Re: German small arms: who had what?
- From: "Andrew Clark" <aclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 29 May 2007 16:00:02 -0400
<narrledudh@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote
To simplify grossly--
the Germans saw riflemen as support and protection for the machinegun,
while other armies tended to see the machinegun as protection and
support for the riflemen.
In British Battle Drill (1940 onwards), infantry tactics were based on the
platoon, with one or two Bren teams and a light mortar team providing
suppressive fire for the rifle-armed manoeuvre teams. This was, AFAIK, the
same as the German drill.
Within the squads, the riflemen provided protection for the Bren gunners
while they changed position or reloaded, as well as carrying ammo.
Finally, what matters is the amount of ammo that can be carried, not the
rate of fire of the squad MG. The lack of mechanised transport in German
infantry squads (like the US jeep or British carrier) made the high rate of
fire of their guns pretty well irrelevant except in static warfare.
.
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