07-15-2012, 12:37 PM
Variable Wrote:I used to want one too, until I shot one. It was kinda akin to strapping your head to a paint shaker and then turning it on!LOL Just make sure you try one before you buy.
I thought the 121 did look pretty smooth, but the guy shooting it was probably pretty big too. I'd like to see a 170lb. 19 year old kid behind it next. That'd give a much better idea of what to expect.
Roger that. The HK21 will rock your world, with its insane cyclic rate. It and the MG42/3 can't be fed by a dismounted gun team, unless you use the Wermacht 8-man MG42 gun team TO&E, and no modern military thinks of machineguns like the Wermacht did. 1100-1200 RPM is no joke in 7.92mm Mauser, or 7.62 NATO. This is why I prefer constant-recoil and a 500-600rpm pig for dismounts.
The Germans are much bigger boys, genetically. They often run at 6ft 2"- 6ft 4", 220lbs and up for a military weight guy in his 20's.
I'm all for keeping 7.62 NATO in the system, and letting the vehicle mounts eat it up, while fielding the MRLMG in 6.5mm. I wish I could command the R&D department for FN or HK for a year, and crank out the lightest belt-fed LMG, with the most effective range, and least recoil.
About the soft ammo bags for the SAW: The top portion of them is made from a very thick, strong plastic, that holds up well to Infantry abuse, and the SAW ejects out the right side, while this HK121 is a bottom eject like the MAG58/240.