WW2 Warfare Discussion thread

[Pac-Fish]

During WW2 guns such as the Bren and the MG42 have interchangeable barrels to keep the barrels from over heating . Vickers guns implemented water cooling system. Basically, all heavy guns had a system to prevent the guns from getting too hot .

But what happens when the barrels gets too hot. What will happen if the gun is literally glowing bright red but you keep firing Does the metal start to warp? Does it affect the bullets? I would imagine it would make them go faster (more heat = more energy = higher velocity)

[Sommarkatze]

The barrel could break/crack. :>

I heard stories of machineguns blowing up in peoples faces. But thats probaly more about the cartridge malfunction or something ^^

[stealthattack1]

I heard stories of machineguns blowing up in peoples faces.^^

that would really suck

[Pac-Fish]

I would imagine 200^o barrel pieces flying in your face would indeed "suck" ^^

[Dann88]

Scarface FTW . But what about AT guns and Flak 88? what if they're over heated? Can they use snow or water to cool the guns down?

[Pac-Fish]

If there is snow or water near you to begin with . Im just curious. Would pouring water on a gun like a Flak 88 cause it to rust

[stealthattack1]

if its red hot it will crack and become brittle

[Pauly3]

if the gun barrel is really hot and you pour water on it, the water will evaporate and go of as steam and hot drops in all directions
very dumb idea i guess

[Ryxxen]

NO the barrel would cool down but it would become weak.

[Pac-Fish]

Its not that dumb I guess. After all there are water cooled machine guns. I think the Vickers and .30 cal guns are watr cooled. But not all of them

[cephalos]

Air-cooled MGs aren't designed to be water cooled. No pouring water on them directly. If needed, in dire need you must band some wet material around the barrel - it will decrease temperature ( because part of heat energy will 'jump' onto the material, so material will be affected with high temperature) without unnecesary risk. Same thing comes to big guns, however I can't imagine 88s barrel glowing red 

[Pac-Fish]

There are different types of barrels? I know the inside might be different but I just thought all of them were made of steel

[Pac-Fish]

I have a Q. Why was the Nashorn made? It's basically an 88mm gun on wheels. But so is the Tiger and King Tiger . So why make it if its so delicate and easy to destroy?

And IDK which came first, the Jagdpanzer or Hetzer. But why was the latter made if both tanks did the same thing (destroy allied tanks ) Its seems redundant. I mean I under stand if its a modification (maybe hetzer is better than Jagdanzer) but then why keep making the inferior one

The same goes for the Jagdpanther and Tiger. Why make the other when the previous one used the same exact gun and its armor was still effective

[Cranialwizard]

Limited amount of resources is the only guess I can give you.

[Pauly3]

the hetzer (wikipedia)
was  made of the 38(t) tank which was captured by the Germans in  Czechoslovakia. the hetzer was a gapfiller. id did the job but it was very cramped inside and when it faced bigger tanks it pretty much was no match for them