Tough Australian soldiers kicking German ass in World War 2
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Tough Australian soldiers kicking German ass in World War 2
In WWII, man for man, the American soldier was the worst of all the participants by all metrics.
I will look this up when I get back home, but iirc, the study I am refering to is a post-war US army study, in which the US infantry squad was 80% as effective as the German Volkgrenadier squad (top of the list as expected). And that is counting the late war Volkgrenadier squad (1943–1945), which despite having more firepower than the early war German infantry squad, it was not trained and led as well and almost always operated under enemy air superiority and logistical constraints.It would be interesting to see a breakdown/list of this. I assume Germans are on the top of the list?
| Force | Typical CEV range |
|---|---|
| German | 1.20–1.30 |
| British | 1.05–1.15 |
| U.S. | 0.90–1.05 |
| Soviet (1941–42) | 0.60–0.80 |
| Soviet (1943–45) | 0.90–1.05 |
The table compares effectiveness at the squad level, not the divisional or army level. External modifiers like logistics, air superiority etc were excluded from the calculation. If anything, if they are included, the German infantry advantage becomes even more pronounced.Come on now. American casulaties are always a fraction of what the opposition suffer.
In a fictional enviroment where the playing field is equal, American soldiers probably won't do very well. But that is not the reality. American soldiers fight with overwhelming might in terms of technology, firepower and combined arms.
They will carpet bomb the entire area before they send soldiers in on the ground.
The table compares effectiveness at the squad level, not the divisional or army level. External modifiers like logistics, air superiority etc were excluded from the calculation. If anything, if they are included, the German infantry advantage becomes even more pronounced.
My real question is, if the USA is the worlds policemen, why are we not using the sonic microwave weapons more often? Like against Iran last year?
My real question is, if the USA is the worlds policemen, why are we not using the sonic microwave weapons more often? Like against Iran last year?
Yes, those pesky Americans and their far superior logistics, air supremacy, overwhelming superiority in numbers, weapons etc.
If only they didn't have all those things and more, things would have been different.
The point of the study was to compare infantry effectiveness. You clearly don'tlike the results, because it exposes the personal defficiency in moral courage of your so-called greatest generation. Whenever they found themselves without those extenral modifiers they got plastered by superior men.Yes, those pesky Americans and their far superior logistics, air supremacy, overwhelming superiority in numbers, weapons etc.
If only they didn't have all those things and more, things would have been different.
"The Germans are colder and hungrier than we are, but they fight better."And Patton admitted it!
The point of the study was to compare infantry effectiveness. You clearly don'tlike the results, because it exposes the personal defficiency in moral courage of your so-called greatest generation. Whenever they found themselves without those extenral modifiers they got plastered by superior men.
This post is claiming Chamberlain was wide awake to Hitler's war plans, and while he proclaimed "Peace in our time", he immediately committed thd UK to begin preparing for war with Germany.
If it was the Germans that had won the war through having an industrial material advantage I'm sure the pro German posters would instead be talking about how it's a sign of the German genius for organization and efficiency that won the war. Since the Americans won instead this material advantage is being talked as Jewish financial sorcery.
By every measure possible. It's not America that had to live by rations after it ended. Just as much as Poland was the biggest loser, even more than the Germans!The Americans won?