What weapon would you wield?

SVT-40 with a bayonet

 

M1 Garand With Grenade Launcher or MP44

 

Looking at it in a semi-realistic way, I would probably have used any German weapon I could get hold of or a Stengun (or maybe a Finnish or Russian weapon taken back to Denmark by a volunteer from the Winter War), as a member of the Danish resistance.

Out of context I would use:
Rifle: m1898 with scope, I have actually tried shooting with one that was modified as a hunting rifle and it is a lovely weapon
Submachinegun: Somehow I love the Sten, but for no apperent reason
Machinegun: mg42, again have tried shooting with the mg3 (blanks only, sadly enough) which is only a mg42 modifed to modern ammo
Sidearm: M1911A1, you can't go wrong with a weapon that have had such service record

 

If I was a.....
German: G43 (scoped)
sidearm: Luger

Soviet: Mosin Nagant
sidearm: Tokarev

American: Thompson SMG
sidearm: a good ol' colt .45

 

Wield a weapon? Me? No thank you.

I'm more the type to be as far back from the fighting front as possible; pushing pencils, making reams of red tape, and shipping gas masks to the fighting men when they really need beans and bullets.

Sorry, just being honest.

Duckbill,
Hq Company, 333d Underground Mess Kit Repair Battalion

 

Well, nothing wrong with that. There were more men in the background than on the front. Something like between six and eight men were needed for every man on the front. These were the men who were supplying them in the ETO, and it was more like ten to twelve "in the rear with the gear" in the PTO due to the shipping and storage problems.

One thing we Americans never ran out of was "stuff", sometimes they didn't get exactly what they needed, but they ususally got more of it than anybody could use! The logistics of some of the PTO supply is mind-boggling, I was reading that due to the time it took to load, ship, unload and store between the states and the front sometimes an "order" would be put in nearly ten months before it was "estimated" that the stuff would be needed, since it took that long to get it there and ready to be distributed. Quartermaster Corps had to "rub" their crystal ball, and figure out "what would be needed most" in the future.

What a job.

 

MP-44!

 

Well you are being honest, that counts for something (Duckbill)

 

my favorite weapon:

Mp 40



or

Mauser 98k



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i would wield an MG 42, because the noise (rate of fire) described as soldiers was the sound of ripping canvas... http://englerpaintballguns.com/catalog/images/mg42.jpg

 

i like mg 34 more
YouTube - MG34
i love the sound

but still mp 40 is the best

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5h_JVSYMaw

 

yeah, its pretty cool, i guess

 

M1 garand. Not the M1 carbine or the Thompson. Not enough stopping power.

 

Oooh tough one! If I had to choose one that I have to use in a way, I would go for the M1A1 Bazooka. I'll probably die in the end with using just the Bazooka but I'll take as many as I can with me.

But I would choose the Tommy Gun if I don't have to use it in a war.

 

I would use a Russian ROKS-2.

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I'm a hunter, soooo

American : 1903A4 Springfield, scoped obviously; M1911A1 .45

German : scoped Mauser k98; Walther P38 (seeing a pattern ?)

Russian : scoped Moison Nagant; Tokerov TT33

British : Scoped Lee Enfield; Webley Revolver

 

bren gun from the hip

 

Based on the weapons of the day, I would take:
1.B.A.R. Unmodified. Simply because of the shear stopping and suppression power of a full auto .30-06 rifle round. Even though it is full auto, it is slow enough to be semi-accurate.
2. K98K. Accurate, and powerful, not to mention one of the most reliable weapons ever.
3. several 'tater mashers and/or M2 pineapples.
4. M1911A1 Colt x2 (one for each hand) powerful, and semi accurate. In widespread use during the time, not to mention it is just plain badas*
5. Sir William Marshall Sword - Damascus Blade Folded Steel Blade. Backup. Hold them off at a distance, plus the pure pleasure of all that blood spraying around. Simple pleasures of life.

(if mounted then a Jeep ((or Dodge Powerwagon)) with a Ma Duce .50.)

 

If mounted, a StuG G.

However, if I was infantry, the M1928 Tommy Gun.

 

If mounted, a Panzer IVH.

If on foot, the good old M1 with a bayonet stuck on the end!!!!