>>9076368>water cooled>never need to swap barrel to a new one>just shoot and ask your mates to piss in the hose leading to cooler mantle if in doubtFor those who admire MG-42s etc, you needed to carry extra barrels with you, because after shooting two 200 round belts @1200 rounds per minute the barrel temperature was close to a steel melting point and in that state was tending to hose bullets everywhere else but on target.
I was a caretaker of a MG-3 during my conscription in FDF. It was a 1100 rpm LMG in 7.62 NATO. Same as aforementioned, spare barrels were the very thing you always checked out. You just need those with this weapon.
