Afrika Korps MMG Team Theatre-Western-Desert 5 Ton Truck

5 Ton Truck

1 Indian small regiment skirmishing (15 soldiers)

gritty combat

1 soldier with automatic rifle

The King’s Oxford Army

Afrika Korps MMG Team Theatre-Western-Desert 5 Ton TruckThe 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.