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6/24/2025, 4:28:17 PM
>>63890129
>yeah, thats pretty inflexible all things considered
Welcome to WW2.
>since the 120mm gun needs a draft animal to move,
>even the MMGs need a draft animal to move since its wheeled
What the hell are you smoking? Both more than capable of being taken into pieces and physically carried by infantry on the march if you have to. Only the 76.2mm guns are too heavy for operationally sensible movement speeds if pushed and pulled along by the artillerymen alone.
>45mm guns are AT guns and are terrible against soft targets
They had ample HE shell loads with them and were very regularly used in direct fire support.
>all this basically means they need to bring the whole battalion to cover each platoon
Which is how WW2 militaries operated. Not a single one of them had independently operating platoons, and each one was built to operate at the battalion level at a minimum.
>yeah, thats pretty inflexible all things considered
Welcome to WW2.
>since the 120mm gun needs a draft animal to move,
>even the MMGs need a draft animal to move since its wheeled
What the hell are you smoking? Both more than capable of being taken into pieces and physically carried by infantry on the march if you have to. Only the 76.2mm guns are too heavy for operationally sensible movement speeds if pushed and pulled along by the artillerymen alone.
>45mm guns are AT guns and are terrible against soft targets
They had ample HE shell loads with them and were very regularly used in direct fire support.
>all this basically means they need to bring the whole battalion to cover each platoon
Which is how WW2 militaries operated. Not a single one of them had independently operating platoons, and each one was built to operate at the battalion level at a minimum.
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