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I appreciate your comment, no worries. Ah, I thought it was a modified model.

Given the high efficiency muzzle brake used as well as a recoil dampening device internally, actually no in this case: Honestly despite the expense and complexity (and caliber) it was hands down the best battle rifle ever made. If it were ever made in 7.92 CETME it would have been an utter...

IIRC the FG-42 was designed to work with the existing parachute system. The BAR was MUCH heavier and less controllable than the FG-42. IOTL there were some smaller drops, like at Rome and in the Aegean in 1943.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FG_42#History What if this problem was anticipated pre-war and the Luftwaffe had the FG-42 available en masse for Crete? ITTL the FG-42 would enter production pre-war, be issued in limited numbers in 1940, but be the primary service arm for the paratroops on...