Comments by "David Himmelsbach" (@davidhimmelsbach557) on "4 Statements the Traditional Narrative gets WRONG about WW2 German and Italian Divisions" video.

  1. The intensity of the fighting revealed that divisional commanders were being overwhelmed. Six fighting battalions was about all that they could effectively run. All of the armies ran into this. Shock formations were the exception to this rule. Additionally, creating new divisions was THE perfect way to promote revealed talent. This did wonders for institutional morale.
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  2. @Jack Guderian was a radio officer in WWI. Basically a B'dienst man.
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  3. @Xuan Panzerfausts.
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  4. @Xuan Panzerfausts operated as a deterent more than anything. The operator was expected to fire from a spider hole, building or rubble, though training films show guys firing largely from the open, for obvious camera needs. They were effective enough that when found by Americans, they were ALWAYS snapped up, being deemed much better than the Bazooka. US Army stats show that tank destroyers were almost always used in the same role as the early versions of the German Mark Four tank: namely to fire high explosives, indirectly, from immediately behind the forward edge of the battle front. Hence high explosive rounds fired indirectly out numbered direct fire shots 11:1. { Like the Germans, the USA just loved to collect statistics.) After the war, the USA determined that entire concept ought to be dropped, and so it was. The open top did make for easy ammo loading... very handy when firing so many shots indirectly, but not so hot when receiving counter-battery fire.
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  5. @Xuan Provisions were made to deal with it. In a spider hole, the shooter would just pop-up and down. In buildings, the blast would just be suffered. But my main point remains, the panzerfaust DETERS tankers. They hate them. They influence tactics. Great efforts are under way to neutralize RPGs, even now.   It's a sneak attack device, and the sons of panzerfaust, RPGs, are still seen EVERYWHERE -- especially in the Middle East. RPGs are not normally referred to as recoilless rifles, BTW.
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