I would rate it this way:
Battle rifles - US far ahead. Garand was by far the best battle rifle used in any quantity in that war.
Handguns - US. Can't beat a 1911.
Subguns. Maybe the Germans had an edge here.
Artillery. German 88s beat the heck out of anything the US had until late in the war. But our ability to call in accurate fire made that difference moot.
Ships. Early in the war, German ships were mostly better, especially the smaller ones. But, quantity has a quality all its own.
Armor. German armor was mediocre but their tactics pretty sound. Late in the war the Germans came up with some very impressive tanks, but they were not very fast or reliable. Too few, too late.
The US had several things going for it. One was the logistics end of it. We had factories that were not subject to continuous attack pumping out everything needed 24/7.
The other thing is a little harder to understand. German troops were well trained to do as they were told. And that is what they did. It was completely a top down organization and very few leaders would take any serious initiative unless ordered to (which is sort of a strange way to put it).
Battle rifles - US far ahead. Garand was by far the best battle rifle used in any quantity in that war.
Handguns - US. Can't beat a 1911.
Subguns. Maybe the Germans had an edge here.
Artillery. German 88s beat the heck out of anything the US had until late in the war. But our ability to call in accurate fire made that difference moot.
Ships. Early in the war, German ships were mostly better, especially the smaller ones. But, quantity has a quality all its own.
Armor. German armor was mediocre but their tactics pretty sound. Late in the war the Germans came up with some very impressive tanks, but they were not very fast or reliable. Too few, too late.
The US had several things going for it. One was the logistics end of it. We had factories that were not subject to continuous attack pumping out everything needed 24/7.
The other thing is a little harder to understand. German troops were well trained to do as they were told. And that is what they did. It was completely a top down organization and very few leaders would take any serious initiative unless ordered to (which is sort of a strange way to put it).