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Old March 24th, 2008, 10:02 AM
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Originally Posted by Hufflepuff View Post
I have heard about this too; you have to admit that they look somewhat similar, even if they are in detail completely different.
It depends on what you mean by "like". As you say, they look similar but the only technical resemblance IIRC is the belt feed mechanism, which was copied from the MG 42. The M60's operating mechanism was I believe copied from the FG 42.
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