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 (DIR) Post #AVwF7OCWzW7hEhH8To by 8petros@petroskowo.pl
       2023-05-23T06:40:03Z
       
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       #guns #construction #WhyNotI keep watching various truck-mounted machine-guns, real and in-game. All of those that are directly gunner-operated have standard aiming devices installed on top of the barrel.I see one important advantage of having it reversed. If we put the line of aim below the gun, we keep gunner low and better shielded, while the gun may clear the obstacle and shoot over it. I can easily imagine even a periscope version, with the line of aim on top of the gun and the operator hidden below.Granted, it makes it harder to shoot aerial targets, but the safety may be worth of a trade-off. What says you?
       
 (DIR) Post #AVxXsLXcgsf8vjdpTs by bytter@fosstodon.org
       2023-05-23T21:44:58Z
       
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       @8petros idk much bout guns, tho imho that's might be due to recoil - I'm every gun like mentioned I've seen that handles were in axis of the barrel, and that's gives the lowest possible torque applied to the gunner, as well as the gun.In case of lowering the gunner's sit the handles have to be lowered too, otherwise it'd be not comfortable, and I'm case they are lowered - it create torque which increases the recoil.1/2
       
 (DIR) Post #AVxXxHGW12nX7HzUIa by bytter@fosstodon.org
       2023-05-23T21:45:55Z
       
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       @8petros In case of periscopes and advanced mechanism, that's increases the maintenance costs - weapons like that are usually used by infantry, and these soldiers do not need much knowledge, thus armies want to keep machines as simple as possible to decrease maintenance costs. It is cheaper to get one soldier dead, but machine working, than inversed - solder is useless with broken machine.Still I am against military and weapons so these are just my thoughts, not a specialist2/2