A gun patterned after the German machine gun is adaptable to mass production methods of manufacture and can be turned out at a fraction of the cost and in greater quantity.

During World War II that concept evolved and led to the development of squad automatic weapons, and even to the modern assault rifle.

Farmer plowing field in Kostolná-Záriečie hit a “rock” & found Nazi German machine gun nest from World War II, photos show & officials said.

Jack Pendleton sacrificed all to eliminate a critically placed German machine gun nest.