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SHMG-40 War Horse: (3) Madman198237, Piratejoe, evictedSaint
BLOODLESS EAGLE: (1) Taricus
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'Archer' Pattern F: (3)Wolfhunter107, Helmacon, Powder Miner
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UF-ALR-40 'SHARUKH:(1) Strongpoint
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I'm going to tentatively switch my vote to updating whatever that old Moskurger Horsekiller MG was...This thing, right?
-M1 Stallion: This is a belt-fed machine gun using the enormous, thundering .60 caliber round, exactly twice the diameter of the .30 caliber or 7.62mm rounds. It is a cumbersome weapon, with a large box for the mechanism, and a narrow water-cooled barrel with copper heat sinks. The range and stopping power of the .60 caliber round is undiminished, but the gun only fires about 180 times a minute, relatively slow for a machine gun- because of its size, it might be better described as an autocannon. The gun hits in very tight groups for a machinegun, but it is heavy and can only be pivoted slowly, meaning only very skilled gunners can be accurate at long range. It normally moved by horse on a small wagon, although the new lighter model can be carried in parts by a crew, and is crewed by a team of four or five men. Sometimes mounted on a raised stand to aim at aircraft. Costs 2 ore.
Revise it to something like this:
SHMG-40 War Horse: An updated M1 Stallion, this frightful piece of equipment replaces the water-cooled barrel with a modern air-cooled easily replaceable barrel, which allows the cyclic rate of fire to be increased to 400 RPM, to bring it on par with weapons like the M2 Browning. It is, in general, improved in every way we've learned about since it was first made. It is much easier and smoother to traverse and elevate, increasing accuracy and decreasing gunner fatigue. It also uses every weight-saving measure possible, including a large number of aluminum parts. Now requiring a much smaller team, the gun can be moved by the crew intact, on foot with separately-carried spiked tripod, or with a small wheeled cart pulled by the gun team.