US soldiers who encountered the MG42 in the wooded cover of the bocage of Normandy in June and July 1944 said that the ripping sound of the fast-firing MG42 resembled the sound of a sheet of calico being torn apart.
Sydney Jary, a young British infantry platoon commander in Normandy, recalled "I remember my first reaction to actual infantry warfare in July 1944 was one of amazement at the crushing fire-power of these rapid-firing guns . . . firing long sustained bursts, the object of which seemed to me to keep us pinned to the ground regardless of the ammunition expenditure. Typically German -protracted and discordant."
Sydney Jary, a young British infantry platoon commander in Normandy, recalled "I remember my first reaction to actual infantry warfare in July 1944 was one of amazement at the crushing fire-power of these rapid-firing guns . . . firing long sustained bursts, the object of which seemed to me to keep us pinned to the ground regardless of the ammunition expenditure. Typically German -protracted and discordant."
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