Fav WW2 equipment.

[Berkut]

c1. Pistol- Luger
2. Submachines Gun - Thompson-
3. Battle Rifle- M1 Garand
4. Light MG- MG34/42
5. Med MG- MG34/42
6. Heavy MG- M2

[Berkut]

According to vets, having a BAR in your squad and hearing it firing was a morale-booster, so there's that.

But also according to Vets, hearing the German MG34/42 open up was incredibly demoralizing. And the US Army had no answer for it, and the Germans used them as squad level weapons - sometimes 2 per squad in fact.

Hell, the Germans pretty much built the squad around the MG34/42 LMG.

[11B4V]

Small arms is next category

1. Pistol- M1911
2. Submachines Gun- PPSh
3. Battle Rifle- M1 Garand
4. Light MG- BAR
5. Med MG- MG34/42
6. Heavy MG- Ma Deuce

I don't think BAR was a light machine gun.  It was sometimes used as one, but it never really worked well.  The best light machine gun was Type 99 in Japanese service.  You could put a bayonet on it!

We are not talking the best. FAVORITE. Read the original post.

[Razgovory]

Also we are forgetting some categories like light mortars and anti-tank rockets and grenades.  I suppose there is also anti-tank rifles, but there is no best since none of them were very useful.  The US 60mm mortar was a huge advantage and nobody had anything close to it.

[Razgovory]

Small arms is next category

1. Pistol- M1911
2. Submachines Gun- PPSh
3. Battle Rifle- M1 Garand
4. Light MG- BAR
5. Med MG- MG34/42
6. Heavy MG- Ma Deuce

I don't think BAR was a light machine gun.  It was sometimes used as one, but it never really worked well.  The best light machine gun was Type 99 in Japanese service.  You could put a bayonet on it!

We are not talking the best. FAVORITE. Read the original post.

My favorite is best.

[derspiess]

According to vets, having a BAR in your squad and hearing it firing was a morale-booster, so there's that.

But also according to Vets, hearing the German MG34/42 open up was incredibly demoralizing. And the US Army had no answer for it, and the Germans used them as squad level weapons - sometimes 2 per squad in fact.

True.

Hell, the Germans pretty much built the squad around the MG34/42 LMG.

They had to, at least against the US.  K98's couldn't put out the volume of fire of the Garand.

[derspiess]

That small arms list ought to have a category appropriate to the StG 44.  Best next-generation weapon?  I guess it would only be competing with the SKS.

Also I think infantry anti-tank weapons deserve mention. 

[11B4V]

Also we are forgetting some categories like light mortars and anti-tank rockets and grenades.  I suppose there is also anti-tank rifles, but there is no best since none of them were very useful.  The US 60mm mortar was a huge advantage and nobody had anything close to it.

Small arms you git. Again read the post.

[Neil]

Warships

1. Patrol Boats- US PT Boats
2. Frigate-??
3- Destroyers-??
4- Cruiser- Gneisenau
5- Battleships- Any Iowa Class
6- Aircraft Carrier- USS Enterprise
7. Subs- ??

1 - E-boats
2 - Flower-class corvette
3 - Sumner-class
4 - HMS Norfolk
5 - HMS Warspite
6 - HMS Ark Royal
7 - Pure evil.

[Berkut]

According to vets, having a BAR in your squad and hearing it firing was a morale-booster, so there's that.

But also according to Vets, hearing the German MG34/42 open up was incredibly demoralizing. And the US Army had no answer for it, and the Germans used them as squad level weapons - sometimes 2 per squad in fact.

True.

Hell, the Germans pretty much built the squad around the MG34/42 LMG.

They had to, at least against the US.  K98's couldn't put out the volume of fire of the Garand.

True - the Garand was an excellent weapon.

It frustrates me that the US infacntry in WW2 did not have the Garand AND an excellent LMG. No reason they could not have, other than obtuseness.

[Berkut]

Also I think infantry anti-tank weapons deserve mention. 

That is easy. The Germans had the best by far.

The Panzerfaust as a disposable, 1 man weapon that made every enemy tank around terrified, and the Pazerschreck as the best crew served infantry AT weapon.

Both could destroy just about any target they were likely to come up against, and could be used against hardened positions as well (although with the PF you ahd to get pretty close).

The bazooka, while simple, effective, and a great weapon, simply could not reliably take out German armor.

[Neil]

On the other hand, bazooka was a better name.

[Razgovory]

Also we are forgetting some categories like light mortars and anti-tank rockets and grenades.  I suppose there is also anti-tank rifles, but there is no best since none of them were very useful.  The US 60mm mortar was a huge advantage and nobody had anything close to it.

Small arms you git. Again read the post.

You included heavy machine guns like the .50 which was anti-tank and an anti-air weapon.  Since you were including machine guns I figured anything that would fit in a rifle company. 

[11B4V]

AFV's

Tanks: M24, Sherman Firefly, Panther, M-26
Assault Gun: StuG III
SP AT (Turreted included): Nashorn
SP ARTY: Hummel
Armored Car: SdKfz 234
APC/Half Track: M-3

[11B4V]

That small arms list ought to have a category appropriate to the StG 44.  Best next-generation weapon?  I guess it would only be competing with the SKS.

Also I think infantry anti-tank weapons deserve mention.

Yea but it was rather unquie. So, it could go in the Battle Rifle for this.