Talk:FM 24/29 light machine gun

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Opposed move[edit]

I reverted the move for several reasons:

Call of Duty players are not the unique intended audience
there was a typo in the name
the existing Châtellerault page is about the town itself, not any specific weapon made here
The Manufacture d'armes de Châtellerault designed several machine gun models, including the Reibel machine gun and MAC 1934.

I'll add a Chatellerault machine gun page to help with this confusion. PpPachy (talk) 20:53, 10 June 2009 (UTC)[reply]

Fremdgerät number[edit]

Fremdgerät number for M1931 was KpfwMG 311(f), not 331. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 176.193.207.228 (talk) 13:45, 19 June 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Some issues in the intro[edit]

There are two particular sentences I take issue with:

"The Fusil-mitrailleur Modèle 1924 M29 was the standard light machine gun of the French Army from 1925"

Technically incorrect, the 1924 model was standard from 1925 to ≈1929, whilst the 1924M29 would be standard from ≈1929 until its replacement. Perhaps it's nitpicky, any thoughts?

"the FM 1924 M29 soldiered on, practically without interruptions, for more than 50 years"

I find "practically without interruptions" to be a bit vague, what is practically? Was the weapon used throughout WWII by Free French and colonial forces too?

Thom430 (talk) 10:26, 29 July 2017 (UTC)[reply]