I agree, tactics have evolved. Weapons have changed slightly, I'm all for giving fewer men more firepower. Instead of using the MG for either main or support weapon, just give everyone an MG or something close to it.
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Originally Posted by Doppleganger Of course, it was well suited to defense and had the Germans adopted 'elastic defence' (as Guderian and Manstein advised) on the Eastern Front in 1943 instead of going ahead with Kursk, then the war may have turned out differently. |
What exaltly is 'elastic defense'?
Was that Manstein's mobile war? Or the concept of using the false line to absorb Russian artillery?