The worst machine gun ever

Armed conflicts in the history of humanity from the ancient times to the 20th Century.
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hammy wrote:well come on over and see us again , I'll get the Ouzo bottle out and start on the Meze .

..... I'll bring the pastroma.


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I believe the Chauchat was also called the 'potato digger' because the reload mechanism included an externally mounted bar under the weapons body that swung violently downward when reloading a cartridge, in effect digging a hole in the ground under it and tossing dirt up all around. What a complete mess.

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The potato digger was a Colt machine gun. The name came for the design of the bolt mechanism, which had a semicircular piece externally under the gun that moved it back and forth in a curved way.

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