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The Gunner Who Almost Killed Hemingway: The Last Shots from Omaha’s Deadliest Bunker

As Omaha Beach erupted in fire and chaos, Hinrich Severloh kept the last functioning MG42 at WN62 firing into the waves of ...
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How One Gun Redefined Modern Automatic Weapons

Born on the battlefields of the Second World War, the MG42 quickly earned a reputation for a rate of fire unlike anything else of its time. In this overview, we follow how its stamped-steel ...