Afrika Korps MMG Team Theatre-Western-Desert The King’s Oxford Army

The King’s Oxford Army

5 Ton Truck

and using case shot – a tin of tightly-packed musket balls – at close range

the Toldi I and II are ready to serve

they created the M21

Afrika Korps MMG Team Theatre-Western-Desert The King’s Oxford ArmyThe Germans were equipped with two excellent machine guns in the MG34 and rapid firing MG42 known to Allied troops as 'Hitler's Buzz Saw' because of its distinctive noise, or 'Spandau'. Unlike other armies, the Germans used the same machine gun both as a squad weapon from its bipod and as a tripod mounted support weapon. The tripod mounted provided a much more stable firing platform and made it easier to keep up a sustained fire using a belt feed.