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Unread 06-26-2013, 11:04 AM   #1
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I humped one of these for a while.
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Fortunately for me, the IDF had switched over fully to the MAG58 during my service.
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I don't imagine field stripping & cleaning one of these in the desert is much fun...I have a WW II Aircrewman's Gunnery Manual which states the aircraft version (with spade grips) only weighs 20 pounds...Hahahahaha!!! That's with 'straight' barrel; the M1919A4 seems to have a tapered barrel...But then they add the cooling shroud, carrying handle, bipod, and flash hider...

Still, it's got to be easier to hump this than an M2...
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