Re: German small arms: who had what?



narrledudh@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:


I would point out a bit of context though: the Germans built
their infantry squads around the LMG (MG34?). 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.

It's still the same in the German army, or rather was during my time in the infantry in the early 90s, before I was transfered to the engineers. It may have changed now with the new missions abroad.

Cheers

Torsten

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