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@HubertManne Nazi Germany tried it with a version of the MP 40, didn’t work due to putting too much weight towards the front and the mechanism constantly jamming.

What what you can find in the modern era are shotguns with multiple tube mags, although that’s more for being able to have a mixture of shot and slugs. On a similar line is the STK 50MG which takes two belts, again to allow quick switching between standard and armour-piercing rounds. There’s also dual purpose weapons like the Ares Shrike which can be used as either a mag fed rifle or belt fed machine gun.

@individual Out of pure spite

@glowing_hans That boils down to the problem of making advertising blend in with real articles, rather than any bias within those. Still a big issue, but not to point of discrediting everything else.

@glowing_hans Very, the entire business model of them and the other agencies is to provide the basic facts for their customer newspapers to apply their own spin and bias to.

@WeAreAllOne Taekwondo is a core Olympic sport while Karate has only appeared once, so there’s the motivational factor of seeing top level competition being televised.

@xia @TheImpressiveX Not a steam engine, but an entire network of pipes carrying steam into buildings for heating.