"The rounds slapping around in the drum could give away the machine gunner's position!"......O, and the inconvenient noise that it makes when you pull the trigger - won't?
During running and walking movement. The metal on metal clanging travels. You got to get into position before you can fire the thing. It's kind of important.
Rattling around can give away the gunners position Im sure with all the gunfire around they are gonna notice that. These are the type of idiots that think M1 Garand ping can give away your position.
SOG Recon Teams and SEAL Teams were recorded to have carried modified shortened RPDs during the Vietnam War. Not just for deniability and ease of resupply but definitely for its reliability :)
Same in Rhodesia, we used to pick up plenty of these after a contact, the Terrs would just drop them and run when the FN MAG opened up on their positions, we`d then hand them in and the SAS and Selous Scouts would modify them and use them on their sneaky beaky trips into the bush...
Clearly the example that was being used in this video needs/needed trigger and/or sear work. It continued to fire even after the guy let go of the trigger.
A forced air cooling system, like on the new pkm via Lewis gun, would solve the quick change barrel problem. You could fire it longer without fear of barbecuing your hand.
