Vergeltungswaffe Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 3 hours ago, akd said: TO&E is in the most capable hands of @Battlefront.com and @ChrisND. I just try to bring the best resources I can find to the table to improve where possible. Humble too. Always been right near the top of my list of people that write really good posts on this forum. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Vergeltungswaffe said: Humble too. Always been right near the top of my list of people that write really good posts on this forum. Don't forget handsome! I've never seen a picture of AKD to know for sure, but I think we should give him the benefit of the doubt. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt Joch Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 The reason soldiers did not like self-loading rifles like the G41 is because they were more prone to jamming. With a bolt action rifle, the soldier manually loads each round so it is pretty much foolproof. In a auto rifle, generally gas from the firing of the previous round provides the energy to load the next round. On paper, sounds great, but if dirt or mud gets into the mechanism, not an uncommon occurrence in the field, it can jam. The last thing a soldier wants is to have to worry that his weapon will jam at the wrong time. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Battlefront.com Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 The interesting contrast to the Soviet and German experience is the US' M1 Garand. First of all, it might be the most reliable of all self loading rifles. That's obviously a good thing But secondly, unlike the other nations the Garand was *the* standard rifle. If you were in a US rifle squad and had a malfunction, the other members of your squad could make up for your inability to fire until the jam was cleared up. And if it couldn't, chances were pretty good a replacement was nearby because the rifle was bog standard. Obviously as German and Soviet units bulked up on automatic weapons the deficiencies of self loading rifles became less of an issue for them. Steve 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vergeltungswaffe Posted April 30, 2021 Share Posted April 30, 2021 3 hours ago, Battlefront.com said: Don't forget handsome! I've never seen a picture of AKD to know for sure, but I think we should give him the benefit of the doubt. Steve I have no doubt that AKD has got it goin' on. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ts4EVER Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 I seem to recall that starting with the 43 toe, the ideal loadout for the Grenadier squad was two self loading rifles. If stocks made that possible is a different question of course. Up until the autumn of 44, the G41 seems to have been more common. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuckdyke Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 15 hours ago, Battlefront.com said: First of all, it might be the most reliable of all self loading rifles. That is the only thing what counts, imagine you ar in the most stressful situation and you have a malfunction. People have the opinion if it is Made in Germany, it is good. Sometimes there are exceptions to that rule. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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