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To: w1n1
"Regular troops carried Mauser rifles and MP40-style submachine guns"

Did the German infantry have a semi-automatic rifle similar to the M1?

2 posted on 06/28/2018 5:54:08 AM PDT by circlecity
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To: circlecity
G43.


3 posted on 06/28/2018 5:59:32 AM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: circlecity

My understanding was the K98k was the standard issue for infantry.

IIRC the average infantryman had a machine gun.


4 posted on 06/28/2018 5:59:42 AM PDT by Ouderkirk (Life is about ass, you're either covering, hauling, laughing, kicking, kissing, or behaving like one)
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