Best Machine-GUn of WW2? (As a GPMG)

[Newbie.]

What was THE best Machinegun of WW2? You Deciede here! The Factors...

Accuacy
Suppression
Rate-Of-Fire
Cartidge
Ease of use
Reload time
Reliablitty
Size
Wieght
Effective Range

Vote nows!

[Desert_Fox]

What was THE best Machinegun of WW2? You Deciede here! The Factors...

Accuacy
Suppression
Rate-Of-Fire
Cartidge
Ease of use
Reload time
Reliablitty
Size
Wieght
Effective Range

Vote nows!

Another factor...who is the Machine gunner 

I think with no doubts the best is MG42:

Rate of fire: 1200/1300 bullet at minute
Range of fire: 1.094 mts
Weight: 11.6 kgs (BAR weight 14.05 kgs  )
Cartridge belt: 75 or 100
High speed of bullet: 710 mt/sec (2329 ft/s)

Cheaper to produce.

Defect: the barrel overheats easily

[GodlikeDennis]

MG42 easily. Not necessarily for the gun itself (which was excellent) but also for the tactics that the Germans developed for it.

[Paciat]

Cal 0.5.
It was everywhere where allies were, it could replace both 20mm guns and 0.3 or 0.303 MGs on aircrafts.
Germans were scared of penetration power that 12,7mm bullet had. You couldnt hide from its bullets in a brick house and if you got hit...

[HyperSniper999]

Close tie between MG42 and M2 Browning, both are still used today with almost no modifications. 60-70 years of service.

[EasyWay91]

I don't think LMG's like the BAR would count as general purpose machine guns... But anyway It would be a hard choice between the M2, M1919, and MG42 for a medium to heavy machine gun. The MG42 was easy to produce, fast, and reasonably powerful. I have heard that German soldiers complaining about the ammo consumption of  the weapon, which was 1200+ a minute. The M1919 was very well balanced, and was used by USMC legend Tony Stein, who saved his comrades, took on Japanese fortifications on Iwo Jima with his ANM2 Browning, which was a variant of the M1919 made for aircraft, was lighter and fired up to 1200+, all by himself. The .50cal was just a beast, I remember hearing about it killing an Iraqi fighter more than a mile away, by a US soldier firing it with a mounted scope. It was actually created as an AT weapon for dealing with the early WW1 tanks, but was never completed in time. I might sound like I'm totally a redneck gun lover, but I'm actually very liberal, don't own any guns and would never want to, I just love history, and weapons are well a part of it. Thanks for the poll anyways.

[Akalonor]

the LMG 42 is by far the best , there is no arguement ( so shut up Paciat ! (jk) )

[AbhMkh]

.50 cal for sure , great penetration and excellent design

[Paciat]

the LMG 42 is by far the best , there is no arguement ( so shut up Paciat ! (jk) )

Dont overheat like youre MG would. 

[Newbie.]

Guess i'm the only one who liks the extremely ease of production, ease of use, accurate, and Powerfull Bren?

[Paciat]

Guess i'm the only one who liks the extremely ease of production, ease of use, accurate, and Powerfull Bren?

But thats a redesigned ZB vz. 26.
A lot of armies used it too. Good design.

[Strayker]

I voted for .50 cal. It was and still is a beast, though MG42 and its newer rechambered version for standart NATO amunition the MG3 is a very good and reliable machine gun too. But the M2HB simply wins in my opinion...if nothing else it uses 12.7mm rounds and i certainly wouldnt want to stand in its way, even behind a concrete wall.

[Akalonor]

the LMG 42 is by far the best , there is no arguement ( so shut up Paciat ! (jk) )

Dont overheat like youre MG would. 

Better suppression than yours

[Newbie.]

lol. i thing this poll should be "What is better? M2HB or MG42?"

[maxi1991]

the LMG 42 is by far the best , there is no arguement ( so shut up Paciat ! (jk) )

Dont overheat like youre MG would. 

That's why MG34 and MG42 allows you to change the barrel pretty fast. Don't know about a possibility for that on other mgs.