Go ahead and tell me what “measurable ways” that the MG42 outperformed the M1919.
It wouldn’t have helped the Germans one iota to have more Tigers or Panthers: the damn things were maintenance nightmares - and we had air superiority. Between the P-47s and Typhoons (and IL-2s), the Nazi stuff just evaporated as soon as they showed up.
Don’t believe the video games - believe the actual after-action reports from The campaigns in France and Italy and Eastern Europe.
Rate of fire(triple). Less heavy. Rapid barrel change without tools. Ergonomics that allowed it to be fired on a tripod or a bipod.
It wouldn’t have helped the Germans one iota to have more Tigers or Panthers: the damn things were maintenance nightmares - and we had air superiority. Between the P-47s and Typhoons (and IL-2s), the Nazi stuff just evaporated as soon as they showed up.
Too bad you weren't around to tell the Sherman crews that they were blowing up for no reason. The Panthers and Tigers accounted for large numbers of Shermans and held a significant advantage in kill ratio. 5 to 1 was considered the U.S. Armies requirement to overcome them. As for air superiority, how did that work out for the British trying to push through German armor during operation Market Garden, when the weather was perfectly clear for air support?
Don’t believe the video games - believe the actual after-action reports from The campaigns in France and Italy and Eastern Europe.
Indeed, read them.