I don't have much in the way of a personal reflection on the subject, but many fighting men who have come across the Germans and posted their impressions elsewhere, considered them useless. I do understand how national policy factors in to operational actions, however. As was already mention, impressions can be a bitch...

I'd hazard a guess that not many American members have commented here so as to be charitable, or because they prefer to not comment on a divisive topic they have not seen firsthand.