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Originally posted by armourersergeant@Oct 28 2004, 10:00 PM
it could take a drum Thompson like magazine and also a slightly bent thin mp40 magazine. It could reputedly keep firing under all circumastances, water, cold, dirt etc.
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Although some weapons are obviously more reliable than others, the trouble with a weapon getting a reputation for keeping going no matter what state they are in, is that the soldiers that use thae weapon think they can get away with not cleaning it. All weapons have stoppages and the best way to avoid them is to assume that it's only a reliable weapon when it's clean.
The PPSh's reliability came from it's 'agricultural like' construction and the 'simple' pesant army who would did as they were told and cleaned their weapons regularly.