https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/e52b617a-311d-4bfa-8ee0-8df4702cc678 http://www.patreon.com/ForgottenWeapons Cool Forgotten Weapons merch! http://shop.forgottenweapons.com The perk for $100 Patrons is choosing a gun they would like me to find and film, and one such Patron (Mark) expressed a curiosity about US testing and lack of adoption of an MG-42 in .30-06 caliber. So, today we will discuss that (the trials gun was designated the T24) as well as why it took so long for the FN MAG to be developed and adopted. For the full T24 trials report and photos, go here: https://www.forgottenweapons.com/light-machine-guns/us-t24-machine-gun-mg42/ Resources for this video included: "MG34-MG42: German Universal Machine Guns" (https://amzn.to/2VtY314) "German Universal Machine Guns, Vol II: MG08-MG3" (https://amzn.to/2M2f67t) "Rock in a Hard Place: The Browning Automatic Rifle" (https://amzn.to/315Dbi2) "The Browning Machine Gun, Vol I" (https://amzn.to/2M4KgeA) "Ars Mechanica" (https://amzn.to/324JT9h) "The Machine Gun, Vol I" (https://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USN/ref/MG/I/index.html) Wed, 15 Apr 2026 11:47:44 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/e52b617a-311d-4bfa-8ee0-8df4702cc678 All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.