FireTower@lemmy.worldM to Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoUS Marines Training w/ m1917 & m1919 Machineguns (1940s)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up186arrow-down11
arrow-up185arrow-down1imageUS Marines Training w/ m1917 & m1919 Machineguns (1940s)lemmy.worldFireTower@lemmy.worldM to Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·10 months agoBecause men typically protect their nuts more than their life. I don’t see any soldiers voluntarily absorbing the recoil from a machine gun with their nads.
minus-squareAscendantSquid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 months agoThat’s very true, but that looks to be too high up to be on the nads. It looks like they’re bracing it against their pelvis.
minus-squareMirshe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoI would assume this is before the adoption of the BAR.
Because men typically protect their nuts more than their life. I don’t see any soldiers voluntarily absorbing the recoil from a machine gun with their nads.
That’s very true, but that looks to be too high up to be on the nads. It looks like they’re bracing it against their pelvis.
Why though?
I would assume this is before the adoption of the BAR.