infantry

[Lofte]

On 7/13/2020 at 3:43 PM, 352ndOscar said:

The bazooka went into service in 1942.

Yes, at Western front. If we talk about original Tank Crew (July 1943, Eastern Front) the only real infantry AT-weapons in this period were all kinds of hand grenades, AT-mines and AT-rifles.

 

 

[352ndOscar]

“In late 1942, numbers of early-production American M1 bazookas were captured by German troops from Red Army forces who had been given quantities of the bazooka under Lend-Lease.“  They were available to some units at Kursk.

 

They also acquired the UK PIAT through the Lead Lease Program, though I can pin it down to an exact date in 1943 - maybe before Kursk or after.......

[saldy]

PTRD-41

[Lofte]

2 hours ago, 352ndOscar said:

In late 1942, numbers of early-production American M1 bazookas were captured by German troops from Red Army forces

Any proofs or links? As I know until 1944 USSR got 3000 bazookas but according to what I read in RU-net, they never went in soviet combat units because of failed field trials (conclusions were made that is unsafe and unaccurate weapon with insuficient penetration abilities, need battaries and don't work in bad weather conditions (below -10 C)). Also no any mentions about them in memories, war documents or books.

And in opposite - you can find tons of mentions of sowiet AT-rifles (in 1941-44 USSR built 471'726 pieces of 14,5-mm AT-rifles (PTRS and PTRD)), including many photos.

Edited July 15, 2020 by Lofte

[Lofte]

3 hours ago, 352ndOscar said:

They also acquired the UK PIAT through the Lead Lease Program, though I can pin it down to an exact date in 1943 - maybe before Kursk or after.......

Same story as I see... Shipped 1000 pices and 100000 grenades in 1944, did not go in combat units, all left in storages of Moscow Military District..

https://warspot.ru/10296-britanskiy-variant-boys-i-piat

https://warspot.ru/9866-strannaya-zverushka-ruchnoy-granatomyot-piat

 

Edited July 15, 2020 by Lofte

[[KG]Destaex]

The chieftain youtuber saying he does not play wot or war thunder as sims and likes sims better, he says war thunder not realistic and still arcade compared to tank sims ehich have a pre-requisite for realism called “infantry”.