That particular "M, M, M" episode was, IMHO, quite cheesy.
From the looks of it, the events of 21 April were less of a "Man, Machine, Moment" incident, and more of sheer, dumb, luck. MvR no doubt was in the process of "bugging" out after realizing that he couldn't bring down May (as per his own rules of combat conduct) and the "magic bullet" just came out of nowhere and struck him. There have been numerous instances of such things happening in combat where, in a one-in-a-million chance, the odd bullet pops out of nowhere and kills you.
Such are the fortunes of war.
RIP Manfred!
