After seeing the establishment of the infantry squad, the generals of the National Defense Forces were filled with emotion.
To be honest, the Wehrmacht's own submachine guns, machine guns, and even semi-automatic rifles are not fundamentally different from those of the SS. In fact, the stamped versions used by the SS are even uglier than the weapons of the Wehrmacht!
But there were only two more submachine pistols, which actually doubled the close-range automatic firepower of the SS. Moreover, these things are still "waste utilization". There are now a large number of ready-made combat pistols that can supplement the advanced soldier squads. It is almost impossible to change the equipment.
No pressure!
If two units are added to a ten-man squad to change the equipment, even if 100,000 units are removed and given to the air force and armored units, there will still be nearly 300,000 units, which can strengthen the 1.5 million troops and easily increase the combat effectiveness of these 1.5 million troops to a higher level!
And some people have begun to wonder whether a large proportion of elite troops can be equipped with semi-automatic rifles and combat pistols.
In this way, you can take care of both the near and far, use machine guns and semi-automatic firepower to suppress the opponent's single-shot rifles from a long distance, wait until the enemy charges to the front, and then grab the combat pistol and rush at the enemy. How fun is it?!
Anyway, including the ammunition load, the weight increased by three to four kilograms. Anyway, the big German soldiers were tall, so the physical cost paid was simply insignificant compared with the increase in combat effectiveness.
But when the generals thought that this was all the firepower of the SS training infantry squad, Rashid took another rifle from one of them.
After everyone took a closer look, their attention was immediately attracted by this G43 semi-automatic rifle.
They are so extravagant as to issue scopes to infantry squads?!
"God!"
"It's too luxurious. How can it be possible to match the equipment like this? This is just a class!"
Some people screamed in surprise. They didn't believe that Reinhardt could change the uniforms of the Wehrmacht to the point where every squad could be equipped with a scope!
"That's right! This is the 3x scope we commissioned Zeiss to develop." Rashid smiled proudly: "Its characteristics are that it is simple and cheap, and can mass-produce large-scale equipment. And the G43 semi-automatic sight equipped with this kind of scope
Rifles, we call them precision rifles. Correspondingly, soldiers who use this weapon are called precision shooters. They are an important combat unit in a 10-man infantry squad. Like machine guns, they will become an important pillar of firepower in our infantry squads.
Let the guy with the best marksmanship in the class do it.”
Rashid handed the rifle with a scope to the generals and colonels who looked curious, and passed them around to each other while continuing to introduce:
"There is a certain difference between a precision shooter and a sniper. They are both precision shooting. The precision shooter is more about suppressing the opposing soldiers on the battlefield, while the sniper is more inclined to lurk and wait for opportunities to eliminate the opponent's high-value personnel rather than cheap infantry. Of course the definition
It’s not absolute. As long as there is an opportunity, precision shooters will definitely give priority to sniping the opponent’s officers.”
The concept of precision shooter is a new army unit proposed by the Finnish Observation Group sent by Reinhardt, who summarized the sniper experience on the Finnish battlefield and combined with Reinhardt's understanding of street fighting. It is now being piloted in the SS.
In fact, Reinhardt is very convinced that as long as there are precision shooters, the German army will be able to fight more skillfully and take advantage of more street battles similar to those in the Battle of Stalingrad in the future!
Without any pause, Rashid introduced everyone in detail: "Scopes are distributed to the squad because a good gunner can often rely on accurate shooting to form a level of suppression that is no less than that of a machine gun. As long as he cooperates with the squad machine gun
Once it’s in place, it’s almost perfect!”
Rashid's face turned red, and when he talked about the excitement, he shook his fist vigorously: "Generals! Imagine that when our machine guns suppress a firepower point for a while, they suddenly stop shooting and pretend to change ammunition. At this time, the other side will inevitably show up and fight back. This
When the time comes, the precise shooter who has already taken aim can directly shoot him down."
All the people listening nodded in praise. The precision shooter and the machine gun cooperated in combat. This was no longer simply one plus one equals two. The combat effectiveness increased by the combination of the two was immeasurable for a while!
The emergence of precision shooters will completely change Germany's infantry squad tactics!
After receiving the G43 rifle that was passed around and returned to his hand, Rashid picked up the gun, took a look into the distance, and continued to add:
"Because the G43 is fed by a 10-round magazine, and the ejection is sideways, it is easy to install a scope on the gun. Moreover, the 10-round ammunition capacity has unparalleled firepower sustainability for precise shooting. Although the scope magnification
It is not as good as our previous Mauser 98k sniper rifle, but the 3x scope can better cooperate with the G43 semi-automatic rifle to deliver accurate and rapid firepower. As for lowering the magnification to a smaller magnification to facilitate mass production, it can
This gives precision shooters a larger field of view in the scope, allowing them to find and lock on targets faster. This is especially important in short-range street fighting!"
Street fighting is also generally called urban warfare, because street fighting is a battle that takes place in streets and alleys, street by street, and house by house. It usually takes place in cities or large villages. Its salient features are: first, the enemy and ourselves are in close combat;
Hand-to-hand combat is extremely cruel. Secondly, the enemy and ourselves are mixed with each other, and the teeth are intertwined, which is highly dangerous.
In this combat mode, it will inevitably be difficult to rely solely on snipers. As for precision shooters, which are intermediate products between snipers and ordinary soldiers, although it is difficult to achieve long-range sniping like snipers, they can be used in close combat.
In the specific environment of street fighting, its role is no less than that of a sniper!
After saying that, Rashid signaled the infantry squad to return to formation. From then on, the equipment introduction of the conventional infantry squad was concluded.
Just when the generals and marshals thought that was the end and still had a little more to say, Rashid, like a magician who could always produce surprises, called out a four-man combat team from the queue.
Among them, one person's weapon is an MP submachine gun, and the other three each hold a strange weapon, which is a bit like a signal gun that generals are familiar with, but it is much larger than the signal gun.
Everyone in this combat group was wearing a canvas vest, which was filled with ammunition that looked like large shotgun shells. No one present had ever seen this kind of weapon.
At this time, Rashid proudly pointed to their "flare gun" and introduced: "This is a 40mm grenade launcher. The idea is derived from our flare launcher. After all, in previous battles, our soldiers have
This weapon, which is mainly used to fire signal flares, is often used to launch grenades to destroy targets. And because our observation team obtained a batch of Japanese-made 50 grenade samples after the Battle of Nomonkan in the Far East. After research, we found that the Japanese
High- and low-pressure ammunition was very interesting, so I learned from it.”