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Old August 18th, 2003, 12:23 AM
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Yet again a topic when I aint got the books with me... dam being on holiday!!!

I do have some primary german sources which discuss the use of rifle grenades but it seems from reading them that they may well have been a case of too much hassle in a fluid battle situation and much more useful in positional defensive fighting. The Germans certainly used them, I have several photos of them in use, oddly mainly on the Eastern Front, but one from Normandy. I would have thought a light mortar would be of far more use???
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