In 1944–45, German soldiers across Europe began to fear one American weapon above all others: the Browning M2 .50 caliber.

Why U.S. Failed to Copy German MG42 Most history channels repeat the same few facts about the MG42's rate of[...] ...

After the German capitulation in May 1945, production of the machine gun didn’t resume until the late 1950s, when Rheinmetall produced the MG 1 for the reformed German Army, the Bundeswehr. Outwardly, ...

During World War II, American soldiers encountered a German machine gun that outperformed anything they carried into battle. This film tells the story of the MG42, the U.S. attempt to copy it through ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The machine gun had its weaknesses. It used ammunition like crazy, possessed no single-shot capability and could quickly overheat. But its raw firepower did ghastly ...

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The grave marker in Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Rantoul, of Sgt. Joseph Quinlan, who died in France during World War II. Rantoul resident Joe Bolser with his daughter, Katie Bolser, a Marine who served ...