Rifle: M1 Garand

SMG: Thompson

Light Machine Gun: Bren

Pistol: M1911

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Rifle: M1 garand with scope

SMG: PPS-43

LMG: MG-42

Pistol: 1911

rifle: mosin nagant

SMG: PPSH-41

LMG: FG42

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rifle: svt-40
SMG: M3 Grease Gun
LMG: Bren
Pistol: M1911
BOOMSTICK: Panzerfaust
Secret Weapon: my MIND

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

Ok. As has been shown numerous times and in numerous similar threads people can make lists of thier favorite weapons according to thier opinions . How about giving some reasons why?

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For the first time I have seen "History" at close quarters,and I know that its actual process is very different from what is presented to Posterity. - WWI General Max Hoffman.

Sure.

Rifle: M1 garand with scope - I have crap vision and shooting skills, so I need a reliable semi-auto with magnification.

SMG: PPS-43 - Many authors consider it to the be the best SMG of ww2- light, well shaped, reasonably accurate, good magazine capacity, and utterly reliable.

LMG: MG-42- For predictable reasons. If by myself, I'd like a lot of 50 round drums please..

Pistol: 1911 - 45 cal. ACP, the best man-stopping pistol round.

I have a friend at my church who was in the recon for the 30th ID. He was initially issued a Thompson. He found he could not run fast enough with the weapon and full load of ammo, so he asked the Top if he could have a carbine. He told to go get what he wanted, so he carried a carbine for the duration of the war.

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i am not expert in this field...but...i figured, if the Germans make a copy of it, the SVT-40 has got to be a great weapon

the M3 Grease Gun's Aberdeen results tell it all: 97 out of 100.

Bren has got some accuracy rumors, which apparently are not far off from the real thing

Panzerfaust: its lighter than all the other explosive things

Colt: i fancy some stopping power. a .45 seems just so much more than a 9mm

my MIND: faulty as it is, its the only one i got

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"Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired, signifies in the final sense a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed."

pistol: nagant or beretta 1934 (its just beatiful!!!!)

smg ppsh41--- legendary

hmg .50 cal ----best man stopper still used today...plays a major part in rambo

rifle lee enfield m1 garand k98 all are good fine sturdy weps

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It all depends on where I was fighting and what my objective was.

For a rifle, I'd be using either an M1 Garand (with bayonet), or a Lee-Enfield.
For a submachine gun I'd probably use an M1A1 Thompson or a PPSh-41, both with drums instead of box magazines.
For a machine gun, I'd have a Browning 1919 or MG42.

And I'd just have a normal COLT 1911 for a side arm.

much more mightier, according to pooper the intellectuals are responsible for wars and therefore control the sword by the use of the pen.

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Communist, Latin American and anti-Imperialist

Pistol - Whatever I am issued
Rifle - Whatever I am issued
SMG - Whatever I am issued
HMG - Whatever I am issued
Other - Whatever I am issued

Reason - It's the military! You have no choice.

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"Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes! Powder is scarce and must not be wasted. Fire low! You are all marksmen and could kill a squirrel at a hundred yards. Reserve your fire and the enemy will all be destroyed! - Israel Putnam, at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 1775
"War is a conflict of great interests which is settled by bloodshed, and only in that is it different from others." - Karl von Clausewitz

They just don't get the concept Mike. Just another "Favorite" thread.

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For the first time I have seen "History" at close quarters,and I know that its actual process is very different from what is presented to Posterity. - WWI General Max Hoffman.

as for me, i would probably choose the BAR... ya, sure it was a heavy weapon to have to lug around, but it had the power of a .30 M1919 and it was completely mobile... a very useful weapon to have on the battlefield... the only real drawback was that it only had a 20 round magazine... but it still was a great weapon overall

I would use an M2 Flamethrower! Been playing too much Call Of Duty 5.

I would use the the german panzershreck

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I would have the Springfeild 1903 W/ ascope...SNIPER FOR LIFE

gimme a thompson and an m1 cabine and as much ammo as i could carry and that war is caput!!!!!!!!!!!

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I would use a Tompson or a BAR and a 1911.

I would use a MK.1NO5 Enfield.

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Regards, Christian/SMLE shooter.

I like to wield a thompson, a bazooka, m1911 pistol, and lots of heavy explosives

Do you mean a No.5 Mk.1? As in this bad boy:



If so, why? From what I hear they were inaccurate and a pain to shoot.

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I had one... They were not inaccurate... And they were not a pain to shoot.!

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Regards, Christian/SMLE shooter.

Cool, I'm just thinking about what Ian Hogg said, compared to other rifles of the period (the rest of the enfield series) they were known for being inaccurate and having a greater recoil. Apparently they also had a wandering zero which one imagines would be a pain (shown by tests during and after the war).

I guess on a range these problems can be dealt with through taking your time and focusing on marksmanship but which were a problem in combat.

As an aside, a mate of mine used to live on the site of the old Enfield factory, I only lived round the corner.

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ill take a thompson too

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