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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
There is a point at which fine engineering and manufacturing can be counterproductive.
One is if the precision manufacture takes too much time and too many resources. Thats the Panzer vs Sherman.
The other one is when that fine precision get fouled with a grain of sand. Look at the way you can pour hand fulls of sand thru an AK 47 and it still works, vs the number of German Lugers found lying all over the beaches.
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If you want to compare battle rifles you cannot fault the K98, it was one of the best rifles ever fielded. The Russian rifles of the time were very crude, I'm not a big fan of them very clunky. The Germans cranked out millions of K98's so they were simple enough to make, and they are nice to shoot.
Although in terms of small arms we had the advantage in WW2. The Garand, 1903, BAR, 1911, and Thompson were all(and still very much are) supurb weapons in every sense.