Germany OOB 16: miscellaneous comments

[Griefbringer]

Originally Posted by DRG

notice they claim the Vgren coy HQ included a sniper group of six men.

Yes, I have been pondering for a while about how that would have worked in practice.

Especially interesting is the idea that they were to be armed with semi-automatic G43 rifles (with telescopic scopes), rather than bolt action sniper rifles. There certainly was quite a number of G43 with telescopic sights produced historically - though I am left wondering what was the level of marksmanship achieved by the men they were issued to.