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¤[4thPHiL]¤ Machalnik · 09-04-2002, 10:13 AM

...was the G43 really that prevalent??? I won’t argue that the 98K is not a "fare" match for the M1 in game, but then again it wasn't a fare match for the M1 in the war. I don't think it's realistic to call the G43 the equivalent weapon in number and issue? Sources I've seen put the number of 98K's produced through the war in the area of 10~13 million... where the G43 and K43 are about 400~500 thousand, ONLY produced in the last 19 or so months of the war! Hardly enough to have been as widely issued as the 98K's. A german soldier was much more likely to find himself facing a M1 Carbine (also not present in the game) than an American soldier was to face a G43. Now I could be wrong, so I would love to see your numbers as well as any specifications for the weapons that you might have...

I even followed the link in your sig and found information that seems to support my view of the G43 and K43...
[quote:8d7bb]Quoted from http://www.reenactor.net/WW2/morsels/morsel6.htm
Later-on, the semi-automatic K-/G-43 was issued in limited numbers. Although the G-43 was the German equivalent of the M-1 Garand, it was generally only carried by the assistant squad leader in an infantry squad (Unfortunately, American reenactors seem to all feel that they need one of these...).
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¤[4thPHiL]¤ Machalnik is Offline Junior Member Posts: 22 Join Date: May 2002	09-04-2002, 10:13 AM ...was the G43 really that prevalent??? I won’t argue that the 98K is not a "fare" match for the M1 in game, but then again it wasn't a fare match for the M1 in the war. I don't think it's realistic to call the G43 the equivalent weapon in number and issue? Sources I've seen put the number of 98K's produced through the war in the area of 10~13 million... where the G43 and K43 are about 400~500 thousand, ONLY produced in the last 19 or so months of the war! Hardly enough to have been as widely issued as the 98K's. A german soldier was much more likely to find himself facing a M1 Carbine (also not present in the game) than an American soldier was to face a G43. Now I could be wrong, so I would love to see your numbers as well as any specifications for the weapons that you might have... I even followed the link in your sig and found information that seems to support my view of the G43 and K43... [quote:8d7bb]Quoted from http://www.reenactor.net/WW2/morsels/morsel6.htm Later-on, the semi-automatic K-/G-43 was issued in limited numbers. Although the G-43 was the German equivalent of the M-1 Garand, it was generally only carried by the assistant squad leader in an infantry squad (Unfortunately, American reenactors seem to all feel that they need one of these...). [/quote:8d7bb]