Comments by "Mitch Richards" (@mitchrichards1532) on "Soviet Infantry Small Arms Advantage Late in WW2? TIK Q&A" video.

  1. Where did you get 200 meters as some sort of effective distance to hit a target with a PPSh-41? It's more like 75 yards at best. Its fires a bottleneck pistol round with good ballistics, for a pistol round. Fact is, with a pistol round, primitive sights, and firing from an OPEN BOLT (!), you can't hit much beyond 75 yards.
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  2. You would have been far better off showing the German squad and company TOE vs a Soviet squad/platoon/company. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-rKRt5zVZgw A comparison like that clearly shows the firepower of each formation. That and German tactics revolved around the MG, not just at the squad level, but all they way to battalion. An Infantry battalion had a full MG company, as well as a lot of other MGs. Depending on the quality of the formation, they could have MG34, MG42, MG08/15, ZB26, MG13, MG81 ground mount, etc. They also made about 500k Semi-auto rifles, another 450k Sturmgewehrs, and soaked up a lot of older MP28, MP34, MP35, and also used Italian Beretta 38 sub guns.
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