As the only working MG42 left at WN62, Hinrich Severloh fired into six waves of American troops on Omaha Beach. His position ...

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During World War II, American G.I.s called the German MG42 machine gun “Hitler’s buzz saw” because of the way it cut down troops in swaths. The Soviet Red Army called it “the linoleum ripper” because ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: The machine gun had its weaknesses. It used ammunition like crazy, possessed no single-shot capability and could quickly overheat. But its raw firepower did ghastly ...