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Originally Posted by undercoverbrother
I reckon an MG42 would piss all over a Bren and not even close.
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There's an interesting debate over which is more effective. Bren was more portable, spread the ammo load through the section and was more accurate.
MG42 was a suppression weapon, high rate of fire, ate ammo at an alarming pace - the assistant gunner basically lugged around cans of ammo. Great in the defensive, but best when used in a static position as an MMG on a tripod.
There were occasions where Bren teams outfought MG-34/42 teams. The Siege of Tobruk, for instance, where Australian Bren teams used the gun's much smaller beaten zone to basically snipe enemy MG-42 teams.