Apparently they had some STG-44s to spare as they around supplied 4000 to the Hungarian army.
Even Brad Pitt had one when he played a tank commander in the film "Fury"
You are correct KB, I don't think soldiers would engage their enemy at 800 yards with their rifles, maybe with a heavy machine, but usually at...
You do see the Sten issued to truck drivers and motorcyclist, you would expect that British Para companies would have more stens then the standard...
Yes TOD, the 7.92mm Besa tank machine gun is the VZ 37 or to give it another name, ZB-53. The MP28 was also used by the KNIL forces in the...
How about the ZK-383 which was used as a squad support weapon in the same way as the BAR, it fired 9x19mm round and had a bi-pod too, but was...
How do you rate the Bergmann (MP35), I know that German army dropped them in favour of the MP40, but the SS still kept them, albeit in small...
One thing we have to remember is that some of these weapons were probably developed at a time when nations needs were stretched and armies needed...
Thanks Rich, I have a few friends who I chat with over in the states and they are ex-US Army, I recall having some great discussions with them on...
Didn't the US Army use a "pool" system to group their artillery at corps or even army level and this allowed for a concentrated barrage to be...
He seems quite a modest guy JW, which is what you find with genuine heroes.
This is interesting; http://benandbawbsblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/01/revisiting-rifle-grenade.html
I recall a similar thing happening in North Africa, but this time it was a six pounder anti-tank gun, apparently this Tiger 1 was hit and I am not...
What a brave guy, imagine being in a fox hole with enemy armour only yards away and the prospect of enemy Infantry being right behind them. If...
Thank you young man for the "Salute", but that is what we are here for and I can remember all the help and advice I received when I first started...
This guy is pretty good and he covers a bit more armour then my site. His list of Aussie armour is located on the left....
The M9 and M9A1 HEAT grenade was issued right through WW2 and beyond; https://sites.google.com/site/stingraysworld0explosives/m9a1-at
Superb Ruud and thanks. Yan.
Yeah I could have worded it better, but what I was trying to say was that it would be as close as the allies come to matching the Tiger I, but as...
Can’t see why you think that these weapons were bad, the M1 Carbine was not a battle rifle and was a useful piece of kit when used for the purpose...