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Tales of the Gun – German small arms of WW2
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Tales of the Gun – German small arms of WW2
August 6th, 2010
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Documentary about the German small arms of the second world war. For example, starting with the Luger and how it almost was the service pistol of the U.S. Army. It also looks at the development of other weapons such as the Mauser Gewehr 98 , the MP38/40 (machine gun ) , the MG34 (machine gun ) and the somewhat lesser known weapons like the Fallschirmjägergewehr 42 .

Nice to this documentary is that they go about the theory behind how they were used in military units , and how they were used effectively . So for example, caused the experience of the first world war is that an infantry unit was built around the machine . An infantry unit consisted of 10 men around a MG34 .

Tales of the Gun - German small arms of WW2, 9.4 out of 10 based on 11 ratings
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  • Historian for History

    This is a very poor documentary. I’m not sure how the World War Two channel can keep shoveling out this drivel, but I’m sure with quality programming like “Ancient Astronauts”, har har, they can surely pull off how historical they are. A word of advice history channel, leave history to the historians.

    I tried some general searches for Dana Lombardy, and I suspect he is lacking in real credibility. However, he seems to love pictures. Perhaps pictures are the extent of his reading capability as he mispronounces German names a number of times. Also, why do they continually show the MG42 when talking about the MG34?

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  • Andy

    not bad, most of what was said is accurate. I really enjoyed listening to most experts.
    I agree with “Historian for History” who doubts Dana Lombardys credibility.
    One of his comments is as far as I can see, false. He says at the end of Part 2 that the germans had the advantage over France and GB because of the experience during previous operations (Poland, Czechoslovakia..) but this was definately not crucial.
    Germany had the advantage because it employed modern tactics which were executed by an excellently organized
    military in combination with high-tech weaponry….this combination devastated enemy forces.

    Best Regards from Osnabrück, Germany

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