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The invasion of Normandy was like a small slice of Hell. The defended beaches, particularly Omaha, had massive cross-fire from Germans dug into concrete bunkers. These bunkers were extensively bombed by Allied bombers over the previous weeks, not a single bunker was even cracked.
The Germans used a variety of machine guns on D-Day, including the MG 34 and MG 42. The MG 34 was a versatile weapon used by the German army, while the MG 42 was known for its high rate of fire. Both machine guns were used by German forces during the invasion of Normandy.
Against machine guns, yes Gatling guns are slow. They fire pretty fast but machine guns are much faster.
Yes it is. Metal Storm can fire up to 1 million rounds per minute, very fast.
The Allies invaded Normandy during World War II. The Allies were composed of the British, the French, and the Americans, but only the Americans and the British invaded Normandy. The Americans actually sent in paratroopers the day before and the paratroopers took out some of the major German guns that were protecting Normandy. The U.S. also dropped fake paratroopers to distract the Germans in a different area. These fake paratroopers were machines that made Machine gun noises and shot fire crackers to make Germans think that they were real people.
Yes and no. Gatling guns are pretty fast firing weapons but machine guns can fire much more faster than Gatling guns.
No. Machine guns are fast and very deadly. They can fire up to 400 to 600 rounds per minute. Some machine guns can fire up to more than 2000 rounds per minute and one machine gun can fire and empty 1 million rounds in one minute. It is called the 1 million rounds per minute gun, one of the fastest machine gun in the world.
As fast as they could in World War II or Korea, though some could fire faster than others. The Browning was medium fast, the Lewis and the Vickers a bit faster, though the Germans had the fastest firing machine guns of all. I don't remember the specific RPM for each gun.
The M60 general purpose machine gun has a cyclic fire rate of 500-650 rounds per minute.
The Metal Storm is the World's fastest machine gun. It fires 1660 bullets in every second up to 1 million rounds per minute without having someone to crank it up. The Metal Storm can be an unmanned machine gun and can open fire automatically because the computer is operating the machine gun. No other machine gun in the World can fire as fast as the metal storm at that kind of firing speed. Metal Storm is one of the fastest machine gun in the World and can fire more bullets much faster than other machine guns. Metal Storm is not an actual machine gun. It is a volley gun. See the Related Question below for a better discussion of what a real machine gun is, and which has the highest rate of fire.
Yes, machine guns are much faster than Gatling guns. Gatling guns must be hand cranked and fed bullets at the same but machine guns does not have to be hand cranked. All they needs are bullets. Machine guns also fire more bullets faster than Gatling guns.
Get a fire extinguisher! Or get LOTS of water!