What if instead of creating tank (or panzer) formations, Germany concentrated on building more trucks (and some half-tracks although not enough can probably built for the whole army) to fully motorise their army? How would their performance during the war have changed?
MG 34 in German Tanks
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Why did the Germans only use MG34 for their Tanks as Selfdefence?
The MG42 was much cheaper and better?
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Found this : the greatest asset of the MG42 turned out to be its ease of production. The MG34 was phased out in infantry units in record time (tanks continued to use the MG34 as it was better suited to fire from a drum).
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8Rka0k1Wp0
He sums it up better than I ever could.
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Interesting, isn’t it?!
Only the Turret sometimes was equipped with a MG42 sometimes.
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@aequitas:
Interesting, isn’t it?!
Only the Turret sometimes was equipped with a MG42 sometimes.
Did you see the video?
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Yes i did.
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Thus the answer is clear, the MG34 has the advantage of “open swing” when it comes to changing the barrels.
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