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I never said it was a drum mag.
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Oh, good... Happened to get a few stories from my neighbor who used those things [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gNCBEZtzSz4]quite a bit back in '42[/url].
-His battalion suffered higher casualties on that little island than any other battalion during the entire war.
*"On Guadalcanal, one in 37 died, while troops in New Guinea had a one in 11 chance of dying"

2/126 of 32nd div: Walked in with 1300 men, walked out with 158, of which only about 20 were still fit to fight.
-See also: Huggins Road Block

The dovetail to guide the mag in is still a pain, though.