SMGs like this were actually highly valued in trench warfare - not for the long periods of sniping across no-man’s land, but in trench raids and infiltration tactics by specialists. Some wild stuff - semiautomatic pistols modified to fire full auto, knives, maces, armor straight out of the medieval period…
This prototype SMG in particular didn’t have much future to it, though. Water-cooling is… not very practical for a mobile weapon, lmao. The French Chauchat LMG saw much more utilization in the same period.
SMGs like this were actually highly valued in trench warfare - not for the long periods of sniping across no-man’s land, but in trench raids and infiltration tactics by specialists. Some wild stuff - semiautomatic pistols modified to fire full auto, knives, maces, armor straight out of the medieval period…
This prototype SMG in particular didn’t have much future to it, though. Water-cooling is… not very practical for a mobile weapon, lmao. The French Chauchat LMG saw much more utilization in the same period.