<p><em>MG34-MG42: German Universal Machine Guns<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VtY314\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2VtY314<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>German Universal Machine Guns, Vol II: MG08-MG3<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2M2f67t\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2M2f67t<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Rock in a Hard Place: The Browning Automatic Rifle<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/315Dbi2\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/315Dbi2<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>The Browning Machine Gun, Vol I<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/2M4KgeA\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/2M4KgeA<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>Ars Mechanica<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/324JT9h\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/amzn.to\/324JT9h<\/a>)<br \/>\n<em>The Machine Gun, Vol I<\/em> (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/redirect?event=video_description&#038;v=kFza-dZ02aw&#038;redir_token=U8rauIAarX7yeMKfmm1RjoUDYbN8MTU3MjgyNTcyN0AxNTcyNzM5MzI3&#038;q=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ibiblio.org%2Fhyperwar%2FUSN%2Fref%2FMG%2FI%2Findex.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.ibiblio.org\/hyperwar\/USN\/&#8230;<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>Contact:<br \/>\nForgotten Weapons<br \/>\n6281 N. 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