[ansel12]

My understanding is that the Germans out killed us man for man, as they did the Brits, although we controlled the skies.

Your remark about Germany losing the war and that having some connection to the pistol that the officers carried, was pretty silly.

[Chainmail]

I think your understanding of the Germans vs us kill ratio is incorrect. I have visited the graveyards all over Western Europe and there are many more Germans buried there than others. Visit Bastogne and have look. We had far superior small arms (they had no equivalent to the .50 cal and it was devastating), excellent and prolific artillery - with the new deadly proximity fuze - and between us and the Brits, the best close air support of the war.

My remark about the Germans "losing the war" with the 9mm was meant to be silly - I was just fencing with a set of colonels who were determined to change our primary caliber to 9mm para come hell or high water and it was my chance to tweak their noses in public. .40 S&W would have been a better choice if they really had to replace the .45 but they had their own agenda.