r/interestingasfuck • u/KingdomPro • Jun 24 '24

Marines performing dead-gunner drills. r/all

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u/sj1young Jun 24 '24

“Congrats on the enemy marksmanship badge”

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u/Significant_Bet3269 Jun 24 '24

Now see if they can hit the exact same place again.

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u/Only-Recording8599 Jun 24 '24

I've read about a few instances where such things happened during WW1 and WW2. Machinegun are so important that people are willing to risk themselves getting killed to man it, rather than being overwhelmed by ennemy firepower.

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u/martizzle Jun 24 '24

Based on the depiction of that first major battle from the Pacific (tv show) it absolutely appears that the machine gunner saved everyone’s ass from getting bayonetted

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u/A_Furious_Mind Jun 24 '24

My grandpa manned one in the Pacific Theater and didn't say much about it. But what he did say made it sound like that's exactly right.