12-285 Garand Picture of the Day - La Gleize, Belg Dec 44

[Mark in Rochester]

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[browningautorifle]

In the top pic, is the guy on the left carrying an MP44?

[rayg]

Those wide tracks were probably needed because of the weight of the tank but by the same token I imagine helped it go were our Sherman's couldn't, Ray

[13Echo]

The wide tracks are a result of experience in the mud of the Eastern front. The problem with the German tanks is each one was almost hand built and each one of the same model tended to be slightly different with continuous modifications being made throughout production. Tended to make the tanks very expensive, kept production low, and made maintenance more difficult. Also the designs were complex and not always very reliable. It is one thing to have a super tank. It is something else to have a super tank that won't run or that can't be produced in sufficient numbers. It was a case of the best being the enemy of the good enough.

Jerry Liles

[WarPig1976]

I'd put it at 95% that he is in fact carrying an MP44, I would've .

[Bob Seijas]

Yes, it's an MP44, here's a shot from the other side.

[RCS]

Those two Hetzer tank hunters (last photo) were considered to be one of the best towards the end of the war. Difficult to spot until it was too late

[frankderrico]

Sturmgewehr-44 (Stg 44)

Regards.....Frank

[browningautorifle]

(Stg 44)

Roger that Frank. I just said it wrong...technical foul, 10 yards...

[Bob Seijas]

Turn-about's fair play, here's a Kraut with a Thompson. Most soldiers did not use captured weapons because everybody knew the sound of the other guy's stuff and did not want to be mistaken for the enemy in a firefight. I've never heard a GI say he saw a German with an M1 even though it was far superior to their bolt guns.