WWII weapon debates

Thanks man i will take this luck on with me. But to start i think i named my pistol the wrong name in the acceptance. Its the Beretta M92, sorry. My memory was oh so fuzzy on it, shoulda check if i was right first. But better now than later in r4. The Beretta M9, formally Pistol, Semiautomatic, 9mm, M9, is a 9ï¿½—19mm Parabellum pistol of the United States military adopted in 1985. It is essentially a military specification Beretta 92F, later the 92FS. The M9 won a competition in the 1980s to replace the M1911A1 as the primary handgun of the U.S. military, beating out many other contenders, and only narrowly defeating the SIG P226 for cost reasons. It officially entered service in 1990. Some other models have been adopted to a lesser extent, namely the M11 pistol, and other models remain in use in certain niches.The M9 was scheduled to be replaced under a United States Army program, the Future Handgun System (FHS), which was merged with the SOF Combat Pistol program to create the Joint Combat Pistol (JCP). In early 2006, the JCP was renamed Combat Pistol (CP), and the number of pistols to be bought was drastically cut back. The joint U.S. Army/Air Force Modular Handgun System could select a commercial off-the-shelf handgun to replace the M9 pistol in Fiscal Year 2011ï¿½€"12 if budget funds allows the implementation of the study. Statistics. Weight 952 g (33.6 oz) 1,162 g (41.0 oz) loaded Length 217 mm (8.5 in) Barrel length 125 mm (4.9 in) Cartridge 9x19mm Parabellum Action Short recoil Muzzle velocity 381 m/s (1,250 ft/s) Effective range 50 m Feed system 15 round detachable box magazine Sights Iron sights The Gewehr 43 or Karabiner 43 (G43, K43, Gew 43, Kar 43) is an 8x57mm IS caliber semi-automatic rifle developed by Nazi Germany during World War II. It was a modification of the G41(W) using an improved gas system similar to that of the Soviet Tokarev SVT40. Statistics. Weight 4.1 kg (9.7 lb) Length 1130 mm Barrel length 546 mm (21.5 inches) Cartridge 8x57mm IS Action Gas-operated Muzzle velocity 775 m/s (2,328 ft/s) Effective range 500 m, 800 m with scope Feed system 10-round detachable box magazine Sights iron sights, Zf42 optical crosshair sight The MAB 38 (Moschetto Automatico Beretta Modello 1938), Modello 38, or Model 38 and its variants were the official submachine guns of the Royal Italian Army introduced in 1938, and used during World War II. The guns were also used by German, Romanian, and Argentine armies of the period. Statistics. Weight MAB 38A: 4.2 kg (empty) MAB 38/42: 3.27 kg (empty) MAB 38/49: 3.25 kg (empty) Length MAB 38A: 946mm MAB 38/42: 800mm MAB 38/49: 798mm Barrel length MAB 38A: 315mm MAB 38/42: 213mm MAB 38/49: 210mm Cartridge 9ï¿½19mm Parabellum / Cartuccia Modello 38 Caliber 9mm Action Blowback Rate of fire 600 rpm Muzzle velocity 429 m/s (1,407.12 ft/s) (9ï¿½19mm Parabellum) Effective range 250 m Feed system 10, 20, 30, or 40-Round Detachable Box Magazine The Browning Automatic Rifle (BAR) was a family of United States automatic rifles (or machine rifles) and light machine guns used by the United States and numerous other countries during the 20th century. The primary variant of the BAR series was the M1918, chambered for the .30-06 Springfield rifle cartridge and designed by John Browning in 1917 for the U.S. Expeditionary Corps in Europe as a replacement for the French-made Chauchat and M1909 Benet-Mercie machine guns.The BAR was designed to be carried by advancing infantrymen, slung over the shoulder and fired from the hip, a concept called "walking fire"—thought to be necessary for the individual soldier during trench warfare. However in practice, it was most often used as a light machine gun and fired from a bipod (introduced in later models. A variant of the original M1918 BAR, the Colt Monitor Machine Rifle, remains the lightest production automatic gun to fire the .30-06 Springfield cartridge, though the limited capacity of its standard 20-round magazine tended to hamper its utility in that role. Statistics. Weight 7.25 kg (15.98 lb) (M1918) Approx. 11 kg (24 lb) (M1922) 6.0 kg (13 lb) (Colt Monitor) 8.4 kg (19 lb) (M1918A1) 8.8 kg (19 lb) (M1918A2) 9.0 kg (20 lb) (wz. 1928) Length 1,194 mm (47.0 in) (M1918, M1922, M1918A1) 1,215 mm (47.8 in) (M1918A2) 1,110 mm (43.7 in) (wz. 1928) Barrel length 610 mm (24.0 in) (M1918, M1922, M1918A1, M1918A2) 611 mm (24.1 in) (wz. 1928) 458 mm (18.0 in) (Colt Monitor) Cartridge .30-06 Springfield (7.62x63mm)/.303 British (7.7x56mmR)/7x57mm Mauser (M1918, M1922, M1918A1, M1918A2) 7.92x57mm Mauser (wz. 1928) 6.5x55mm (Kg m/21, m/37) Action Gas-operated, tilting breech block Rate of fire 500–650 rounds/min (M1918, M1922, M1918A1) 500 rounds/min (Colt Monitor) 300-450 or 500-650 rounds/min (M1918A2) 600 rounds/min (wz. 1928) Muzzle velocity 860 m/s (2,822 ft/s) (M1918, M1922, M1918A1, M1918A2) 853 m/s (2,798.6 ft/s) (wz. 1928) Effective range 100–1,500 yd sight adjustments (maximum effective range) Maximum range Approx. 4,500-5,000 yd Feed system 20-round detachable box magazine Sights Rear leaf, front post 784 mm (30.9 in) sight radius (M1918, M1922, M1918A1) 782 mm (30.8 in) (M1918A2) 742 mm (29.2 in) (wz. 1928) The No. 77 Grenade was a British white phosphorus grenade used during the Second World War. The No. 77 was introduced in 1943 and consisted of 8 ounces of white phosphorus, an impact fuse and a tin casing. It was intended for laying down smoke screens and as a signalling device. The grenade was also very effective as an anti-personnel and incendiary weapon.Once the grenade exploded, the contents (i.e. the white phosphorus) would scatter and ignite as soon as they touched the air. This made the grenade extremely dangerous — hence its usefulness in combat. When the war had ended, many of the grenades had become dangerous, due to corroding of the inferior tin plate steel used in the manufacture of the grenade bodies. In 1948 the grenade was determined to be obsolete and all were destroyed to minimize the danger they could have caused. http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... http://en.wikipedia.org... Thats my opening argument, i now leave for Pro to make his response. Good luck.