You guys will notce that the K 43 was a dsign patterned after the Russian semi autos as well as the Garand rifle . The Garand to me si a big heavy thing, but obviously could pump out quite a few rounds. On the Ost front the Garnad was not even heard of as far as I know. The K 98 was still the standard rifle of the Wehrmacht and was the chosen rifle by top snipers.

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