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Gage · 29-03-2006, 08:01 PM

Is it true that the MP40 wasn't that available in the war? I got told that only squad leaders or officers carried one, while most infantry carried the Kar98. Herroberst will you help me out on this, please?
Always liked the MP40 ever since I watched 'Where Eagles Dare' when I was a young un'.

29-03-2006, 08:01 PM	#36 (permalink)
Gage Angels one-five Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Somewhere in Time Posts: 1,186	Is it true that the MP40 wasn't that available in the war? I got told that only squad leaders or officers carried one, while most infantry carried the Kar98. Herroberst will you help me out on this, please? Always liked the MP40 ever since I watched 'Where Eagles Dare' when I was a young un'. __________________ 'There I stood at the bar, wearing a Mae West, no jacket, and beginning to leak blood from my torn boot. None of the golfers took any notice of me - after all, I wasn't a member!' Kenneth Lee - after being shot down on the 18th August 1940. In the USAAF in World War II, over three times as many men were killed as wounded. Donald L. Miller. Avatar: SOE agent Andree Borrel killed at Natzweiler 6th July 1944.