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Originally Posted by Herr Oberst
Well, I will now comment on my opinion of APCs. I feel that the German's had the edge with variants and specialist jobs for their vehicles. Although the Germans incorrectly tried to use them as a substitute for tanks. One vital task for these APCs was reconnaissance duty. They served well in the US inventory as anti aircraft platforms which doubled as infantry fire support. So besides lugging the boys around the front, they were an asset to all countries armored units.
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The Americans used them as early "tank-killers" so I can't say the Germans were the only ones who used them incorrectly. The Germans needed them for their engineers/reconnaissance and maintantaince people especially in the swampy land of the Soviet Union.