FireTower@lemmy.worldM to Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoUS Marines Training w/ m1917 & m1919 Machineguns (1940s)lemmy.worldimagemessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up187arrow-down12
arrow-up185arrow-down1imageUS Marines Training w/ m1917 & m1919 Machineguns (1940s)lemmy.worldFireTower@lemmy.worldM to Forgotten Weapons@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squareAnticorp@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year 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-up4·1 year 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-up2·1 year 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.