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At first glance, the Bren looked wrong. Top-mounted magazine. Awkward profile. Slower rate of fire than its German rivals.

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During World War II, a German machine gun reshaped how infantry battles were fought and remembered. This film tells the story of the MG42, a weapon whose sound, firepower, and design left a lasting ...

at the turn of the 20th century, machine guns had become one of the most devastating weapons that a soldier could equip. Some of the machine guns that first appeared in World War II are still in used ...