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Kiwigrunt:

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If memory serves the British put eight battalion size formations into the Falklands (1 Welch Guards, 1 Scots Guards, 1/7 Gurkha, 2, Para, 3 Para, and...

RJ:

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This is a subject way above me. Right now I am reading several books that discuss this matter. (Van Crevald Fighting Power, Reynolds Steel Inferno, Hastings...

Fuchs:

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Please see the comments extracted from the British reports above on this subject. In my opinion the 7.62 belt fed machine gun is, in most circumstances,...

Kiwigrunt:

I cannot find a report from one of the Royal marine Commandos. But I recommend a book by their Brigade Commander (Vaux) titled Take that Hill. What I do have:

Scots Guards: The only...

Rex Brynen:

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Since the Bolshevik revolution not all communist movements have been actively hostile to the West. However I think it is fair to say that all true...

Norfolk:

Thank you for the link regarding the automatic rifle v the machine gun. However I remain unconvinced by the arguments found therein. I am on the other hand convinced by the arguments...

Rex Brynen:

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I am afraid that I am very old fashion in my thinking. People that walk and fight on foot I think of as "infantry" even if they are insurgents,...

jmm99:

Thank you for your kind reply wherein you posted in part: "I don't see that the Lebanon incident, in its military aspects, has much to do with "the future of ground conflict between the...

Rex Brynen:

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I like to read online the Israeli papers. From my reading it is my impression that the average Israeli is not shy. There was and is an enormous...

Frank Antenori was the "Team Sergeant" of an an American Special Forces "A Team" which deployed to the Kurdish area of Northern Iraq during Gulf War II. He wrote a book about his experiences titled...

William F. Owen:

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I have read the link to your posts regarding patrol based infantry. I am on my second reading. They are brilliant. I am having a difficult time...

William F. Owen:

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I have formed a snapshot in my head of a healthy German Rifle (Grenadier) Squad and Platoon on the Eastern Front in 1944/45. (See Carrol's...

After the American five - man fire team went the way of the dinosaur something interesting happened. The Army authorized every Rifle Squad not one but two belt fed machine guns. One for each fire...

Back in the Dark Ages the American Army started teaching something called the Dupuy foxhole. (I believe that polite company used the term "fighting position" in lieu of foxhole.) Apparently an...

Fuchs:

Thank you for your kind reply. I have not got to the part yet where Reynolds explains why the SS Panzer Grenadiers fought almost the entire campaign on foot. But I suspect you are right.
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jcustis:

Would it be possible for an American Rifle Squad leader to be granted leave to decide for himself when and when not for his Squad to wear armor?

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Richard W.

I have just started to reread Steel Inferno by Michael Reynolds. It is the story of the 1st SS Panzer Corps in Normandy. One of the things that strikes me in the story is the willingness and ability...

ODB:

Would not the grenadier feel exposed without an assault rifle attached to his grenade launcher? There was at one time 40mmm "shotgun round" for close defense. But it was a one shot...

Fuchs:

Than you for the tip. Do you recommend another site?

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Richard W

jcustis:

Back in the Dark Ages the Army fire team grenadier was the only guy who carried and operated the M79/203. At one point the Army was authorized a five man fire team. This was during the...

120mm:

Thank you for your kind reply wherein you posted in part: "You mean the only improvements between then and now is the ability to see in the dark and communicate?"

I reply: Is it enough?...

Fuchs:

Interesting background information.

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Richard W

I have just finished reading Guy Sajer's The Forgotten Soldier and Max Hastings Overlord. Both books gave in depth descriptions of the 1944 German Infantry Squad. Sajer carries his description into...

Fuchs

I appreciate all of your time.

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Richard W

Fuchs:

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I must have been unclear in my post. Sajer writes that he was issued a new "P.M." in 1944. At that time he was an 18 year old serving in the Gross...