Re: Volksgrenadier question
About the MP40/StG44 distinction: The first German TOE (I think it's the one from June 1944) does indeed call for the squad to be eqipped with "machine pistols". However, at the time the StG44 was still officially called MP44. Obviously this caused some confusion, so in the updated version from November they changed the name from "MP-Zug" to "Sturm-Zug" and referred to the StG44 in the document. In my opinion the assault platoon was always meant to be equipped with StG44s as the primary infantry weapon. If normal smgs were substituted, this was hardly done at a big level, because production of the MP40 was scaled back considerably in the same time period (in fact, the German army received more Beretta smgs in 1945 than MP40s).
Other than that you are right though: Normally there owuld be 2 assault platoons per company, having two squads with only assault rifles, and one with assault rifles and two lmgs. The third platoon would have a normal rifle troop setup (at least in the November version of the toe).
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