Overall Favorite Weapon

My favorite weapon of World War II the mud crunching dogfaces of U.S. 3rd Infantry Division "The Blue and White Devils"!

Friedrich a better what if would be...

What If: The Bismarck and Tirpitz had been deployed the Pacific Theatre to form a duel-axis combined fleet comprising the Bismarck, Tirpitz, Musashi, and Yamato vs. the Iowa, New Jersey, Missouri and Wisconsin?

Talk about a powerhouse performance!

Regards,
MARNE

 

Weapon FG42
Tank Cromwell
Aircraft Mossie

 

Small arm: Toss up between the BAR and Colt .45 auto.

 

Heres my favourites, two per category as i couldn't make my mind up

1. Mosin Nagant M91/30 scoped and MG 42.

2. P-51 Mustang and Hurricane.

3. Tiger and Soviet T-34/85.

 

I love the Mauser without the scope. Oh I'd really like to shoot one of these. However they are not allowed here.

 

I would vouche for the M1 Garand, (a hefty mama), the P-40, and the T-34 tank.

 

A few months back i was fortunate enough to fire a live K98.

My friend who has a firearms licence and owns a scoped K98 (ZF41 scope if my memory serves me right) invited me to go along with him to the local range.

Having never fired a rifle before i can't compare it to any other but it had a hell of a kick on it.

Needles to say i didn't hit the target much

 

Thomson

Panther

Corsair

 

I think the MG42 looks best viewed from the right.

 

Wow!!!...talk about a slug-fest!

1. Our greatest generation
2. Tiger I
3. Toss up between F4U-1 & P-47D

 

My favorite weapons are:
HMG: M2 Browning
LMG: M1918A2
SMG: M1 Thompson and M3A1 Grease Gun I lke them both the same
Rifle: M1 Garand
Artillery: M3 105mm Towed Artillery System
Tank: M4A1 Sherman
Truck/Jeep: MB Jeep with mounted M2 Browning
Fighter/bomber: F4U Corsair, P-47 Thunderbolt, P-51 Mustang, B-24 Liberator, and the B-17 Flying Fortress,
Battleship: USS Indianapolis

 

I think it looks great from all 360°

http://www.actionfiguren-shop.com/out/oxbaseshop/html/0/images/wysiwigpro/Gif360/Hanke_MG-3D.gif

 

I don't think the front view would have looked very nice when firing at you during WW2


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Yup, the K98 has a helluva kick to it.
Keep practicing and you will improve your aim.
Hold your breath and squeeeze the trigger slowly, keeping BOTH eyes open.

 

Probably my shaking from excitment had something to do with my bad aim. :sniper:

 

m1 garand, g43, stg 44

 

Many suffered hearing loss in later years and were unable to benefit from the hearing-aid technology which is available today. In the 1970s I worked with an 8th Army veteran who was almost totally deaf in his right ear.

 

I know about the Finnish Army that once the war was over everyone was in such a hurry to get home that they never had their hearing tested before going home so they never got any compensation later on for the damage. And I think quite many had significant changes.