Building your army : Small Arms

Ok guys

say you had to build yourself an army using WW2 weapons...

what would you chose..

Principal hand gun:
Secondary hand gun:
Principal Rifle:
Secondary Rifle-carbine:
Carbine-SMG:
Light MG-Support MG:
Heavy or GPMG:
Light Mortar:
Infanty AT rifle or launcher:
Hand grenade:

Thanks guys...

Kym

 

Principal hand gun: Colt 1911A1 .45
Secondary hand gun: Browning HP or Radom
Principal Rifle: M1 Garand
Secondary Rifle-carbine: M1 Carbine
Carbine-SMG: Lanchester
Light MG-Support MG: Bren
Heavy or GPMG: Browning M2HB and MG42
Infanty AT rifle or launcher: Panzerfaust/Panzerschrek

 

Hi.

Principal hand gun: type 1 Hamada pistol
Secondary hand gun: type 94 pistol Sugiura type
Principal Rifle: type 5 automatic rifle
Secondary Rifle-carbine: Mauser G43
Carbine-SMG: Sten MP
Light MG-Support MG: type 99 machine gun
Heavy or GPMG: MG 42
Light Mortar: type 89 grenade discharger
Infanty AT rifle or launcher: type 4 70 mm rocket launcher
Hand grenade: type 99

Yours

tom!

 

Why would you choose the Type 99 over the MG42?

 

because the T-99 is a LMG and the MG42 is a GPMG

 

Principal hand gun: Browning .45
Secondary hand gun: Vis wz35 (Poland)
Principal Rifle: lee-Enflied mk. 4
Secondary Rifle-carbine: M1 Garande
Carbine-SMG: PPsh 41
Light MG-Support MG: Browning Model 1919 machine gun
Heavy or GPMG: Mg 42
Light Mortar: German 81mm
Infanty AT rifle or launcher: panzerfaust (does it count cuz if not panzershrek)
Hand grenade: Amercan standard (donno what they were called)

 

Principal hand gun: FN HP
Secondary hand gun: Lahti L-39
Principal Rifle: M1 Garand
Secondary Rifle-carbine: M/28
Carbine-SMG: MP-44
Light MG-Support MG: DP 27
Heavy or GPMG: MG 42
Light Mortar: --
Infanty AT rifle or launcher: Panzerschreck
Hand grenade: Stielhandgranate

Logistical nightmare

 

OK for me

Principal hand gun: Browning 9mm HP
Secondary hand gun: Walther P38 9mm
Principal Rifle: Gewehr 43 7.92mm SLR
Secondary Rifle-carbine: M1 Garand and M1 Carbine 7.62mm
Carbine-SMG: MP 40 9mm SMG
Light MG-Support MG: Bren 7.7mm LMG
Heavy or GPMG: MG 42 7.92mm GPMG and M2HB 12.7mm HMG
Light Mortar: M2 60mm Light Mortar
Infanty AT rifle or launcher: Panzerschreck
Hand grenade: Stielhandgranate

 

Or for my alternate I want to lose a war Army

Principal hand gun: Taisho 14 Nambu 8mm AP
Secondary hand gun: Glisenti 9mm AP
Principal Rifle: Lebel M1886 8mm Rifle
Secondary Rifle-carbine: Carcano M1891 6.5mm Rifle
Carbine-SMG: Reising 50 .45 SMG
Light MG-Support MG: Chauchat 8mm LMG
Heavy or GPMG: Hotchkiss M1914 8mm GPMG
Light Mortar: Brixia Model 35 45mm Light Mortar
Infanty AT rifle or launcher: Boys Mk 1 AT Rifle
Hand grenade: Hand Grenade No. 74 Sticky Bomb


How well do you think these guys would perform against your armies ?

 

Just to note you can have the best weapons and still lose a war.

 

And that has never been in dispute.

But they do help.

 

these 2 guns are more dangerous to the user than they are to the target.

 

Ha indeed they were

 

The MG42 weighed about 11,5 kilos, while the T-99 weighed 11.4 kilos. The difference in weight is therefore negligble, in my opinion. I think the MG42 is a better weapon.

 

yes but The MG42 was a mulitpurpose weapon, the T-99 was designed for one role. The MG42 is a different class of weapon altogether.

 

It can still take up the LMG slot, and should, as it is a better weapon.

 

if you look again the next catagory below says GPMG/HMG so why put the MG42 in the LMG slot when it can go into its correct catagory

 

Meh. I'd put it in both. Subjective thing to do discuss anyway.

 

I agree with Panzerman, it is a GPMG but also it was considered a LMG.

 

Principal hand gun: 1911A1
Secondary hand gun: Astra 400 or HP35
Principal Rifle: M1 Garand
Secondary Rifle-carbine: STG44
Carbine-SMG: STEN
Light MG-Support MG: MG42
Heavy or GPMG: Browning M2HB
Light Mortar: any 60mm
Infanty AT rifle or launcher: Panzershreck or PIAT (superBazooka when available)
Hand grenade: any that works well