Okay, I screwed the pooch on the 10 round magazine. Mea culpa.
Still an 8 round magazine in a semiautomatic beats a 5 round stripper clip bolt action every day of the week.
Not arguing there, bro.
It’s been said the German bolt rifles were there to protect the squad machine gun (MG38 or MG42), and the U.S. machine gun (M1919) was there to protect the Garand riflemen. It’s just a perspective on what was your main weapon.