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The Gimpy may have a rifled barrel, but is known as a 'gun' and the user is the 'gunner'.
Contrary to Rambo movies, you can't fire them from the hip.
In the infantry, each rifle section (ten men plus an corporal) had one GPMG that represented something like 70% of the section's total firepower.
They are a b
d to carry on a tab (on the shoulder).
They are even more of a bd to carry if you are doing energetic 'fire and manoeuvre' excercises.
Two people normally operate the GMPG in the light role - the gunner to operate the gun and the 'number two' to make sure the ammo belt goes in smoothly and to spot where the rounds are going.
Normally every fifth or so rounds is a tracer. So you aim by watching where the tracers go - or rather the number two tells the gunner where they are going so it's 'down a bit', 'right a bit' ON!!'
Again unlike Rambo movies, you are supposed to fire in very short bursts of 2-3 rounds. Two rounds is a 'double tap' (NOT the same as the SAS double tap with is something else!) but is quite hard to do.
The whole section helps to clean the GPMG - the hardest bit is chipping rock hard carbon off the the gas plug. You need to make sure the weapon is not cocked when you strip it or you will get a spring loaded piston in the face.
Contrary to Rambo movies, you can't fire them from the hip.
In the infantry, each rifle section (ten men plus an corporal) had one GPMG that represented something like 70% of the section's total firepower.
They are a b
d to carry on a tab (on the shoulder).They are even more of a b
d to carry if you are doing energetic 'fire and manoeuvre' excercises.Two people normally operate the GMPG in the light role - the gunner to operate the gun and the 'number two' to make sure the ammo belt goes in smoothly and to spot where the rounds are going.
Normally every fifth or so rounds is a tracer. So you aim by watching where the tracers go - or rather the number two tells the gunner where they are going so it's 'down a bit', 'right a bit' ON!!'
Again unlike Rambo movies, you are supposed to fire in very short bursts of 2-3 rounds. Two rounds is a 'double tap' (NOT the same as the SAS double tap with is something else!) but is quite hard to do.
The whole section helps to clean the GPMG - the hardest bit is chipping rock hard carbon off the the gas plug. You need to make sure the weapon is not cocked when you strip it or you will get a spring loaded piston in the face.
A magazine is better if you intend simultaneous fire and movement since the belt won’t get caught up. Empty magazines can be retained and refilled later. The disadvantage is that the magazine runs out and the weapon is out of action during magazine changes
Magazines also have a limited capacity. In order to reduce the frequency of magazine changes this could lead to the restriction of the cyclic rate (the number of shots fired in a minute). For example in the Second World War, the German MG42 belt fed gun fired around three times more rounds per minute than the magazine fed Bren.
Belt fed weapons often have the facility to clip the start of a new belt onto the tail end of an almost spent belt, thus allowing uninterrupted firing. In practice the limitation to continuous firing is the barrel overheating. This can require a spare barrel being carried and swapping barrels to allow cooling, although modern construction has reduced this need. This is not to infer the gunner keeps his finger on the trigger for one continuous burst until the barrel glows. A frequent series of short bursts will still heat the barrel.
In practice some form of compromise is often reached with a belt fed gun being capable of accepting a magazine too.
Magazines also have a limited capacity. In order to reduce the frequency of magazine changes this could lead to the restriction of the cyclic rate (the number of shots fired in a minute). For example in the Second World War, the German MG42 belt fed gun fired around three times more rounds per minute than the magazine fed Bren.
Belt fed weapons often have the facility to clip the start of a new belt onto the tail end of an almost spent belt, thus allowing uninterrupted firing. In practice the limitation to continuous firing is the barrel overheating. This can require a spare barrel being carried and swapping barrels to allow cooling, although modern construction has reduced this need. This is not to infer the gunner keeps his finger on the trigger for one continuous burst until the barrel glows. A frequent series of short bursts will still heat the barrel.
In practice some form of compromise is often reached with a belt fed gun being capable of accepting a magazine too.
