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chuckfourth said:
Claus Ive had a close look at your claim that the weapons magazines are always loaded with a HE/AP mix.
Here is the passage you are refering to, verbatum
"The 2 cm tank gun was proven to be especially effective in combating antitank guns. Magazines were loaded with a one to one ratio of Panzergranaten (AP) and Srennggranaten (HE)."
To put the quote in its correct context, it is a two part combat report by a brigade commander describing how his tanks performed against other tanks and AT guns. The quote is in the tank vs AT guns section.
He could easily have said in the first section on tank vs tank engagements that magazines loaded with just AP were especially effective against tanks but he hadnt realised you would be reading his report.
What he is saying is that half HE half AP is an effective mix against AT guns, he is not saying that every magazine in every vehicle that carried this weapon had this mix as you would have us believe.

The report is simply stating what kind of mix they were using. As this is the only place in that text it is mentioned, I take it as a comment on how the magazines were loaded in general. It is the only comment I've ever seen on how the magazines were loaded at times when both AP and HE were used.
As you probably have read already, at least one regiment appears to have stopped using AP by early 1942 as it was no longer considered effective just as HE appears to have been in short supply in Poland in 1939. In such situations, you may have seen AP or HE only magazines, but as I suggested previously, it does not seem very practical to have to change magazines every time new type of target presents itself.
What you seem to be suggesting is that they had some magazines loaded with pure AP for anti-tank work, some with pure HE for soft targets and a mix of AP and HE for anti-tank guns. I think that is rather unlikely and it is not supported by the available evidence, as the only direct mention of the loading is the AP/HE mix.

chuckfourth said: It is mentioned on pg 111 that "It (kwk) was effective firing Sprenggranaten (HE) shells" looking at this line through your goggles one could easily interpret it to mean that they had HE only in the magazines.

Now you are just trolling again. This says nothing about the loading of the magazines as opposed to the quote on p. 132, which is talking about just that.

chuckfourth said: Another passage on the same page has this to say
"A considerable expenditure of ammunition occoured during the battles with enemy tanks as a result of the inadequate penetration ability of the 3.7 and 2 cm rounds. As as example, almost 100 percent of the 7.5 and 3.7 cm shells were fired during the major battle on 13th may. The brigade had to be resupplied before they could continue."
Notice that 2cm guns didnt use up all their ammo.

It doesn't mention 2cm ammo expenditure at all, so your conclusion is just you twisting the text to fit your agenda.

chuckfourth said:from the program World at War in episode 3 battle of France, there is footage of the the crossing of the muese with an 8 wheeler Ac and 222 firing in supoort, and yes the are both firing single shots.

No one is denying that the 2cm could fire both bursts and single shots. In fact, the evidence is that it did both (as you can see on p. 132 as well) That is exactly why its ammo load in the game is a compromise between the old 10 round burst mode and single shot mode.

Claus B