i wos watching a documebtry a wile ago and seen what i thort wos a
30cal.mg. but this one had a wooden stock like a rifle
and a bit more into the film
there wos a nother 30cal.mg but this one had like a pistal hand grip
are they the same weapon or diffrent they looked very much the same
best krieg

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Sounds like you are talking about the Browning M1919A6 .30 cal. machinegun




The last variant was an attempt to make the M1919A4 lighter and handier for infantry use. The M1919A6 featured a buttstock and bipod, as well as, a flash hider. While the weapon was supposed to be more useful as a light machine gun, it was still heavy compared to contemporary weapons in the role, and was generally not regarded favorably.

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Robert,

That weapon in the top photo is was we called a stinger, they were made up from aircraft guns with a BAR bipod (plenty of those laying around) and an M1 stock.

They had a hell of a rate of fire, two or three times faster that our ground mount light .30's.

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ae .jc. you have done it once again i do thank you i did do the google
thing
but never found this at all. wos the pistal grip one an updated one of the above mg.. krieg

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Oooopss thanks Jack. I forgot to add that discription LOL

The modified AN/M2 consisted of a butt stock from a US M1 Garand fastened to the receiver of the Browning machine gun, a rear sight typically from a BAR 1918 and an improvised trigger. These conversions were based on field conversions by soldiers in the Pacific Theatre during the Second World War. A weapon of this type was used by Marine Corporal Tony Stein in the invasion of Iwo Jima, who would posthumously receive the Medal of Honor for his actions during the battle. It had a rate of fire in excess of 1,200 rpm and was nicknamed the "Stinger."[

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