Edited by Uncle Fester on Wednesday 17th November 14:21
deadmau5 said:
Shinobi said:
Petrolhead_Rich said:
Shinobi said:
Petrolhead_Rich said:
GPMG's
Its a type of rifle - L7A2 IIRC
Not a hand grenade?Its a type of rifle - L7A2 IIRC
Edited by Petrolhead_Rich on Wednesday 17th November 13:08
Petrolhead_Rich said:
....force of habit to call them rifle's instead of "guns", I was always bked during weapons training for referring to weapons as "guns" and still have ringing in my ears the phrase "Guns are mounted on ships".....
ked during weapons training for referring to weapons as "guns" and still have ringing in my ears the phrase "Guns are mounted on ships".....
who was your weapons instructor?, no, this is a gun......
Edited by Ranger 6 on Wednesday 17th November 14:55
Petrolhead_Rich said:
....force of habit to call them rifle's instead of "guns", I was always bked during weapons training for referring to weapons as "guns" and still have ringing in my ears the phrase "Guns are mounted on ships".....
Rifles are individual weapons - with rifled barrels, obviously - firing an intermediate or full power round. Pistols are just that. Shotguns, machine guns (sub, light, medium, heavy or general purpose), AFV armaments, artillery etc are all referred to as guns.ked during weapons training for referring to weapons as "guns" and still have ringing in my ears the phrase "Guns are mounted on ships".....I would ask your weapons instructor for a refund. Tell him I sent you.
Ayahuasca said:
Contrary to Rambo movies, you can't fire them from the hip.
Tell that to this guy http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaign...Shinobi said:
Ayahuasca said:
Contrary to Rambo movies, you can't fire them from the hip.
Tell that to this guy http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaign...TJ
TJD2003 said:
Shinobi said:
Ayahuasca said:
Contrary to Rambo movies, you can't fire them from the hip.
Tell that to this guy http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaign...TJ
ds.Cock Womble 7 said:
TJD2003 said:
An old pic on ranges at Thetford, with weapon on bipod.
TJ
king loved the Gimpy!
Remember using it in the german village in sennybridge, the sound firing it from windows was epic, deaf but happy.
TJ
Jimpy is a fantastic weapon system, a supreme amount of firepower from a 2 gun det.
Map predicted fire out to 2500m!
The tripod is also quite a deadly weapon - a Ghurka is recently reported as throwing one at an enemy who was climbing the walls of a sangar. It's not actually true, the Ghurka actually battered him to death as he climbed into the sangar. Then threw the corpse over the walls again.
Nails.
Map predicted fire out to 2500m!
The tripod is also quite a deadly weapon - a Ghurka is recently reported as throwing one at an enemy who was climbing the walls of a sangar. It's not actually true, the Ghurka actually battered him to death as he climbed into the sangar. Then threw the corpse over the walls again.
Nails.
Ayahuasca said:
TJD2003 said:
Shinobi said:
Ayahuasca said:
Contrary to Rambo movies, you can't fire them from the hip.
Tell that to this guy http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/campaign...TJ
ds.
Who says you can't fire this size of MG from the hip. One-handed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoAJOsdqbus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoAJOsdqbus
Ranger 6 said:
Petrolhead_Rich said:
....force of habit to call them rifle's instead of "guns", I was always bked during weapons training for referring to weapons as "guns" and still have ringing in my ears the phrase "Guns are mounted on ships".....
ked during weapons training for referring to weapons as "guns" and still have ringing in my ears the phrase "Guns are mounted on ships"..... who was your weapons instructor?, no, this is a gun......Edited by Ranger 6 on Wednesday 17th November 14:55
Mike_CTR said:
7mike said:
james_tigerwoods said:
Which rifle/MG was it that had a "banana" shaped magazine - I'm sure I shot something like that years ago at an Army range in addition to the GPMG.
Sterling smg? 
(showing my age now!!)pugwash4x4 said:
Ranger 6 said:
Petrolhead_Rich said:
....force of habit to call them rifle's instead of "guns", I was always bked during weapons training for referring to weapons as "guns" and still have ringing in my ears the phrase "Guns are mounted on ships".....
ked during weapons training for referring to weapons as "guns" and still have ringing in my ears the phrase "Guns are mounted on ships"..... who was your weapons instructor?, no, this is a gun......Edited by Ranger 6 on Wednesday 17th November 14:55
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