Not true: the Tiger and late model Panthers were better in one on one battles with our Shermans but as far as their ability to run reliably over distances it was no contest: our tanks could keep going much further without the maintenance the German stuff did. We swamped them with mass and our tankers learned to hit them from the sides and rear to destroy them despite their thicker armor.
Rifles and machine guns were in our favor too: the M-1 Garand was far and away the best infantry rifle of the war and our M1919 was reliable and effective. The Germans wasted money and time on the G-41s and G-43s and the Stg-44/MP-44 assault rifle was excellent but still no match for the M-1 and BAR combination in direct combat.
The MG42 is a bullet hose. Its 1100 rounds per minute rate of fire was awe-inspiring but it was only useful in direct fires against an exposed enemy - it didn't have the ability to be used for extensive defensive fires because the barrels would melt and the crew couldn't carry enough ammunition for long term combat.
You Germanophiles need to quit looking at a weapon's appearance and concentrate on how they are supposed to be applied.
P.S.; the Germans never came up with the equivalent of our M2 .50 caliber machine gun. They tried to fill that niche but their 20mm FLAK was too heavy and too inaccurate to match Browning's masterpiece. The .50 ate their light armor/hidden snipers/low-flying planes like there was no tomorrow.
Agree with you 100%.
And you didn’t even get into aircraft, surface ships, artillery, on and on.