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Old March 25th, 2008, 07:58 AM
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Originally Posted by JCFalkenbergIII View Post
IIRC the replacable barrel was another MG-42 feature that was similar between the two.
Do you mean the specific locking mechanism? Quick-change barrels predated the MG 42 (the Bren and its predecessors, for instance).
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