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Originally Posted by JCFalkenbergIII
Weapons don't win a war. Its the common groundpounder that does.
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Hmmm....Zulus and the Boer War, Lord Kitchener and the Mahdi....Muhammad Ahmad might disagree. Certainly those using the weapons must be well trained.
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Now, as to Russian vs German Weapons. In Modern terms most SF and elite forces use and praise the HK MP-5, a German Weapon because it is a superior SMG and extremely well designed. However, more than less nations of the world and various forces in them, use the AK-47 and variants. Why, because you can drag it through the mud and because of loose tolerance design, it functions rather well under adverse conditions, also it is cheap to make or buy versus the expensive MP-5.
If we are compairing the PPSh-41 to the MP-38/40, The Russian weapon had roughly twice the ammo in magazine that the German weapon had, given you don't load to absolute capacity due to jamming.
The Russian weapon was easy to mass produce and the fact that German Soldiers used them on the field of Battle indicates some preference, although also perhaps the availability of ammunition.
The less time you have to change clips the more time you can keep your eyes on your opponent.
Reliabilty as mentioned before was perhaps another reason why the PPSh-41 may have been preferred over the MP-40.
I am familiar with the MP-40 and its characteristics but I have never fired a PPSh-41, only an SVT-40, which was a weapon I would feel confident with.
The k98 K was a much better rifle than the Moisin.
The G-43 was accurate and well made.
The StG-44 was a reliable and sought after weapon.
But this Infantry weapons is a huge and broad topic.....pistols, MGs, Motars, Panzerschrecks, Panzerfausts.....Ah yes reading Ian Hogg and Ballantine books when I was very young. Those were fun paperbacks, little did I know I would have the privilege of firing some of those weapons when I got older.
It is interesting to note that the G-3 which is a verson of the MG-42 is still in use today.
Jaeger could comment on the Norwegian reserves using K-98s and other German equipment in the recent past.