<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Bürgen:
Unlike the US Army which only provides reruits with 2 1/2 weeks of Basic training and 3 weeks of 'advanced infantry training', the German Wehrmacht required 8 weeks (two months), of 'basic', and then 4 months of Infantry training, 4 hours of EACH DAY was spent on the rifle range and you would not graduate unless you earned the Markmanship Lanyard. So in a way, the average german rifle man WAS in many ways equal to an American sniper. Also, German soldiers were trained to engage the enemy at long range in order to take into account the EXCELENT accuracy or the Mauser G/K98, and stay out of range of the deadly allied close range weapons.
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Well... IF WE HAD 20 YEARS TO TRAIN OUR SOLDIERS, WE MIGHT BE 'L33T' LIKE THE GERMANS...
Think here for a min... Hitler had all the time he wanted to train his troops.. The US had to train the men,(mind you, we were in the process of demilitarizing our country, until the japs bombed pearl harbor) then send them all the way to the pacific and europe.. that took a lot of time.. The Germans could just train there men and walk out the backdoor and start fighting.. heh..
BTW - There is NO way it could be 75%..
Theres my 2 cents worth...
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