Thanks, I'll give it a try.
The SVT is a little bit lighter than the G43 (noticeably), some other details that effect the comfort level of the weight is that the stock of the...
I don't have detail right now beyond the Wiki article's reference to an "upgraded final drive" and a later model of the Panther's transmission,...
I tried to PM you the post that won't post and it gives me the same issue.
The reasons (to me anyway) for the JagdPanther are pretty straight forward and are derived from cumulative experience on the Ostfront. The gun...
I have a reply saved as a word doc for you. This site is a royal PITA some times about allowing a post with links. Until a mod explains to me...
Okay, every so often when I take some time to post and use quotes from someone's post, my own text and add links I the "page cannot be displayed"...
I own and shoot examples of both and I'd have to lean towards the SVT-40. The performance of the rounds are similiar, the magazine capacity is...
Just a an FYI and point of reference to the weather during Barbarossa, you can go to Youtube and find all of the sequential "Die Wochenschau" war...
I think this is best described in Clauswitz' terms: "Unless it is strategically decisive, every offensive operation will sooner or later reach a...
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I agree with what your saying about the rail and rail conversion, etc. until the time Taifun started. To clarify my point; the key difference...
The rail moved all the tonnage it was capable of moving regardless of the mud, this is true. The mud affected logistics adversely from the...
This has to do with the mud which we discussed in the other thread ongoing parallel with this one. The Wehrmacht's ability to get supplies...
They wouldn't have been able to seize Moscow but they would have been able to protect themselves better against the Soviet counter-attack. If the...
I agree for the most part, but I wouldn't call the Soviet defence a "strong defense" to mean that the Red Army was highly effective at any given...
http://www.theeasternfront.co.uk/Graphics/typhoon7.jpg You can see how close the Germans came to actually surrounding Moscow, and this was after...
Yes, frostbite would not an issue since German troops are not forced out into the elements to engage in combat operations. They were deficient in...
Gorki is also as far away from Moscow as Smolensk in in the other direction and therefore no more support to the Red Army as a transportation hub...
