JHansenAK47
Member
I disagree. The MP38/40 was a great SMG. It had 32 rd mags standard and is noted for being controllable in full auto. Asserting that the M1 carbine is superior is silly when in the real world firefights the M1 carbine didn't out gun the MP38/40.I think even the Carbine in the hands of the Germans might have been enough of an improvement over the sub gun to give them the advantage.
Having a semiauto instead of the bolt action K98 is a more practical point of focus IMO.
It wasn't uncommon to use captured weapons. If you have a K98 any autoloading, higher capacity weapon is going to give a serious step up in firepower at close range.Seems like I've read accounts of German soldiers picking up M1 Carbines and ammo and using then when they could, because they were handy and effective.
Last edited: