Aiming must be involved if one expects to hit the target with effect.
Tell that to the service men that have died as a result of a German machine gun. Ground wars are about who has the better equipment. No one has matched our equipment since the second WW in a ground fight. That is why our military wants to make everything a ground fight even when it doesn't exist.
Actually, the current method is Air Power and Sea Power. Troops are thrown in only when needed, and to do those things that a missile can't. Why risk the boots on the ground when an airstrike or missile can do the job in an instant?
Yes Ace, it's true. The Germans had
excellent machine guns in both World Wars. In WWI they used the Maxim gun. An American, Maxim invented the first practical machine gun. The US failed to adopt it, but the Germans and other Euro nations were quick to see its benefits and used it to great effect in WWI . The US had to buy its MGs from France and Britain! But by WWII we had the arguably best MGs in theatre.
Machine guns, German or otherwise, are still aimed. It is usually not a constant spray of MG bullets, either. Never has been. Sure, there are notable exceptions, but in most cases, fully automatic fire is in short, repeated bursts. You see, a constant spray is a sure way to quickly burn out the barrel, and when a MG barrel needs to be replaced it makes the BG crew vulnerable to attack. Not only that, but spray and pray is a gross waste of ammunition, which is a critical factor in a pitched battle. Aimed bursts are much more useful and effective.
Geez Ace, you continue to argue in ignorance a position which you cannot defend. You know very little about firearms, yet continue to lecture those of us that do on their use/misuse. ace, I pay attention to what you have to say about bees and I learn from you, but on this topic, not so much.