[Better than Patton?]

I suggest you post this on the General Forum. You might get a better response.

[CMBB MOD Catalogue Completed --> Open for Business]

Sir,

Thank you much for your hard work! It is appreciated.

[DEDICATED CMBB MOD FORUM??]

Here's another "Yea" vote.

Especially since the Combat Mission HQ site seems to have been abandoned.

[Question - Sharpshooter Doctrine in WW2]

JasonC -

Thank you for your reply. Your information confirms my own findings to date. I have all the information I need regarding the weapons of the sharpshooter. (Here I must insert my strong recommendation of Bruce Canfield's U.S. Infantry Weapons of WW2 )

Do you recall any of the sources that you might have used in gathering your data?

Thanks again,

[Question - Sharpshooter Doctrine in WW2]

Thank you for your recommendations.

I did search the forum and the 175 threads that contain either the word "sniper" or the word "sharpshooter."

Unfortunately, while I did find the thread you mentioned regarding the semantics of these terms, I did not find any references to historical documents that might be of use.

If anyone knows of resources that may be of use, please let me know.

I appreciate it.

[Question - Sharpshooter Doctrine in WW2]

I am looking for information on the employment of sharpshooters by the U.S. and Germany during WW2.

Specifically, I am trying to determine:

1) How sharpshooters were chosen and/or designated

2) How sharpshooters were allocated to units (both in theory and in practice, if there is a conflict)

CMBO treats sharpshooters as if they were "freelance", or totally independent of the organic composition of infantry units. Is this accurate?

[Confirmed use of shotguns in combat ETO & PTO]

Originally posted by Red Dog:

Just wanted to point out that combat shotguns are often equiped with a duck-bill choke, which gives the pellet spread a much more horizontal pattern.

That may be true of later combat shotguns, but not of WW2 shotguns. All of the World War 2 "Trench" and "Riot" type shotguns were full bore (no choke at all) (source: U.S. Standard Ordnance Catalog, Vol 3., 1945). Thus the spread was greater than most sporting type shotguns.